24 People Who Applied for the World’s Toughest Job Were In for Quite a Surprise

The Boston agency posted this job listing online for a "director of operations" position at a company called Rehtom Inc. The requirements sounded nothing short of brutal:

• Standing up almost all the time

• Constantly exerting yourself

• Working from 135 to unlimited hours per week

• Degrees in medicine, finance and culinary arts necessary

• No vacations

• The work load goes up on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's and other holidays

• No time to sleep

• Salary = $0

The job ad got 2.7 million impressions from paid ad placements. Only 24 people inquired. They interviewed via webcam, and their real-time reactions were captured on video.

Check out what happened below. It's worth watching to the end.

CREDITS

Project: World's Toughest Job

Agency: Mullen, Boston

Chief Creative Officer: Mark Wenneker

Executive Creative Directors: Tim Vaccarino, Dave Weist

Creative Director: Jon Ruby

Associate Creative Director, Copy: Andrea Mileskiewicz

Associate Creative Director, Art: Blake Winfree

Executive Director of Integrated Production: Liza Near

Head of Broadcast: Zeke Bowman

Producer: Vera Everson

Account Director: Jessica Zdenek

Account Supervisor: Laila Lynch

Director of Digital Strategy: Eric Williamson

Senior Brand Strategist: Ryan Houts

Production Company: Caviar

Director: Amir Farhang

Executive Producer: Valeria Maldini

Producer: Jason Manz

Director of Photography: Brian Rigney Hubbard

Editing, Visual Effects: PS260

Editor: J.J. Lask

Assistant Editor: Colin Edelman

Senior Producer: Laura Lamb Patterson

Lead Visual Effects Artist: Patrick Lavin

Assistant Artist: Matt Posey

Audio Post: Soundtrack

Sound Design, Mixer: Mike Secher

Music: Human

Casting: House Casting

Casting Agent: Shawn Alston

Client: American Greetings

Executive Director, Marketing: Alex Ho