“…We seek, in this article, to reinforce the principle according to which the precariousness of work activity should not be restricted to a certain list of "dirty" works, inherently problematic due to the external working conditions that characterize them. However, research data focused on socially valued professional activities, such as elementary school teacher (Andrade & Falcão, 2018), show a situation of precariousness much more established and verifiable than what is observed in "dirty" professions, characterized by negative social representation (in the tradition of "dirty work"), as the case of technicians in the examination of corpses (Messias, 2017;Falcão et al, 2020). These technicians reveal larger consciousness about the paths of work well done in the inspection of corpses, unlike the loneliness and lack of referencing of elementary school teachers, trying desperately and alone to deal with their students "who do not learn".…”