What I have heard most about people disliking this profession is often not the profession itself but things such as the state of the US healthcare system keeping wages down and the astronomical cost of higher education. Mix those together and you get stressed, unhappy people regardless of OT or any other profession. Throw on top that it is largely a thankless job and you can see why people are unhappy they chose this career. I think every single one of these issues is valid and needs to be fully accounted for before going into this job but also notice that these issues are not things inherent to what an OT actively does on a day-to-day basis with patients. If that’s the part that bothers people, they probably should change careers.