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I don't know about glorious... who is going to choose to be a garbageman?
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Someone who doesn't have the skills (or doesn't want a job that requires them to invest heavily of themselves) to do more skilled work but who wishes to be a productive member of society.
True story: when I was teaching adult lit last year I had a student (Ronnie) with learning difficulties. As well as the literacy and numeracy lessons (and the 'skills for life' such as how to cook a meal, how to read a timetable, how to access dental care etc etc) we were supposed to try and get this guy into a job. I asked him what he wanted to try for. The one thing he really, really wanted to do...and I had difficulty getting my head around this if I am honest, all he wanted to do was work at the municipal dump. Seriously. That's what he wanted. I tried to get him a work placement, but they didn't have enough supervisors to be able to take on someone with his support needs. He was gutted. I tried to figure something else out that he might like to do...I eventually got him into a food packing factory. Nice clean factory, variety of jobs, good supervisors. He went for it and made the best of it...but he was still adamant that he wanted to work in the dump and I had to promise him that i would keep phoning them up from time to time to see if the situation had changed so I could let him know.
Another of my students had a deep desire to be an exterminator (as in vermin).
I rather like queeq's idea of offering a small increase in wages for the worst jobs, rather than the best. If you are motivated by a desire for money you'd go fo rthe dirty, nasty jobs. If you want are in a job you enjoy then you don't need the high wages to compensate you for your time. Just a playful thought.