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The original was posted on /r/perth by /u/StaticNocturne on 2023-08-24 02:20:31.
Jobs that pay well enough that you're not having to jack off the dog to feed the cat, and which aren't too stressful (especially where you're NOT expected to bring work home with you and respond to emails at 3am on Sunday morning or even week nights for that matter)
Maybe I'm searching for a unicorn, but I'm sure a few jobs like this exist.
Truth is I'm not ambitious in the professional sense and I gain my satisfaction from my hobbies and personal interests, I don't care for climbing the corporate ladder nor managing my own business, and I couldn’t give two shits about prestige or status. Maybe I'll have a change of heart as I grow older and grow tired of working for assholes and morons, but for the time being I'm just wanting a cruisy job that will afford me time to focus on my hobbies without starving to death.
I also don’t handle stress well and now been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder that flares up in times of high stress. This is something I will have to self manage but certain jobs are categorically more stressful than others and some jobs that seem relatively stress free turn out to be anything but ( contingent largely on management and company ‘culture’ of course )
It seems - unsurprisingly- the higher paying the job the greater the responsibility, the greater the stress, the less unmolested (sorry Its early and I can't think of a better word) my free time, at which point my quality of life really plunges regardless of how much I’m earning, unless by some miracle I absolutely love my work.
I’ve got a degree in business and experience in marketing comms and web design but I’m looking afield now, especially since AI will soon be making redundant the only parts I enjoyed and was any good at : content writing, copywriting, and graphic design.
(I’ve heard that government jobs can be cruisy once you’re in, but getting in is the problem)
Also can we all unionise and demand a 4 day work week already? It’s been unanimously successful across trials across industries across countries whereby there’s no fall in productivity but a huge boost in morale and wellbeing. I know it’s not as viable in certain roles but can you imagine having an extra day a week to do all the chores and banking and shit you now have to cram after work or during your lunch break and then actually having your weekend free to do whatever you want. It sounds like a pipe dream but it shouldn’t
I've found that the more skilled a job is (as in you need experience to do it properly) the less you get pressured for performance.
Of course this may not be universal. But I went from call centre to internal support and I'm getting twice as much money for a fraction of the stress