Does the perfect job exist?

Eleven Benevolent Elephants

As per the title, does the perfect job (or as close to perfect as possible) exist?



Ideally:

Short working day.
No shift work.
Long annual leave >6 weeks.
(Almost) impossible to fire.
Job for life (essentially).
Pension safe as houses (not necessarily a good one, just a safe one).
Good union.
Guaranteed pay increase based on seniority regardless of performance.


Does such a job exist in this life in the public or private sector? Or am I best to continue slogging in my current vocation ðŸ˜

ILoveYourVibes

The prefect part time job exists with a full time salary ..well it doesn't but that would be it.

...have you considered prostitution?

JohnnyFlash

Semi-States.

B.A._Baracus

The perfect job is where you get paid an insane amount of money and you do nothing for it.
Literally you do nothing. You do not have to even go to it.

Of course very few in this world would have them. But some do. Like being a vice president in a company all because your family own it :pac:

JustAThought

Eleven Benevolent Elephants wrote: »

As per the title, does the perfect job (or as close to perfect as possible) exist?



Ideally:

Short working day. Primary Teacher or Lecturer
No shift work.Primary teacher or lecturer
Long annual leave >6 weeks.Primary, Socindary or Lecturer
(Almost) impossible to fire. Primary/Secondary or ‘civil’ servant
Job for life (essentially). Teacher or Civil servant
Pension safe as houses (not necessarily a good one, just a safe one). Any cicil servant
Good union. Any covil servant or teacher
Guaranteed pay increase based on seniority regardless of performance. Any civil servant

In this country, having no qualifications, no ambition, no drive or capacity to grow & change pays - in one area - govt jobs.

Feisar

Deleted User wrote: »

...have you considered prostitution?

Shift work though. Although they say you get paid premium for it. Girlfriend experience I think it's called.

completedit

I think if you're passionate about a subject and it's something that evolves all the time then lecturing or teaching would be up there.

dxhound2005

One where you can pay yourself some decent money, by getting other people to do the work. And nobody will question you if you put your family on the payroll. Better than scratching around for a living in the public sector.

2019. The bosses of Ireland’s top 20 companies earned 41 times more than their employees, widening the gap on the previous year as they secured a collective pay rise of 13 per cent, research from The Irish Times has found.

Data compiled from the annual reports of the Iseq 20 constituents found that the average compensation for a chief executive rose from €1.6 million to €1.87 million for their latest financial years.

Playing with puppies who are never neglected or get sick

B.A._Baracus

dxhound2005 wrote: »

One where you can pay yourself some decent money, by getting other people to do the work. And nobody will question you if you put your family on the payroll. Better than scratching around for a living in the public sector.

2019. The bosses of Ireland’s top 20 companies earned 41 times more than their employees, widening the gap on the previous year as they secured a collective pay rise of 13 per cent, research from The Irish Times has found.

Data compiled from the annual reports of the Iseq 20 constituents found that the average compensation for a chief executive rose from €1.6 million to €1.87 million for their latest financial years.

I say being an CEO must be a handy job.
Not saying they wouldn't do anything. But you have a team of people giving you reports and recommendations. That's their job and you make choices on where to steer the ship.

Eggs For Dinner

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

I say being an CEO must be a handy job.
Not saying they wouldn't do anything. But you have a team of people giving you reports and recommendations. That's their job and you make choices on where to steer the ship.

I doubt the majority of CEOs get a decent night's kip

John Frank Wilson

It depends on what you mean by the word 'the'.

Samuel T. Cogley

Eggs For Dinner wrote: »

I doubt the majority of CEOs get a decent night's kip

I'd say the majority are fairly resilient and handle stress well. For some I'd say they are financially secure regardless of the job, probably sleep better than a factory worker in Kilbarrack trying to pay a mortgage.

Geuze

JustAThought wrote: »

Ideally:

Short working day. Primary Teacher or Lecturer
No shift work.Primary teacher or lecturer
Long annual leave >6 weeks.Primary, Socindary or Lecturer
(Almost) impossible to fire. Primary/Secondary or ‘civil’ servant
Job for life (essentially). Teacher or Civil servant
Pension safe as houses (not necessarily a good one, just a safe one). Any cicil servant
Good union. Any covil servant or teacher
Guaranteed pay increase based on seniority regardless of performance. Any civil servant

IoT lecturers have a good job, yes.

70 days annual leave, up to 85k pay, no/little pressure to do research.

BUT, two downsides, you have a fairly high teaching load, and you may have to teach people who got 100 points in the LC.

Being a uni lecturer is a different job.


(By the way, civil servants are a small subset of public servants)

Beltby

Top Gear presenter. That's my idea of the ideal job.

Mister Vain

Hugh Hefner had it.

Potential-Monke

If it has to have the word job in it, then it'll never be perfect imo. Work is work, it's not a past time you like doing when you feel like it. It's necessary and required to have any sort of a decent life, and because it's a requirement, it rarely becomes actually enjoyable to the vast majority. Some people are lucky and find a job doing exactly what they enjoy doing, so would feel less like a job. But if an activity requires me to be at x place or logged in from x time until x time, it won't be enjoyable to me.

It's why I keep doing the lotto. Just 1 win is all it would take. I'm back tonight after a week off, and even though it looks like it'll be quiet, I still don't want to me here.

mikeym

President Of Ireland seems to be a very cushy number.

SnowyMay

Definitely.

If you love what you do, you don't have to work a day in your life. Cliché, but true.

ByTheSea2019

I don't think perfect exists. I think you have to work in a few terrible jobs to know when you have it good.

saabsaab

SnowyMay wrote: »

Definitely.

If you love what you do, you don't have to work a day in your life. Cliché, but true.

Best job I had was traveling around the countryside helping driver delivering and fitting white goods and heavy stuff years ago. Good fun, invited in for tea and cake etc. Saw the countryside and met lovely people.

Lynn Door

Eleven Benevolent Elephants wrote: »

As per the title, does the perfect job (or as close to perfect as possible) exist?



Ideally:

Short working day.
No shift work.
Long annual leave >6 weeks.
(Almost) impossible to fire.
Job for life (essentially).
Pension safe as houses (not necessarily a good one, just a safe one).
Good union.
Guaranteed pay increase based on seniority regardless of performance.


Does such a job exist in this life in the public or private sector? Or am I best to continue slogging in my current vocation ðŸ˜

Teacher.

saabsaab

Lynn Door wrote: »

Teacher.

God no. Kids!

Lynn Door

saabsaab wrote: »

God no. Kids!

Well wasnt on the list!

Gmak2442

Perfection is possible but the boss One has not that. So I don't suggest getting more than the boss. For my job, I doubt it can be perfect; it's hard.

riclad

Making a podcast about something you like, eg TV, film, books is a good job if you have 1000s of listeners
playing video games on YouTube or twitch is a good job if you can play a game while talking and being
entertaining and you have enough fans and subscribers
to give you a high income
Pokimane on twitch now limits donations to 5dollars
as her income from adverts and subscriptions
is very high
I,m famous djs could get paid a fortune for just one gig
at least before all the clubs closed down
A songwriter who writes 2 or 3 hit songs can live off
the royalty payments for as long as they live

Montage of Feck

Eleven Benevolent Elephants wrote: »

As per the title, does the perfect job (or as close to perfect as possible) exist?



Ideally:

Short working day.
No shift work.
Long annual leave >6 weeks.
(Almost) impossible to fire.
Job for life (essentially).
Pension safe as houses (not necessarily a good one, just a safe one).
Good union.
Guaranteed pay increase based on seniority regardless of performance.


Does such a job exist in this life in the public or private sector? Or am I best to continue slogging in my current vocation ðŸ˜

Isn't that how the public service is operated?

Jimbob1977

Famous film actor......

Paid a fortune - even if the film flops

Probably get a stunning girlfriend or wife, who is game for anything.

Houses in Beverly Hills, Monte Carlo and Tahiti

Mistakenly praised as if you are actually the character you play..... E.g. As if Liam Neeson was really Oskar Schindler.

Spanish Eyes

OP you know the answer and I hope you are not Trolling lol.

ESB, semi States, County Councils, Ps and Cs. Take your pick. But you know this already. Get an application in quick!

Capt'n Midnight

mikeym wrote: »

President Of Ireland seems to be a very cushy number.

It's a dead end job with little chance of promotion.

Liamo57

I had the perfect job. Semi state, Alcholic boss, 65000 yearly, subsistance, 17 euro daily, overtime - never did it 3500 yearly, home each day at 2 pm, company vehicle, huge redundancy last year and pension, hit the hackpit

I'd consider my job to be perfect, in so much as I know it won't last forever, but if i knew I was gonna be doing my current job for the next 30 years, I'd be quite cheery with that.

the purple tin

I think OP has described a career politician.
Don't forget the free car and big expense account.