What is a low stress, well paid job?

StressedOot

Currently I am on high 5 figures which just covers my bills, so I would need to replace it with something that pays quite well. I don't mind working shifts, but it has to be a "leave it at the door" sort of job, as all my career I have been guilty of not doing that, and I am exhausted.

I don't have the financial security to take a career break.

Any suggestions?

FintanMcluskey

Currently I am on high 5 figures which just covers my bills, so I would need to replace it with something that pays quite well. 

Have you considered becoming a professional footballer or film star?

StressedOot

haha. That would be far more than 5 figures, surely? I can't act and have two left feet!

Was thinking something more like hospitality, retail. Obviously an issue is that I don't have the specialist quals for something like fashion buying, but I would be willing to retrain for 12-18 months....

Plumber? Electrician? the apprenticeships take years though.

Gardener? Landscaper?

FintanMcluskey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118997279#Comment_118997279

Some of the pharmaceutical technican roles in the pharmaceutical plants around the Dublin region are well paid.

With shift work and a little overtime wages north of €70,000 are easily achieved.

When the day is done the day is done in those jobs. Very little stress.

Pawwed Rig

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118997332#Comment_118997332

I did shift work for 14 years and wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

FintanMcluskey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118997366#Comment_118997366

OP did state they wouldn't mind shift.

I won't do it myself, but it is a leave it at the door type, well paid position

RossGeller

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058243893/what-is-a-low-stress-well-paid-job

"What is a low stress well paid job?" - The answer is it does not exist.

Some might argue that Software Development falls in this category, but people who go into that generally love programming and I.T, so it's almost not like work. The same could be said for something like Actuary, but again these people tend to be great at Maths and problem solving, so they don't get stressed. An average person in these jobs would be stressed out all the time.

So really High Pay = High Stress, unless you're super smart.

sam t smith

Software Development is not low stress.

There is often tight or unrealistic deadlines for a start. Unpaid overtime is not unknown.

And all the non-coding crap that goes with it is not ‘enjoyable’ for anyone.

maestroamado

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058243893/what-is-a-low-stress-well-paid-job

If you have the skills get an online work from home job and go to somewhere like small town Spain/Portugal... i know someone that is doing but they in their 20s and no ties...

HBC08

The low stress bit depends as much on the person as the job.

StressedOot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118997764#Comment_118997764

I suppose that is a large part to do with it. Where I am now, in management, is more "strategic" yuck, and less operational.

I always really enjoyed practical jobs in hospitality I had while in college. Granted they were stress free because I was 20 without a mortgage, and downside, they were poorly paid.

I like doing things that show tangible results, that is why I think a trade type job might be good for me.

What I am doing now, while there are results, is quite stressful to me due to the nature of the work.

spakman

By and large, well paid jobs require skill and/or ability to manage.

Both are likely to bring stress in terms of responsibility, deadlines etc

Then there's the general office politics, personality clashes etc

Any job has the potential to be stressful depending on the people involved

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JayPS 2288

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118997332#Comment_118997332

You’d earn €70k at supervisory level.

€90-€100 k at managerial level in the pharmaceutical industry.

Operative/technician/chemist level would earn mid 40’s€. +20% shift allowance for evening / morning rotation, or 30% for shifts involving nights.

JayPS 2288

OP, teaching is very well paid and almost entirely stress free. Sometimes you start after 9, always finished by 4ish, you’re never scheduled to teach the entire day so several breaks in between. Pay reaches €75,000.

Guaranteed pension (gold plated) for 6% pension levy contributions (that you get tax relief on anyway) so more like 3%.

18 weeks annual leave.

Unvouched sick days fully paid with or without a doctor’s note.

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119000620#Comment_119000620

teacher yourself? as it doesnt seem very stress free, according to those i know that do it!

spakman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119000705#Comment_119000705

because they don't know what stress is!

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119000715#Comment_119000715

oh ffs! a cheap jibe at teachers, by people that know fcuk all about the profession, while offering it as advice to others!

spurious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119000620#Comment_119000620

This guy clearly knows what he is talking about.

It's a wonder they have problems getting teachers at all.

FintanMcluskey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119000607#Comment_119000607

Not the case.

I'm involved in the industry.

Mid 40s would get laughed at around Dublin.

HazeDoll

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119000620#Comment_119000620

Either I'm having a very vivid deja vu or I have seen this exact steaming pile of horseapples posted elsewhere on boards in the last few months. That's odd...

Often supervising before 8:30, almost never finished by 4. Often scheduled to teach the entire day, plus extra pointless 'admin.' Opening evenings, parent teacher meetings, various committee meetings, extra curricular activities and endless endless homework fill your days nicely.

Vast majority won't reach €75,000.

Pension and holidays are a huge plus, but not many teachers are able to work right up to full pension due to burnout.

The unvouched sick days thing is fiction. I think you can take 7 uncertified sick days over a rolling two year period but you are usually required to send in work and correct it, so you're essentially working from home. It's easier to go in and teach. You can take a maximum of three days in a row, and if you take a Friday and the following Monday it's counted as four days. Certified sick leave is more generous and more complicated and you will have Medmark on the phone asking to see your bleeding wounds and quizzing you on whether you really need all that medication.

bertiebomber

Teachers have a **** job and i wouldnt do it for any money, mind & educate those entitled unruly little cnuts all day 5 days a week they deserve their pay .

A stress free job is a simple one where you manage your own hours but the real secret is to do away with your natural materialism. Ie. stop keeping up with the Jones with your phone , watch, car, house, bathrooms, special paints and papers for the walls in the house you are never in due to working.

Lower your expectations and do a job that you look down your nose at, its very humbling. Life is short & these days it is much shorter so stop and look at what your real needs are then look for work.

The problem we have in this country is our work defines who we are that is the real mistake.

Our job & income is the market value we place on allowing a company to benefit from our brain. We can choose to sell to the highest bidder and enslave ourselves as they never have enough until you are a withered burned out shell. Being defined by that work is not good as when it dries up you are then wounded & worthless in your own perception.

Who you are must be defined by you to yourself. Once you can make & live the difference work becomes a lot less important to your life merely as a means to an end rather than a whole life.

JayPS 2288

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119000782#Comment_119000782

What’s your role in the industry? I’m a manager in a certain pharmaceutical company.

I’m on €100k plus bonuses.

The “bench workers”, QC, etc. earn mid 40’s starting salary, more if they rotate evening / morning shifts.

Someone with no experience in the industry simply won’t walk into a mid 70’s salary.

HazeDoll

That's very well said Bertie.

The OP said they are just covering bills on high five figures! I'm a teacher on low five figures (teaching for about 16 years) and I have just made the decision to cut back my hours drastically because I was getting lost in the job. I'll do without my new phones and some of my more frivolous expenses and re-learn to enjoy my life and not my stuff.

HazeDoll

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119000869#Comment_119000869

And yet you advised the OP to 'walk into' teaching, suggesting they'd be pulling down 75k!

JayPS 2288

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119000814#Comment_119000814

“Burnout in teaching” 😂😂😂

JayPS 2288

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119000878#Comment_119000878

How can you cut back your hours as a teacher? Do you not have to work the hours assigned to you? Usually 20 odd per week ?

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119000727#Comment_119000727

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119000892#Comment_119000892

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Zardoz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118997724#Comment_118997724

Actuary a low stress job ?

There are huge burnout levels in the profession and the remuneration is a fraction of what it used to be.

Constantly doing mental work is extremely tiring and demanding.

StressedOot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119000878#Comment_119000878

ok maybe "covering" was a bit facetious. I have enough to provide a good home and life for my family. We are not particularly flathuileach but we do live a nice life. No car loans, credit cards etc. Mortgage is high, I suppose.

You're right though Bertie. And perhaps I need to stop caring about so much about my job!