What is a low stress, well paid job?

squigglestrebor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119028275#Comment_119028275

Yeah i cant think of anything more stressful haha , which is probably important to remember for the thread , everyone stresses in different ways.

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119027320#Comment_119027320

Have you tried dealing with a stroppy parent, telling you how their little darling is being bullied, when you know well that said little darling is actually the bully?

CPTM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119028153#Comment_119028153

I don't see why quitting or going back in are the only options. No one is turning up with a gun to my head. The third option I'm taking is saying no and letting them start court proceedings or fire me if they want. Everyone has that third option. I don't know why someone would quit before trying that, saying as both ways you end up jobless but by quitting you definitely lose your job. Waiting to be fired at least allows you a slight opportunity that the company might change their mind when they realise that firing someone means hiring someone else who doesn't know as much, and at a time when it's quite difficult to hire people. They might do it yep, but they certainly might not and just surrender to you working from home. They survived 2 years of it afterall.

squigglestrebor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119029290#Comment_119029290

Yeah i agree with you tbh!there is that 3rd option. My pals and admittedly myself didnt dig in, my job pays better than what i think i can get elsewhere haha so felt like id no choice

fryup

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119028275#Comment_119028275

depends on your route i suppose, our local link driver only has a handful of OAP's to pick up everyday he say's he could do it in his sleep the same stop off's and pick up's everyday

bitofabind

I'm in high stress tech sales, base is grand, commission brings comfortably into 6 figures but as yet not stress tested since I'm working long sales cycles in a startup.

If you were looking for high stress, high pay, I'd say enterprise tech sales - and better yet, sales management. VP's in enterprise SAAS sales make a fortune, alas it takes a certain robustness and not for the fainthearted!

If I could do it all again, I'd study dentistry. A long and arduous study path, but once you're fully qualified and a few years in, it's a bit like ground-hog day in a surgery with a growing book of business where you're doing the same day-to-day stuff, check-ups, cavities, the odd root canal, and grossing high. A bit of sales involved especially with the surge in cosmetic dentistry these days, a bit of stress in terms of dealing with anxious members of the public. But something you can leave in the office when you go home and flexibility around the hours you do if you're self-employed.

HartsHat

Sub goalkeeper in the Premier League.

Jim2007

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119041370#Comment_119041370

Really you think playing second fiddle, worrying about not getting a chance do demonstrate your skills, working about be transferred or dumped is not stressful?

Pawwed Rig

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119041474#Comment_119041474

Better to be third or fourth choice. Darren Randolph has the best job in the world. 50k a week to keep fit

Jim2007

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119043083#Comment_119043083

Ya, it does not work like that. There are very few people in any earning a good salary that is not concerned about their career etc... The idea of a stress free well paying job is just nonsense.