Have you ever had a cushy job?

lazygal · 05-04-2012 07:31PM #1

I still miss a couple of jobs I had in college, making money for doing very, very little work. A brief stint in a public service job stands out as supremely cushy, loads of lunch/tea breaks and was told to make sure to take all my sick leave....by my manager.

L.Jenkins · 05-04-2012 07:32PM

Temp job in Oranmore. 500 a week for sitting on my hole all day or close to it when I got up for the occasional walk around.

Leeg17 · 05-04-2012 07:33PM

Minimum wage €8.65 when I was 14 the summer of Junior Cert in a vinyl shop. Busy enough for the first while but most days I was sitting around just answering the phone or sweeping up around the place.

Bliss.

ElleEm · 05-04-2012 07:35PM

There were a couple of babysitting jobs I had where the kids were young enough to be in bed when I arrived, so I'd get paid to sit in front of the TV every night!

Those jobs ended a long time ago though...

Coriolanus · 05-04-2012 07:35PM

Worked for the tax office in naas as a student. Somehow all the part timers were on a higher scale than some of the newer full time contracts. 420 pounds a week fo r answering phones and opening/sorting mail around because that's all we were allowed do on short contracts.

lazygal · 05-04-2012 07:37PM

wrong thread!

sh1tstirrer · 05-04-2012 07:39PM

Leeg17 wrote: »

Minimum wage €8.65 when I was 14 the summer of Junior Cert in a vinyl shop. Busy enough for the first while but most days I was sitting around just answering the phone or sweeping up around the place.

Bliss.

What you call bliss I call boredom.

donutface · 05-04-2012 07:47PM

I was a programmer at Microsoft last year and will be returning in a few months. Work had to be done, but they take flexitime to a whole new level. You can work any hours you like (including 2am on a Sunday morning), provided that you attend for important meetings and get your assigned work done.

If you don't feel particularly productive, you can get a free massage, nag a coworker to join you for some Starbucks or just go home early. There are also frequent corporate events with free food and alcohol and team outings every couple of months. A favorite of mine was a spa day at the Royal marine hotel in Dun Laoghaire

Obviously some weeks are better than others, and when deadlines are looming you might be working a fair bit of overtime so it's not just all fun and games.

This has the nice balance of not being bored to tears at work, being able to go at your own pace and having plenty of job satisfaction at the end of it.

Ms. Pingui · 05-04-2012 07:50PM

Absolutly not!

I've worked with horses since I was a young teenager. This meant feck all pay.
Long, long working hours ( could be as early as 3 in the morning on a show day, and no finishing hours, just whenever everything was done.)
Putting up with snobby clients who treated me like a slave.
Various injuries, concussions etc.
Horrible bosses and loads of fighting (no unions either)

Loads more negatives but I still loved it.
I'm a full time mother for the moment... Cushiest job I've ever had!

Mr. Rager · 05-04-2012 07:53PM

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

Leeg17 wrote: »

Minimum wage €8.65 when I was 14 the summer of Junior Cert in a vinyl shop. Busy enough for the first while but most days I was sitting around just answering the phone or sweeping up around the place.

Bliss.

What you call bliss I call boredom.

He was 14 and had plenty of free time, I'm guessing he spent the hours "polishing the rocket." Getting paid to masturbate, that's the dream boys, that's the dream.

kwalshe · 05-04-2012 07:54PM

I worked for FAS, will never get as cushy as that.

Also used to work in my fathers textile factory when I was 16. I had a bed made up in the rafters that was 10 times as cosy as my own bed now. My little setup finished rather ungracefully when the day came when he could'nt find me for an hour after he was looking for to give me a lift home.

He found me allright!

DEFTLEFTHAND · 05-04-2012 07:54PM

I worked removals for an antique store during the summer after I left school. I found it great, it entailed a lot of driving which I love, a good friend of mine was doing it with me, the money was excellent for an 18 year and it was only 3 days a week.

IM0 · 05-04-2012 07:55PM

thinly veiled PS bashing thread

:pac:

lazygal · 05-04-2012 07:56PM

IM0 wrote: »

thinly veiled PS bashing thread

:pac:

Not at all! I actually worked in the public sector subsequently in a totally different capacity and there was no slacking in that department, we worked a 41 hour week and got standard leave and break entitlements. No nonsense about sick leave or taking the p!ss with breaks in that role.

LenaClaire · 05-04-2012 07:57PM

I did "security" at a weekend festival when I was 18. Since I am small my job was to sit and talk to the wives and girlfriends of the band members. Any time they wanted anything my job was to radio and have someone go get it for us.

Was awesome and I made like 150 for the weekend

Diabhal Beag · 05-04-2012 07:58PM

Door to door promotion for a health insurance company. 10 euro an hour 20 hours a week just to walk around and talk to people.

Helix · 05-04-2012 08:02PM

would probably say that my job is cushy on face value at least. there are loads of long hours involved, particularly around deadlines, but it's not anything physically demanding. im massively interested in the sectors i cover as a journalist, and i enjoy the challenges of managing projects, so im happy with the directorial role i have too

it's not all puppies and rainbows, but i cant think of many jobs i'd rather do

token56 · 05-04-2012 08:02PM

Supervisor at a cinema at the time it was the perfect job. To be fair when it was busy you were rushed off your feet but when it was quite even just with normal volumes of customers it was a pretty sweet job.

Sofaspud · 05-04-2012 08:04PM

Used to work for 11850, which wasn't cushy in itself, but after a while I was put on international services, which in the evenings could mean a single call every 20 minutes to an hour. So sometimes I'd end up sitting eating a bag of chips (I used to be the go-to-guy for ordering pizza / chipper, and the managers would take me off the phone to take orders) while chatting, on the internet on my phone or occasionally watching the managers play computer games with my feet up.

Occasionally working as a Sound Engineer was pretty cushy too, just set up all the mics at the start, and once I set all the bands levels I'd just sit back, have a couple of pints and watch live music, then take down mics and wrap cables at the end.

longhalloween · 05-04-2012 08:10PM

Working in retail in the airport at Terminal 2 before it opened. I read the entire Game of Thrones series, Lord of the Rings and a few more in the 6 months I was there.

Quit after that because I thought my brain was getting dumber through inactivity.

token101 · 05-04-2012 08:12PM

Taking tickets at an ice skating rink. Come out once an hour, take tickets, return to my seating area and read my magazine/chat to the hot Polish skating marshalls. Repeat 8 times. 11 quid an hour plus free lunch and brewed coffee. Who didn't love the Celtic Tiger?

Working on a go karting track as a marshall. €9 an hour, but at 19 you get to wear a cool t-shirt, a hi-vis and a headset. The business. All I'd to do was stroll around, when they crash you pull them apart. You get to do laps with all the karts at the end to take them back inside and 'test for faults'

My name is URL · 05-04-2012 08:19PM

When I lived in the US I worked for a brief time as a temporary personal assistant to a fairly wealthy internet mogul. Completely bull****ted my way through the application and interview process. I literally had nothing to do but make a few phone-calls and reservations for yer man. Got paid anywhere up to $1500 a week for doing it. I cried when the girl I was filling in for returned from maternity leave.

Snowie · 05-04-2012 08:55PM

yeah I get up switch on my computer cook some croissants make a cafetiere coffee answer some emails batch process pictures send them to picture agencies for my boss.... snooze play play some plays station 3 play around on the internet. Go off do some jobs do some more jobs go for walks ask lots of questions ... I get payed ok theres no bull**** and I'm saving so much money at the moment...

Tho once work comes in for me Im on it like a fat kid on a cup cake

...
I've got a relaxed job Im lucky and I get payed pretty well.

its not going to be here for much longer.....

Can any one say rat race...:/

have_a_go_hero · 05-04-2012 09:05PM

Snowie wrote: »

yeah I get up switch on my computer cook some croissants make a cafetiere coffee answer some emails batch process pictures send them to picture agencies for my boss.... snooze play play some plays station 3 play around on the internet. Go off do some jobs do some more jobs go for walks ask lots of questions ... I get payed ok theres no bull**** and I'm saving so much money at the moment...

Tho once work comes in for me Im on it like a fat kid on a cup cake ...
I've got a relaxed job Im lucky and I get payed pretty well.
its not going to be here for much longer.....

Can any one say rat race...:/

Hope you don't have to proof read anything

Carverkid · 05-04-2012 09:09PM

Beach lifeguard for the summer months. Pass the day swimming, sitting and walking around the beach.

woodoo · 05-04-2012 09:09PM

lazygal wrote: »

I still miss a couple of jobs I had in college, making money for doing very, very little work. A brief stint in a public service job stands out as supremely cushy, loads of lunch/tea breaks and was told to make sure to take all my sick leave....by my manager.

Your manager should have been sacked.

pushki · 06-04-2012 05:36AM

Got paid very well to put the Microsoft stickers on the computers in dell . Sometimes put them upside down for a thrill .

mikemac1 · 06-04-2012 08:50AM

Night porter but many nights there would be no residents at all

Just me on my own

All I had to do was maybe two hours of cleaning and some setup for breakfast and then I'd sleep for the rest of the shift

The breadman would wake me up in the morning

I was an expert on US politics after a while as that's all that was on TV at night

44leto · 06-04-2012 08:52AM

There's a fine balance between cushy and boring.

I would like the type of job were you grind and slog it out for a protracted period, get paid well then enjoy a lot of time off. Something like an oil rig worker or crab/salmon fisherman.

smash · 06-04-2012 08:56AM

pushki wrote: »

Got paid very well to put the Microsoft stickers on the computers in dell . Sometimes put them upside down for a thrill .

You bastard!

phill106 · 06-04-2012 09:04AM

longhalloween wrote: »

Working in retail in the airport at Terminal 2 before it opened. I read the entire Game of Thrones series, Lord of the Rings and a few more in the 6 months I was there.

Quit after that because I thought my brain was getting dumber through inactivity.

Sorry, they had shops open in the terminal before the terminal was open?
So no possibility of customers?!

Have you ever had a cushy job?

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