What is the least stressful job in the world?

I was an assistant panda keeper for a few weeks last summer. That was stress free.

My mate has a great talent to spot the easiest job in his public service place in Germany and then go for it. He currently works as a gatekeeper for one of the yards in Berlin Water.

He sits in his comfy little cabin and is responsible for the driveway which is equipped with an electrically controlled barrier for each lane. So if he recognises they guys and/or the vehicle he just presses the button which is about 99% of the time. If he doesn't he calls them in to ask them where they're going and issues a visitor's pass.

He also does nightshifts for which he has both a Sky box and a PS3 in there.

Oh and he's on a full qualified technicians pay cos that's what his previous job in there was and is fully pensionable and all the other stuff that comes with a lifetime PS job.

Wouldn't be for me, I'd die of boredom, but he loves it.

burnhardlanger wrote: »

I'd say Fund Manager.

Once you're established, you proverbially throw darts at stocks, historically fail to beat the benchmark index, rake in exorbitant transaction fees and mill around your office excitedly awaiting the arrival of you new Jaguar.

Fund Managers are like used car salesmen.

They have to constantly convince strangers they know what they are doing and that they'll manage the money better than anyone else. At least, fund managers who deal with external clients (afaik - that's the majority of them). If they aren't bringing in clients, they'll be feeling a lot of stress. Ones that don't deal with clients have to convince their bosses they can manage the fund better than everyone else, and it's much harder because their bosses live and breathe finance.

The financial industry is known for being relatively high stress across the board, but fund managers are specifically known for having a high stress job.

http://www.investopedia.com/university/financial-careers/financial-careers9.asp