What is the least stressful job in the world?

D1stant · 26-02-2014 4:11pm

Fireman in Antartica

Warper · 26-02-2014 4:12pm

Guy that rolls the films in the cinema, sounds alright to me.

johnmcdnl · 26-02-2014 4:14pm

Security guard in a a college library - tell some students to "ssshh" every once in a while if they're talking a bit too loud.

wobzilla1 · 26-02-2014 4:16pm

People in general seem to be the main cause of stress for me. I generally dislike having to work or talk with other people at all and it stresses the hell out of me even if I'm performing well and not having customers giving out to me.
I'd love to be a truck driver. It would be much lower pay but I'd be on my own for days, not having to deal with other people.

md23040 · 26-02-2014 4:17pm

D1stant wrote: »

Fireman in Antartica

True for the many fireman in the South America capital of La Paz. As the highest capital city above sea (2 miles), fires are fairly non existant due to insufficient oxygen levels to maintain combustion.

Also, an old neighbour of mine is an air traffic controller for Sligo airport eventhough the last and only commercial service to Dublin stopped mid 2011. Same pay as anyother ACT in Ireland with earning of up to €75,000 per year.

http://www.sligoairport.com/Sligo-Airport-ContactUs.html

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26-02-2014 4:36pm

Human Resources

Rejecting people applying to work for you and lecturing the ones who already do, with multiple coffee breaks in between.

Gokei · 26-02-2014 4:44pm

Lollipop Lady. Or man lollipop Lady.

harry Bailey esq · 26-02-2014 5:42pm

Stephen P wrote: »

Very stressful these days having to deal with youths throwing rocks at your jeep and giving abuse.

we used to drink and smoke dope in our local park as teenagers and the park ranger would often join us for a drink and smoke whilst on his rounds,none of us littered,and all the football teams that used the pitches would present him with bottles of spirits every Christmas he was and probably still is one of the happiest people I've ever known

Eeden · 26-02-2014 5:48pm

rainbowdrop wrote: »

I always think a toll booth operaterative would have a fairly stress free job. Stick you hand out for money every 30seconds or so, maybe give a little change. How stressful could that be?

I think the sheer boredom could be a source of stress in itself!

Davarus Walrus · 26-02-2014 5:50pm

A librarian in a university library. Milling around all day doing feck all as most visitors use the self-service checkouts or access periodicals online. Let out an occasional shush and put a colour-coded book back on a shelf. A rhesus monkey could be trained to carry out most of these tasks.

Jimmy Two Times · 26-02-2014 5:51pm

Whoever said Toll Both Operator is spot on.

That and the lad who is the starter on the first tee on the prestigious golf courses in Scotland...........great job to have.

Irish Guitarist · 26-02-2014 6:11pm

Whoever thinks up the crap programmes they show on MTV. Just think of a preexisting programme and give the new programme a similarly named 'joke' title. "What sounds like Jersey Shore? I know! Geordie Shore". "Let's remake The Hills and set it in Wales. We can call it The Valleys".

Working in Fender Guitars Custom Shop. They make 'relic' guitars and actually pay people to scrape the paint off or to hit the guitars with objects to make them look old.

iDave · 26-02-2014 6:12pm

The Wallet Inspector

geckovision · 26-02-2014 6:18pm

Open to correction, but I've always imagined a mechanic is very low stress job.

You're obviously into cars. You can work on them all day and listen to music and get a buzz of fixing something.

thegreatgonzo · 26-02-2014 6:23pm

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

titan18 · 26-02-2014 6:54pm

Post man in a place with decent weather, I'd reckon

Boskowski · 26-02-2014 7:04pm

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.

Samphire · 26-02-2014 7:28pm

Restaurant Critic

UCDVet · 26-02-2014 7:42pm

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

MS.ing · 26-02-2014 8:28pm

one mans stress is another mans walk in the park

juniord · 26-02-2014 8:43pm

any job you enjoy doing

Steve F · 26-02-2014 8:53pm

Tour guide in Graceland.Basically you are living in Elvis' house for 40hrs a week.How cool is that?:D

cnoc · 26-02-2014 8:57pm

Public reps "looking in to it" for somebody.

Sir Arthur Daley · 26-02-2014 10:06pm

County council workers, hardest part of the day is finding a nice shovel to lean on.

biko · 26-02-2014 10:10pm

rainbowdrop wrote: »

I always think a toll booth operaterative would have a fairly stress free job. Stick you hand out for money every 30seconds or so, maybe give a little change. How stressful could that be?

I was just about to post this. Great job but boring I'm sure.

26-02-2014 11:18pm

Signalman at a local railway station (in the UK) after Beeching got the station reduced from a major junction to a single track terminus.
Six trains a day, all he had to do was control two signals, one to let the train in and one to let it out!

What is the least stressful job in the world?

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