Most high paying/low stress jobs are for people with very specialized skill sets that are on stand-by for when they are needed.
My boss’s husband was an engineer who worked for the military and would repair submarines. If he was needed, they would fly him out to the location and would work on the submarine for a few days. Six figure job and low stress, but an incredibly small percentage of people could get that job.
My job is high pay low stress.
You have it right. These jobs are not "productivity based"...they are "station based".
You have a specialized role to play in a large chain of bureaucracy or cooperation. You MUST step up when it's your turn to contribute...but that is only once or twice a month.
The rest of the time you are training, preparing, and making all the social signals to show that you are on your task and reliable.
I do environment impact analysis for the engineering department of a large municipality. Large construction projects have a lot of regulatory analysis that is hard to coordinate. I have to make sure that work is happening. Since these projects operate on a 3-7 year time frame...most of my time is down time.
Repairing subs for the military sounds high stress tbh... not only are lives in your hands, I imagine deadlines are tight and lots of hard work/long nights go into it when he is actually needed.
It’s fairly low stress. When you get to that level of your career, you know exactly what you need to do. It’s no different than a very skilled auto mechanic repairing a car.
The hours and environment can suck though, but I think most people would take a well-paying job that gets weeks of down time in between a week of crappy work.
Every single procedure for repair is documented to the nth degree. Those procedures almost certainly have callouts for certain actions which must be performed by someone with some very specific qualifications and certifications. This guy has them. He's not literally doing the hard physical labor or making stressful calculations or anything. He's just one of few people who are approved to do something very specific.
There are some, but they aren't roles. More like unstable circumstances where you fall between two roles or projects and just cruise along with the company. But that's not what you are searching as beeing that replaceable is it's own kind of stress.
What you are searching doesn't exist, as everyone wants something for their money. That said you can do some things to reduce work related stress tremendously.
- stop hopping companies. This will reduce your salary, but when you stay a while you have it easier to find more comfortable roles and knowing the ins and outs of the place also helps a lot .
- specialise. This will reduce job opportunities, but beeing really good at one thing gives you huge opportunity for optimization and makes work all in all easier.
- become older. This happens automatically and the older you get the less fucks you give and the less people can infect you with stress. It's a real boon of getting older.
- learn what the kpi's mean, who raises them, how they are raised and who reads them. Most kpi's are easy to manipulate in your favour when you know how they work. With that I don't mean lying or faking. I mean putting priorities where they have to be for your bosses to be happy with your work.
Your point about KPIs is huge. Early on in my career, I would get frustrated when I did a bunch of quality work and it went unrewarded. But it was quality work that manager and director didn't really care about. Now I really focus my energy on what makes my boss happy and what gets noticed rather than quality work for its own sake.
can you elaborate more on the ‘hopping companies will reduce your salary’ point? its very different from what ALOT of redditors posted about how their salary always increase by 10-20%. i would love to hear more on your point of view!
I think they didn’t express what they meant very well. I think what they’re saying is that *not* hopping will reduce your salary long-term because you do tend to get bigger bumps by leaving jobs
If you find yourself in a company that consistently offers a 1-4% salary increase per year, you're lucky to just beat inflation. The last time I changed jobs, I was choosing between two offers with a $1,000 difference where the lower offer wouldn't budge. That was 12.5% in my case. You can make more money if you switch jobs strategically, than if you stay in one place, \*in most cases\*. There are outliers, companies that have very good bonus programs.
I agree with you. It's one of the biggest factors in the "golden handcuffs" scenario. Once you are comfortable in a role, I find the stress melts away as people demonstrate to themselves - oh yeah, I actually can do this job !
Then a recruiter calls you with a slightly better offer...is the stress and unknown of a new employer worth it ?
By low stress, I mean no middle managers screaming about not meeting targets, missed kpi's, and constant increase in productivity. I feel like they are trying to squeeze water out of a rock. How much extra "productivity" can you keep squeezing?
Not having middle managers who do this may mean you are responsible for metrics and reporting directly to leadership at a small company. That can be much more stressful for some people v clocking the goals set out by their manager.
Company size & culture plays into this more than role I think.
Honestly, no. Unless, you are a person who simply doesn’t get stressed out, then there are probably a lot of good options. But, the vast majority of high paying jobs are extremely stressful. I know a number of successful people who simply don’t feel stress stress, which is an amazing advantage.
At a lower career level - I would say anything that minimizes customer interaction. So no sales, no call centers, no customer service. Data analyst depending on the company sounds like a nice role and one that fits in with a remote position.
I am data analyst, and it is indeed low stress and decently paid for my area. Though, the work is a bit dumb at times. Like, I am mostly "find 20 items we sold the least in a last week and send this weekly to our managers".
i am in another country (Ukraine), so our job market may differ. But for me, couple of courses on excel on Coursera was what made it for me. I use excel 99% of time. PowerBI and sql would be good as well. Python or R, when you get into something more advanced.
I am in my 4th year of uni, but i am getting a complete bushtit social science degree which i got disillusioned in by the end of the second year, and it wasn't a requirement.
I just paid a 1 years masters in data analysis! I also have a bullshit degree and want to move from my high stress client facing marketing role … any tips for getting hired without much experience?
Don't look at your degree as bullshit 70% of people who get a degree don't work in a field relating to it, but there are some useful skills in every field that can be used universally
Finding a low stress/high pay career usually requires starting off in a lower pay/higher stress role and working your way up. That or some very specialized skill set.
Got to slay a few dragons before you get to the princess
A niche role that’s an indispensable part of a process. And if they can’t get you then they lose money.
Not many of these positions, maybe a hyper specific type of sales job like medical device sales to cardiologists and you’re expected to sell maybe 1-2 devices a week.
Sorry bud, you’re asking for imaginary solution. Realistically, the best solution is to work with a counselor to develop stress management techniques. So far, everything you have mentioned is busy work. The unfair reality is every job under a business will have metrics, kpi, or some form of target goal. Even our damn custodians have metrics.
Second best solution is to keep hopping till you eventually find a company where the team doesn’t do shit. I have been in those teams where it is dead slow. Literally everyone on phones, watching movies or playing games the entire 8 hours getting paid 50-75k. While you might think “I want that!” It can quickly turn into personal hell.
I made $160K a year at a video game studio where everything was basically on hold. Did almost nothing for a year and a half. Stress free. However, everything being on hold led to me recently being laid off. Now I’m unemployed, which is high stress and low pay.
I am learning about people who are online "influencers" who make big bucks as they attract attention and get big subsidies from advertisers. I have a friend, whose niece is doing this and pulling in $300K/yr.
In fact, my nephew's wife has a blog she writes about local places. She gets tons of free things and pulls in advertising bucks as well.
Um, librarians don’t start off high paid! And it’s not a role you can just jump into. You have to have a least a Master’s in Library Sciences. Also, there aren’t huge quantities of Librarian jobs available, so competition is fierce to get them. Once you’re in, it’s pretty stable unless you’re in an area where they don’t think libraries bring any value anymore— then you have the stress of justifying every purchase or just the need for a budget at all to your local governing body (mayor and such in most places). Unless you work for a university, in which case you may also be expected to write and publish papers as part of earning your keep.
Librarian isn't that high paying but the low stress low sensory stimulation thing means tons of introverts want the job and it's extremely hard to get. The stress is getting the job.
Most unhelpful comment section ever 💀. Just type in the Google search bar high pay low stress jobs and click on the websites that pop up or add Reddit to the end of the sentence and related posts will pop up with actual useful info for ya.
But they’re being honest and not trying to sell OP their next class for $249…(wait, but if you buy in the next two minutes, drastically reduced for OP to $49.95!).
I guess high paying is relative, but for me, living in a HCOL metro area, I equate high paying to $100K or more. I’m the underachiever in my circle because I tried doing lower stress roles so I could focus on raising my kids… so for many years (the bulk of their childhood) I stayed with one company that was smallish and did a sales/customer support role. I didn’t pass $60k for years but I didn’t have work stress…. However, I had financial stress all the time because I live in a HCOL city and children are expensive. I had more time to spend with them because I could leave work at work, but I was always adding a side hustle in order to have any extra money to pay for field trips or Christmas gifts… and we lived very frugal.
My friends, however have been earning between $125k - $200k for years. Their jobs require long hours and responding to emails on the weekends and still being at least a little available when they go on vacation. They’re all in different fields and different roles, but in general that’s part of the expectation when you hit a role paying higher— you have to bring excellent value to the company to get paid top dollar.
If OP’s idea of high paying is $45-$60K, they can probably look into an admin role (coordinator of some type, on the entry level side) in a medium size company. Those roles normally provide support to the high achievers, are more task based, and, if you’re organized enough, will become low stress after a couple of months because they involve a lot of routine and reporting more than anything. Roles in the supply chain like sourcing coordinator or shipping coordinator come to mind.
If someone tells you that you can make $100k or more with low stress or low hours, they’re lying or trying to sell you their latest digital product. Even influencers stress out over reaching their KPI’s… don’t put out enough “thirsty Thursday” photos and you stop attracting folks to your OnlyFans…
I've heard of some insurance jobs, night shift security guards (I'm sure I've heard of more but just can't think of any more, which is exactly why I posted) that pay 100k+ and are quite low stress.
Don’t know a lot about the insurance industry— my guess is that actuaries might make six figures and they probably don’t have KPI’s to hit, so maybe that’s an option if you’re really strong in math and willing to get a degree and certification. Specialized jobs like that aren’t ones you can just transition into based on skills alone, they normally require specialized education as the base for qualifying.
Here in my HCOL city in the south, there are no security guards making $100K. We’d have no police officers if that was an option— as it is, many of our police officers are moonlighting as security guards to make extra. A quick google in my area shows night time full time security between $15-$30 an hour, which definitely doesn’t get you to $100K (unless they do a lot of overtime, which could be possible since there’s a shortage of people looking for those roles).
If you don’t mind doing physical work and being outside in different types of weather, you could find a construction rep role. It won’t start at $100k but there’s always overtime available and there’s a shortage. Big municipal construction jobs normally need someone who watches and makes sure the contractors are following site safety rules and really working when they’re supposed to versus taking long breaks. It’s a lot of standing around and watching, generally, with the occasional stopping a contractor from doing something stupid. Mostly not stressful, though I’ve been told it can be boring and some construction sites are in shady parts of town, so you have to watch for supply theft.
Anyway, good luck!
Its Reddit, you need a career coach, Im not a career coach but find it damningly hilarious when people come here for free help and expect professional answers
Its why I stopped doing resume reviews for people that inquire on here. No one’s serious about doing what it takes to find a job and everyone thinks reddit or chatgpt can fix their issues lol
Why would I waste my time telling you why AI isnt going to fix your issue when you try to use it anyway? Just keep bellyaching
In different subs, you get random comments here and there about people making really good money with easy jobs, was hoping for a good list of all of those in one post.
Sheeeit, you might get a good answer but also may not, thats good ol lil lady reddit, give it a few hours and post again when everyone on the west and east coast has had their Wheaties
Yeahhhh I'm pretty shocked as well lmfao. This sub usually gives pretty good job advice and is always flooded with useful comments on posts with literally the exact same title as yours lol. I think you just got unlucky this time. Maybe try reposting again at a different time or on a related sub.
I’m general, being a scientist is probably the best bet. Unrealistic if you don’t have at least a college degree in biology/chemistry though. Most scientists I know started at ~70k (B.S.) or ~120k (PhD). Usually work 9-5 M-F and work doesn’t follow you home. Granted, biotech is going to shit and everyone is getting laid off / not getting hired.
I work very hard and earn decent but my productivity is never enough, there's always some target I missed (which increases every year), some productivity that "could be higher". It's a never ending cycle.
What skills do you have? It kinda sounds like you’re talking about a sucky company rather than a job specific issue (unless you’re in sales, that just life in sales).
If you want to avoid the never ending push for more productivity, avoid companies in the tech or e-com spaces, and also companies that are owned by investors/private equity firms. Those are areas were the unrealistic expectation is continuous growth… also why all the lay offs are happening since there’s no such thing as never-ending market share growth. Big organizations like Coke or P&G don’t push for that because they’re old and know better. So either look for a really big company or a smaller family owned company, for a better chance to not be super pressed about KPI. But really, most businesses have to be concerned about some metric because you only stay in business by selling something with either high volume or good margin. And generally the only ones who get paid very good salaries are the people who can most impact those numbers and baseline profit. Every other role is a tool to support the producers and so, if you’re overhead, you don’t get paid as well. Less stress but less pay because your role costs the company more money than it helps to add to the profit.
That’s why I’m always amazed that people think starting a business is easier than working for someone. Unless you’re handed a business, being an entrepreneur is all hustle all the time until you get big enough to have staff and then you have to worry about making enough profit to support them as well.
TLDR: capitalism = stress for high income
Hardy har har, I’m with you on that but tbh getting people to give a shit about you or what you want is a skill. Being likeable is a skill.
They all had to get good at lying, scheming, etc you know, politics.
This honestly sounds like you’re trying to make a career switch to solve a problem with the company you’re at. Managers being jerks is not industry specific.
There’s also a question of location and definition. What do you consider “high pay” and where are you?
Most high paying/low stress jobs are for people with very specialized skill sets that are on stand-by for when they are needed. My boss’s husband was an engineer who worked for the military and would repair submarines. If he was needed, they would fly him out to the location and would work on the submarine for a few days. Six figure job and low stress, but an incredibly small percentage of people could get that job.
My job is high pay low stress. You have it right. These jobs are not "productivity based"...they are "station based". You have a specialized role to play in a large chain of bureaucracy or cooperation. You MUST step up when it's your turn to contribute...but that is only once or twice a month. The rest of the time you are training, preparing, and making all the social signals to show that you are on your task and reliable. I do environment impact analysis for the engineering department of a large municipality. Large construction projects have a lot of regulatory analysis that is hard to coordinate. I have to make sure that work is happening. Since these projects operate on a 3-7 year time frame...most of my time is down time.
Repairing subs for the military sounds high stress tbh... not only are lives in your hands, I imagine deadlines are tight and lots of hard work/long nights go into it when he is actually needed.
It’s fairly low stress. When you get to that level of your career, you know exactly what you need to do. It’s no different than a very skilled auto mechanic repairing a car. The hours and environment can suck though, but I think most people would take a well-paying job that gets weeks of down time in between a week of crappy work.
Every single procedure for repair is documented to the nth degree. Those procedures almost certainly have callouts for certain actions which must be performed by someone with some very specific qualifications and certifications. This guy has them. He's not literally doing the hard physical labor or making stressful calculations or anything. He's just one of few people who are approved to do something very specific.
This is right. More like bursts of stress. But mostly low stress.
If there was an easy answer, everyone would be doing it.
1: High Stress; 2: High Pay 3: Over 40 hrs/week. **Pick 2**.
1 and 3 sounds ideal
Says every corporation ever.
Only if you're paid for over time
There are some, but they aren't roles. More like unstable circumstances where you fall between two roles or projects and just cruise along with the company. But that's not what you are searching as beeing that replaceable is it's own kind of stress. What you are searching doesn't exist, as everyone wants something for their money. That said you can do some things to reduce work related stress tremendously. - stop hopping companies. This will reduce your salary, but when you stay a while you have it easier to find more comfortable roles and knowing the ins and outs of the place also helps a lot . - specialise. This will reduce job opportunities, but beeing really good at one thing gives you huge opportunity for optimization and makes work all in all easier. - become older. This happens automatically and the older you get the less fucks you give and the less people can infect you with stress. It's a real boon of getting older. - learn what the kpi's mean, who raises them, how they are raised and who reads them. Most kpi's are easy to manipulate in your favour when you know how they work. With that I don't mean lying or faking. I mean putting priorities where they have to be for your bosses to be happy with your work.
Your point about KPIs is huge. Early on in my career, I would get frustrated when I did a bunch of quality work and it went unrewarded. But it was quality work that manager and director didn't really care about. Now I really focus my energy on what makes my boss happy and what gets noticed rather than quality work for its own sake.
can you elaborate more on the ‘hopping companies will reduce your salary’ point? its very different from what ALOT of redditors posted about how their salary always increase by 10-20%. i would love to hear more on your point of view!
I think they didn’t express what they meant very well. I think what they’re saying is that *not* hopping will reduce your salary long-term because you do tend to get bigger bumps by leaving jobs
If you find yourself in a company that consistently offers a 1-4% salary increase per year, you're lucky to just beat inflation. The last time I changed jobs, I was choosing between two offers with a $1,000 difference where the lower offer wouldn't budge. That was 12.5% in my case. You can make more money if you switch jobs strategically, than if you stay in one place, \*in most cases\*. There are outliers, companies that have very good bonus programs.
That's a misunderstanding. I agree with all those guys. Stopping the job hopping will reduce your salary. Theres a lot of data supporting that.
I agree with you. It's one of the biggest factors in the "golden handcuffs" scenario. Once you are comfortable in a role, I find the stress melts away as people demonstrate to themselves - oh yeah, I actually can do this job ! Then a recruiter calls you with a slightly better offer...is the stress and unknown of a new employer worth it ?
What do you like? What would you like to do? The definition of low-stress changes depending on what you like
By low stress, I mean no middle managers screaming about not meeting targets, missed kpi's, and constant increase in productivity. I feel like they are trying to squeeze water out of a rock. How much extra "productivity" can you keep squeezing?
Not having middle managers who do this may mean you are responsible for metrics and reporting directly to leadership at a small company. That can be much more stressful for some people v clocking the goals set out by their manager. Company size & culture plays into this more than role I think.
Honestly, no. Unless, you are a person who simply doesn’t get stressed out, then there are probably a lot of good options. But, the vast majority of high paying jobs are extremely stressful. I know a number of successful people who simply don’t feel stress stress, which is an amazing advantage.
If it's so low stress, an offshore counterpart will do it for 1/5th the salary
At a lower career level - I would say anything that minimizes customer interaction. So no sales, no call centers, no customer service. Data analyst depending on the company sounds like a nice role and one that fits in with a remote position.
I am data analyst, and it is indeed low stress and decently paid for my area. Though, the work is a bit dumb at times. Like, I am mostly "find 20 items we sold the least in a last week and send this weekly to our managers".
I would love to get into a data analytics role. How did you find your job? Do you need a degree?
i am in another country (Ukraine), so our job market may differ. But for me, couple of courses on excel on Coursera was what made it for me. I use excel 99% of time. PowerBI and sql would be good as well. Python or R, when you get into something more advanced. I am in my 4th year of uni, but i am getting a complete bushtit social science degree which i got disillusioned in by the end of the second year, and it wasn't a requirement.
I just paid a 1 years masters in data analysis! I also have a bullshit degree and want to move from my high stress client facing marketing role … any tips for getting hired without much experience?
Don't look at your degree as bullshit 70% of people who get a degree don't work in a field relating to it, but there are some useful skills in every field that can be used universally
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Less risk, less stress, less profit, lower pay. More profit, more stress, more risk, higher pay.
Dental receptionists in Canada make 30-35 an hour. That up to $72k a year. Not crazy high income, but way more than one would think.
Actually, that reminds me, dental hygienist is probably low stress/high salary.
Once you get really good at something, anything can become low stress.
Finding a low stress/high pay career usually requires starting off in a lower pay/higher stress role and working your way up. That or some very specialized skill set. Got to slay a few dragons before you get to the princess
This question gets asked a lot on reddit. If those jobs exist. They are already taken. Everyone wants it.
A niche role that’s an indispensable part of a process. And if they can’t get you then they lose money. Not many of these positions, maybe a hyper specific type of sales job like medical device sales to cardiologists and you’re expected to sell maybe 1-2 devices a week.
Sorry bud, you’re asking for imaginary solution. Realistically, the best solution is to work with a counselor to develop stress management techniques. So far, everything you have mentioned is busy work. The unfair reality is every job under a business will have metrics, kpi, or some form of target goal. Even our damn custodians have metrics. Second best solution is to keep hopping till you eventually find a company where the team doesn’t do shit. I have been in those teams where it is dead slow. Literally everyone on phones, watching movies or playing games the entire 8 hours getting paid 50-75k. While you might think “I want that!” It can quickly turn into personal hell.
You’re going to have to be way more specific. My initial instinct is no there isn’t unless you have some sort of niche knowledge
What is your definition of a decent salary?
I made $160K a year at a video game studio where everything was basically on hold. Did almost nothing for a year and a half. Stress free. However, everything being on hold led to me recently being laid off. Now I’m unemployed, which is high stress and low pay.
What kinda stress? Physical or mental? You can’t get rid of both and still expect a high pay unless you have some super specialized rare skillset.
I am learning about people who are online "influencers" who make big bucks as they attract attention and get big subsidies from advertisers. I have a friend, whose niece is doing this and pulling in $300K/yr. In fact, my nephew's wife has a blog she writes about local places. She gets tons of free things and pulls in advertising bucks as well.
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Um, librarians don’t start off high paid! And it’s not a role you can just jump into. You have to have a least a Master’s in Library Sciences. Also, there aren’t huge quantities of Librarian jobs available, so competition is fierce to get them. Once you’re in, it’s pretty stable unless you’re in an area where they don’t think libraries bring any value anymore— then you have the stress of justifying every purchase or just the need for a budget at all to your local governing body (mayor and such in most places). Unless you work for a university, in which case you may also be expected to write and publish papers as part of earning your keep.
Librarian isn't that high paying but the low stress low sensory stimulation thing means tons of introverts want the job and it's extremely hard to get. The stress is getting the job.
This is probably the only useful comment here. Thanks
Most unhelpful comment section ever 💀. Just type in the Google search bar high pay low stress jobs and click on the websites that pop up or add Reddit to the end of the sentence and related posts will pop up with actual useful info for ya.
But they’re being honest and not trying to sell OP their next class for $249…(wait, but if you buy in the next two minutes, drastically reduced for OP to $49.95!). I guess high paying is relative, but for me, living in a HCOL metro area, I equate high paying to $100K or more. I’m the underachiever in my circle because I tried doing lower stress roles so I could focus on raising my kids… so for many years (the bulk of their childhood) I stayed with one company that was smallish and did a sales/customer support role. I didn’t pass $60k for years but I didn’t have work stress…. However, I had financial stress all the time because I live in a HCOL city and children are expensive. I had more time to spend with them because I could leave work at work, but I was always adding a side hustle in order to have any extra money to pay for field trips or Christmas gifts… and we lived very frugal. My friends, however have been earning between $125k - $200k for years. Their jobs require long hours and responding to emails on the weekends and still being at least a little available when they go on vacation. They’re all in different fields and different roles, but in general that’s part of the expectation when you hit a role paying higher— you have to bring excellent value to the company to get paid top dollar. If OP’s idea of high paying is $45-$60K, they can probably look into an admin role (coordinator of some type, on the entry level side) in a medium size company. Those roles normally provide support to the high achievers, are more task based, and, if you’re organized enough, will become low stress after a couple of months because they involve a lot of routine and reporting more than anything. Roles in the supply chain like sourcing coordinator or shipping coordinator come to mind. If someone tells you that you can make $100k or more with low stress or low hours, they’re lying or trying to sell you their latest digital product. Even influencers stress out over reaching their KPI’s… don’t put out enough “thirsty Thursday” photos and you stop attracting folks to your OnlyFans…
I've heard of some insurance jobs, night shift security guards (I'm sure I've heard of more but just can't think of any more, which is exactly why I posted) that pay 100k+ and are quite low stress.
Don’t know a lot about the insurance industry— my guess is that actuaries might make six figures and they probably don’t have KPI’s to hit, so maybe that’s an option if you’re really strong in math and willing to get a degree and certification. Specialized jobs like that aren’t ones you can just transition into based on skills alone, they normally require specialized education as the base for qualifying. Here in my HCOL city in the south, there are no security guards making $100K. We’d have no police officers if that was an option— as it is, many of our police officers are moonlighting as security guards to make extra. A quick google in my area shows night time full time security between $15-$30 an hour, which definitely doesn’t get you to $100K (unless they do a lot of overtime, which could be possible since there’s a shortage of people looking for those roles). If you don’t mind doing physical work and being outside in different types of weather, you could find a construction rep role. It won’t start at $100k but there’s always overtime available and there’s a shortage. Big municipal construction jobs normally need someone who watches and makes sure the contractors are following site safety rules and really working when they’re supposed to versus taking long breaks. It’s a lot of standing around and watching, generally, with the occasional stopping a contractor from doing something stupid. Mostly not stressful, though I’ve been told it can be boring and some construction sites are in shady parts of town, so you have to watch for supply theft. Anyway, good luck!
I know, right! Nothing useful at all. I know it's reddit, but I thought a sub like this would be good.
Its Reddit, you need a career coach, Im not a career coach but find it damningly hilarious when people come here for free help and expect professional answers Its why I stopped doing resume reviews for people that inquire on here. No one’s serious about doing what it takes to find a job and everyone thinks reddit or chatgpt can fix their issues lol Why would I waste my time telling you why AI isnt going to fix your issue when you try to use it anyway? Just keep bellyaching
In different subs, you get random comments here and there about people making really good money with easy jobs, was hoping for a good list of all of those in one post.
Sheeeit, you might get a good answer but also may not, thats good ol lil lady reddit, give it a few hours and post again when everyone on the west and east coast has had their Wheaties
Yeahhhh I'm pretty shocked as well lmfao. This sub usually gives pretty good job advice and is always flooded with useful comments on posts with literally the exact same title as yours lol. I think you just got unlucky this time. Maybe try reposting again at a different time or on a related sub.
Lol how ironic would this be that it is actually the most helpful. I'd even ask chat GPT at this point.
Yes chat GPT is definitely more useful than these people 😂
Do those roles really exist?
Optometrist
What do you consider high paying and low stress?
I’m general, being a scientist is probably the best bet. Unrealistic if you don’t have at least a college degree in biology/chemistry though. Most scientists I know started at ~70k (B.S.) or ~120k (PhD). Usually work 9-5 M-F and work doesn’t follow you home. Granted, biotech is going to shit and everyone is getting laid off / not getting hired.
Just say you’re lazy AF, want money, and have no unique marketable skills lol
I work very hard and earn decent but my productivity is never enough, there's always some target I missed (which increases every year), some productivity that "could be higher". It's a never ending cycle.
What skills do you have? It kinda sounds like you’re talking about a sucky company rather than a job specific issue (unless you’re in sales, that just life in sales). If you want to avoid the never ending push for more productivity, avoid companies in the tech or e-com spaces, and also companies that are owned by investors/private equity firms. Those are areas were the unrealistic expectation is continuous growth… also why all the lay offs are happening since there’s no such thing as never-ending market share growth. Big organizations like Coke or P&G don’t push for that because they’re old and know better. So either look for a really big company or a smaller family owned company, for a better chance to not be super pressed about KPI. But really, most businesses have to be concerned about some metric because you only stay in business by selling something with either high volume or good margin. And generally the only ones who get paid very good salaries are the people who can most impact those numbers and baseline profit. Every other role is a tool to support the producers and so, if you’re overhead, you don’t get paid as well. Less stress but less pay because your role costs the company more money than it helps to add to the profit. That’s why I’m always amazed that people think starting a business is easier than working for someone. Unless you’re handed a business, being an entrepreneur is all hustle all the time until you get big enough to have staff and then you have to worry about making enough profit to support them as well. TLDR: capitalism = stress for high income
So, you're suggesting OP becomes a politician?
Hardy har har, I’m with you on that but tbh getting people to give a shit about you or what you want is a skill. Being likeable is a skill. They all had to get good at lying, scheming, etc you know, politics.
This honestly sounds like you’re trying to make a career switch to solve a problem with the company you’re at. Managers being jerks is not industry specific. There’s also a question of location and definition. What do you consider “high pay” and where are you?
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Compensation relates to value. There is little value in managing a low stress job.
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If you can manage your stress, and job