Is there any J*b you would stay for?

[Redbugdave]

You can rename this thread..."Is there any J*b you would stay for-if you won the lottery?"

I think being able to retire and not work IS like winning the lottery. I guess if you had your own business and you really enjoyed it...I could see holding onto the business and nothing much would change. As for a job...nope.

 

[scrabbler1]

You can rename this thread..."Is there any J*b you would stay for-if you won the lottery?"

I think being able to retire and not work IS like winning the lottery. I guess if you had your own business and you really enjoyed it...I could see holding onto the business and nothing much would change. As for a job...nope.

I consider the $300k company stock payout I took with me when I left my company in 2008 like winning the lottery. There was no surprise element, of course, as I knew its value when I left. Then again, it was part of my 401k account but I was able to cash it out at low tax rates (NUA) so I did not lose a lot of it. I did not have to buy those company stock shares, as they were a nice perk which began in the late 1990s. Their value exploded 3000% (yes, that's three thousand) in 12 years so all I had to do was stick around, even part-time, and watch it grow.

 

[citrine]

Nope...never going to work for anyone else in a "job".
I will continue to massage/energy work till I cannot physically do it anymore , but that is not "work" because I enjoy it so much!

 

[packrat44]

In the late '80s I held the position as the chief of the Quality Assurance Division at a military base. One day, one the QA employees came to me and said he wanted to put in for a transfer to work as QA for another government owned business. The government had just taken possession of the Mustang Ranch in Nevada for failure to pay taxes.

 

[Retch The Grate]

I'm part of the FI more than RE crew on these boards, so my current job/industry continues to be something that I expect to keep doing in some form well past where I have enough money to "not work", but that's because it is my major creative outlet/interest. I may switch to making games by myself that don't require a team once I don't have to worry about getting paid, designing board games may be a nice change of pace from making video games.

 

[Midpack]

You're telling my story, twenty some great years followed by five of insanity. I've seen enough insanity in my life, decided I really didn't need anymore.

I was lucky. I had 33 good years, even great early on. Followed by 2 very tiresome years as corporate myopia and warring cliques set in...

 

[Amethyst]

Here is another job I'd stick around for (and often wonder how the incumbents got the gig!): Journalist who test-drives and writes about new cars.

Amethyst

 

[REWahoo]

Here is another job I'd stick around for (and often wonder how the incumbents got the gig!): Journalist who test-drives and writes about new cars.

Amethyst

Careful what you ask for. I knew a guy who did that for a big newspaper and was really unhappy. Upper management was always on his case about not speaking ill of the advertisers who paid big bucks for car ads. Said he had to constantly pull his punches and could never say what he really thought about some of the lousy aspects of the cars he tested.

 

[Meadbh]

Players' assistants at the golf club. They work part time, organize players teeing off, and ride around the course in a golf cart encouraging slow coaches like me to keep things moving. Oh, and they get to play golf for free too. Nice gig if you can get it!

 

[RunningBum]

Apparently I found another job I'd probably take. I just applied to be the marathon concierge at Westin.

RunWESTIN

You travel to 10 different races in 6 months and advise, guide and help people who pay for VIP treatment before and after the race. Basically like being a tour guide. But it doesn't look like you actually get to run the races. Looks like it could be fun, but I'll be shocked if I even get interviewed. They'll find someone much more photogenic and peppy than me.

 

[Walt34]

Apparently I found another job I'd probably take. I just applied to be the marathon concierge at Westin.

Yikes! I'd run from a job like that. Too much like work.

 

[Lakewood90712]

I hate my current job, as it is structured. I would stay indeffently , at 1/2 the hours for 1/2 the pay , 1/2 the benefits ,IF: I could have flex work schedule and a clerical assistant to screen the tons of phone calls, and to do data entry. I could get MORE work done then full time work this way.

We have several user-unfriendly computerized systems , originally intended to streamline operations, elimate paperwork and clerical staff . The actual result is high cost investigators spending hours every day doing data entry and research tasks, best suited to much lower cost clerical staff.

Middle management just gives me dirty looks when I bring this up , along with much of our clerical staff spending most of the day on e-bay, amazon and facebook, because the few tasks they now have are done in an hour or two. Oh , and even with the stern warnings about un-authorized use of computer system for pers. use, an audit will never be done, because a whole bunch of connected folks would the biggest violators.

Ok , I will wake up now, dream and rant is over.

 

[RunningBum]

Yikes! I'd run from a job like that. Too much like work.

If I actually make it to the in-person interview step, it will definitely be a two-way interview so I understand what I'd be getting into and not more work than fun.

 

[unclemick]

Sure. If we were close to going on a manned mission back to the moon or Mars I be willing to do any grunt engineering.

Not likely at age 70.

heh heh heh -

 

[bjorn2bwild]

I guess economiscs professor would have to be at the top of the list according to Laurence Kotlikoff -

"I have a great job, perhaps the best job in the world. I'm an economics professor and get to teach, consult, write, advise governments, and run my personal finance software company. Each of these "jobs" is more fun than the next. For me retirement, as in no longer doing these jobs, would be work. I'd have to work very hard to find things to do that are as entertaining."

From this article-
Inside Social Security

 

[Chuckanut]

Careful what you ask for. I knew a guy who did that for a big newspaper and was really unhappy. Upper management was always on his case about not speaking ill of the advertisers who paid big bucks for car ads. Said he had to constantly pull his punches and could never say what he really thought about some of the lousy aspects of the cars he tested.

I am shocked, SHOCKED!!!!!!
This must be investigated. Round up the usual suspects.

 

[Ed_The_Gypsy]

Second thoughts on the question.

I will hang on to my present job as long as I can. It is easy, incredibly lucrative and the situation is very nice. And there is more where that came from. (It is not very interesting or challenging, though. Considering the benefits, I can swallow my dignity. As this is the end of my career, the dead-end aspects do not bother me anymore.)

Somehow I feel that I must apologize for having too much fun.

 

[Moscyn]

There are a few jobs which sounds good for me on paper like food critic, hotel reviewer, restaurant reviewer, etc. But I am sure there are many unenjoyable elements once you get doing it - like bosses demanding unrealistic targets, crazy deadlines, etc. I won't go back for a permanent full time job but may consider if it is a contract which is not demanding like 6 reviews a year with fully paid expenses. Is there a job like that for a novice?

 

[CoolChange]

Second thoughts on the question.

I will hang on to my present job as long as I can. It is easy, incredibly lucrative and the situation is very nice. And there is more where that came from. (It is not very interesting or challenging, though. Considering the benefits, I can swallow my dignity. As this is the end of my career, the dead-end aspects do not bother me anymore.)

Somehow I feel that I must apologize for having too much fun.

Sounds like a job I would take or stay put and ride out if it I could do it from a tropical/sub-tropical location. Azerbaijan sounds like it has a wilder climate than the American Midwest; it does sound like it would be fun for a while though.

 

[ChocoKitty]

There are a few jobs which sounds good for me on paper like food critic, hotel reviewer, restaurant reviewer, etc. But I am sure there are many unenjoyable elements once you get doing it - like bosses demanding unrealistic targets, crazy deadlines, etc. I won't go back for a permanent full time job but may consider if it is a contract which is not demanding like 6 reviews a year with fully paid expenses. Is there a job like that for a novice?

Food critic/restaurant reviewer sounds better in theory than in practice. You have to eat at more bad restaurants than a food lover should ever endure. I did some freelance food writing (not restaurant reviewing, though) for a while and it was a blast, but the pay sucked for the amount of work required.