Anyone have a job that's easy for what you make?

[JEDI]

My job is growing money on trees. It is very easy.

Same here.
6 figures like everyone else on atot.
Work four 10s but I usually leave after 7hrs because there's nothing to do.
Heck, lately i barely have enough work to last 3hrs.

Then they sometimes have me do overtime on weekends (at least once a month) because the customer can't shut things down on weekdays.
double time on sun.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Not here. technology support in the field. not guaranteed OT on the weekends, its straight pay even during off shifts, unless youre working 6 or 7 days that week. company is losing people quickly, and doesnt hire replacements...

after a new hire attends a bunch of usless internal education, which is only necessary because they dont want to pay people for their knowledge up front, it will take at least a year before they start to be effective in the field, and only on a couple products.

In my area, we had 5 people at the beginning of the year now we have 2. Its basically me asking my manager what im not getting done each day.

corporate america, where management doesnt understand what it takes to do your job.

the OP's question:

I have an affinity for technology, and while my job isnt overwhelmingly physical(asde from driving and walking), its a lot of brain work....reading manuals, following repair scripts....and tons of CYA. Coporate customers wont hesitate to lay blame on you even if its not your fault.

Tons of knowledge is required, practice, basic mechanics, a strong google-fu is a must.

 

[Grooveriding]

I wish. Long hours, stress, but excellent pay, working conditions and co-workers. I'm already seeing myself sacrificing some income for a lot more time at some point in my 50s.

 

[William Gaatjes]

My job is not that easy. Although it is a fun job and i have 90% of the time control over the stress level, i wake up early in the morning sometimes worrying. But that is just my nature. I try to make a perfect product by thinking as much ahead as i can and looking at it from as many different perspectives as i can handle.I always try to work ahead when possible, and sometimes prepare some work at home solitary. When there is no deadline , it is a very relaxing job.
Usually we have new projects and there is always a bit of a learning curve, but that keeps the brain fresh and healthy.

 

[urvile]

Not particularly. Last job I had was like that. I got bored and left. Now I work for a cutting edge start-up in the security space. We are about to roll out several major trials in aus one of them is a world first. Stressful? Yes, chaotic? Oh yes, long hours? Uh huh.

I am on six figures of course. In my experience the higher up the ladder you go the more pressure gets heaped upon you. Team leader/PM going over/under their margins? Management wants answers. Programme manager not delivering their margins? Management wants answers.

Divisional vice president not delivering their margins? Management wants answers.....and so forth.

 

[purbeast0]

I think my job is "easy" in the sense that I am good at it and do it well, and I enjoy it too so it doesn't feel "hard". I also make pretty good money and have great benefits with a lot of flexibility in when I can come and go from work, and I've never worked over 40 hours a week.

 

[vi edit]

My employer assigns the same pay grade across all typical job types. A service desk 1 is paid the same as a server engineer 1 that's paid the same as an application analyst 1.

And even across same titles, the work is vastly different. For example I support 25 critical apps, have to work in the field, getting my ass tore up and down by the customers, have to run my own projects and take call every other week or three.

Meanwhile other teams are paid exactly the same, have one app they support, have a team 5x than bigger than me, don't have to run their own projects, have internal IT customers, and spread call around over every 5-6 weeks.

Then HR and management are completely flabbergasted year after year why some teams completely tank their engagement scores.

Needless to say, I'm looking to GTFO out of my current position and head to one of the others. Same pay, far less headaches.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

The way I see it (since I'm still barely in my 20s) I've been going hardcore to pad the resume hardcore. I work in a high work culture world that basically throws you in a lion's den and expects you to find your way out. So I'm always learning new things - which is refreshing and fun..

But the problem is that I've started to settle down, have the first kid, etc... Basically, free time is out the window, and it's starting to clash with my work time. Eventually, like I planned, after padding the resume I plan to hop to a more relaxed industry and work the typical 35 hour week instead of 45-60 hour week. But padding the resume first is essential, it's hard to land the equivalent paying job in industry without the experience I've been grabbing in the meantime.

 

[RichUK]

Easy for what I make - I wish.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

It doesn't matter how much they pay me, it never seems enough
when I'm chasing tapeouts (yay TSMC hot lots!) like a madman.

In case you're wondering, it's never my fault. Truly!

When design keeps throwing in new stuff, pipecleaning constraints, creating new clocks, etc.,
or the engineer doing DFT insertion keeps f***ing up for the umpteenth time on the final
physical design implementation iteration, it's hell on earth :|

 

[deustroop]

This is an english site, so an accompanying translation would help.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Are you worried you're not needed and expendable? I can count with my 10 fingers how many hours I worked last month. If my wife and I didn't have a daughter in school and puppy to take care at home, we would have traveled for the entire month. I'm still in my pajamas at home drinking tea and relaxing. I love it.

I've been working for three hours today and I have yet to get out of my pajamas.

 

[JEDI]

Easy for what I make - I wish.

And to add to my above post.
Yeah, hell easy for the 6figures I make.

You can train a freshman in a computer major in 2 weeks and do 80% of my job at 20% of my pay.

 

[snoopy7548]

My goal for a couple of years has been to do the least amount of work for the most amount of money, and I think I've found a good balance where I currently work.

I could make around 20% more than what I currently make if I switched jobs, but who knows how much work I'd have to do at a new place. It's scary stuff.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

This is an english site, so an accompanying translation would help.

Sorry, threw around too many technical terms there.
Only folks in the semicon industry would probably understand

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_and_route

 

[Fenixgoon]

i'd say my job is reasonably easy. the stress comes from actually giving a shit about my job and wanting myself and others to do high quality work.

 

[nexus5rocks]

I fix computers. Is it an easy job for what I make? I would say yes, for two reasons: first, I know what I'm doing, so it generally isn't "hard", and second, it's mostly knowledge work (aside from physically installing or removing a server or desktop or whatever), so it's not like I'm breaking my back sweating all day. It can be mentally exhausting at times, and it's a lot of hours (back up to ~70 hours a week now), but I get to nef a lot because some projects are just babysitting installations or backups or whatever, so it's not like I'm having to hustle 24/7. Working retail & working in food service were far more demanding jobs, and those were for minimum wage. I think, generally speaking, the higher up the payscale ladder you go, the less work you actually do & the less hard the jobs are.

I am assisting a buddy who is taking over for me at a big client as a full-time on-site guy. He is pretty new to production IT & for him, it is very rough because he doesn't know what he's doing (yet), so he's having to constantly learn new things, constantly figure out problems, meet deadlines, etc. Once you get a good foundation going & get your systems setup for your preferences, it is pretty easy to get things rolling along steadily. He is having a difficult time because stuff has to get done for uptime reasons, so he is constantly chugging away on things all day long, but he also knows how I roll & knows that he will get there eventually, and he's willing to learn & willing to work, so that makes a big difference. So for him, his job is not easy for what he makes, but I think eventually it will be.

GIT GUD!

Maybe less manual labor but definitely not easier mentally.
People that get paid a lot are the ones working smarter (e.g. using their brains), not harder to reuse an overly used phrase.

 

[Kaido]

Maybe less manual labor but definitely not easier mentally.
People that get paid a lot are the ones working smarter (e.g. using their brains), not harder to reuse an overly used phrase.

That's true. When I worked construction, I would get home & be shot physically, but my brain would still be active, so I could still goof off when I got home from work. Now that I'm in IT, I get home & sometimes my brain is shot...there are days when I don't even want to watch Netflix because I'm so fried mentally haha.

 

[Tweak155]

I think I currently fall under the grossly overpaid scenario. Not that I asked for this, but I honestly think I'd possibly have more impact to the company if I were the janitor. And yeah I'm in the 6 figure range as well.

I still think "easy" is somewhat subjective, although likely you are referring to skill required, being so bored out of your mind is far from easy IMO. This is what happens when only your management decides where to place you on a new project rather than getting your input first. I get that my exact previous position did not exist anymore, but you making your best guess for someone else's interests is not going to work out that well all the time.

 

[gorcorps]

Eh, it's very split. When things are running smoothly the job can be entertaining and pretty easy. However when shit hits the fan it can be late nights/odd hours and potential stress for no extra money. Luckily I'm not that tightly wound though, as the stress some days could be awful if you're a natural worrier or wound pretty tight. Overall I think this position deserves more money, but some days it's a wonder why they paid me at all

 

[eng2d2]

Becareful with easy jobs.

 

[RockinZ28]

Hard at work today.