Clock in/Clock off jobs - 45-50k

[ElectricSoup]

Sick to death of pushing pixels round a screen for a living in IT and being at the constant beck and call of demanding, incompetent managers by phone/email at all times and doing frustrating, nugatory admin/office work. Need a change. I've got at most 10 years left to a point in my life when I can retire, I'd like to find some kind of low stress, clock in/clock off job which pays about £45-50k per annum before tax. I'm not interested in running a business, just want to work, get paid, go home.

Are there any driving jobs which pay this sort of wage for instance? Happy to get a new type of licence for something like that.

Any other bright ideas out there? Bueller? Anyone?

For background I'm a University grad in modern languages (graduated early 90s), and have 25 years+ experience in sales roles and IT Project Management/Customer Service Management roles. But like I say I want to get away from that and in to some kind of brain-free, phone-free, screen-free, stress-free work.

Location: Thames Valley.

I'm guessing there's nothing much that fits the bill, I'm sure I'd have twigged it myself already if there were, but worth asking the hive mind. Something might crop up.

Edited by ElectricSoup on Thursday 13th May 13:38

[Gary29]

I think your salary expectation is on the high side for the type of job you're describing, even in the SE!

[ElectricSoup]

Yeah I think that's the problem right there. Just need to sustain that level for 9/10 years until the kids are gone and I can sit on my arse. My mental elf is taking a hammering in the job I have at the moment. I'm losing my mind dealing with working for Billy Bullst corporate managers.

Edited by ElectricSoup on Thursday 13th May 13:41

[WindyMills]

I've been thinking similar.

Was filling up the washer bottle the other day.

In the minute that it took me, a chap had turned up, wiped my neighbours windows, charged them £18, and fked off.

Am clearly in the wrong business.

[ElectricSoup]

Can I have his number? The masked bandit who did my windows yesterday charged £27. I do not live in Windsor Castle.

[ChocolateFrog]

Train Driver.

[boyse7en]

probably easier to cut your expenditure by £20k and get a 9-5 paying £30k

[Gareth1974]

Signalman (signaller) - Some would consider this a stressful job, others take it in their stride. But it's well paid once you've spent a couple of years in the lower grades https://www.networkrail.co.uk/campaigns/signalling...

[ElectricSoup]

boyse7en said:

probably easier to cut your expenditure by £20k and get a 9-5 paying £30k

Yeah try telling the wife to ditch the private schools, hence the need to earn until they've left home....

[BritishBlitz87]

I think it's a bit late to get that sort of salary in a non-managerial role, normally you'd need decades of experience to earn that much in a hands-on technical role and from the sounds of it you are coming from a completely different field. But you could easily get around £30-35k in an almost screen free industrial role if you were willing to do an apprenticeship and retrain, savings permitting.

I'm thinking things like machining, mechanical/ electrical maintenance, production etc.

Try AWE, the salaries can be quite alright considering the work you do with the hazard allowances and you get a nine day fortnight.

Edited by BritishBlitz87 on Thursday 13th May 14:57

[Legacywr]

When I read the opening post, I scrolled back up expecting to see the OP had been a member for a month, and this was his first post

[ElectricSoup]

I'll look up AWE. I've thought about going for roles there before, but in my current field of IT Project Management. I didn't fancy those (frying pan/fire), but I'll look again so thanks.

Hang on, what's a 9-day working fortnight? What does that mean?

Edited by ElectricSoup on Thursday 13th May 15:01

[toasty]

Go contracting with your existing IT skills.

It was amazing how little I cared about office politics once I was working for myself.

If you do come across a wrong un, get a new contract.

[768]

I thought IT Project Management was a £45-50k, brain-free, clock on, clock off job? Are you doing it wrong?

I get the screen bit though. If there were easy answers I suspect we'd all be trying to do it and it'd be a £20k job in no time.

[ElectricSoup]

toasty said:

Go contracting with your existing IT skills.

It was amazing how little I cared about office politics once I was working for myself.

If you do come across a wrong un, get a new contract.

I haven't got any IT skills. I'm in Project Management.

[toasty]

ElectricSoup said:

toasty said:

Go contracting with your existing IT skills.

It was amazing how little I cared about office politics once I was working for myself.

If you do come across a wrong un, get a new contract.

I haven't got any IT skills. I'm in Project Management.

Plenty of PM contracts too. I'm working for a PM contractor now.

[Mazinbrum]

ElectricSoup said:

I'll look up AWE. I've thought about going for roles there before, but in my current field of IT Project Management. I didn't fancy those (frying pan/fire), but I'll look again so thanks.

Hang on, what's a 9-day working fortnight? What does that mean?

Edited by ElectricSoup on Thursday 13th May 15:01

One day off every other week.

[ElectricSoup]

toasty said:

ElectricSoup said:

toasty said:

Go contracting with your existing IT skills.

It was amazing how little I cared about office politics once I was working for myself.

If you do come across a wrong un, get a new contract.

I haven't got any IT skills. I'm in Project Management.

Plenty of PM contracts too. I'm working for a PM contractor now.

Yep, granted, but the point is I'm trying to get away from PMing.

[ElectricSoup]

Legacywr said:

When I read the opening post, I scrolled back up expecting to see the OP had been a member for a month, and this was his first post

Yeah I know it's a bit of a silly topic. But you never know, someone might come out with a nugget of gold.

[CubanPete]

Is it the IT bit, or being at beck and call from managers.

You will always be at the beck and call from someone, that is why they give you money...

University lecturing
Training roles
Same role in a different company
Could you transfer your skills to electronics firmware programming say?