If you are fully WFH (or almost) and earn around £50k, what do you do?

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My job feels like a set of golden handcuffs at the moment - decent-ish salary, lots of WFH, decent-ish pension, plenty of annual leave, nice people - but I am bored to tears and fed up. I've been working in the same area for over 15 years and really, really need a change. However at the same time I feel a bit paralysed because of the above benefits. I know, for example, that I absolutely want to maintain WFH and I need to maintain a similar salary, at least for the next few years.

I have job-searched but I don't really know what I'm looking for, sector-wise. I tend to stick to what I know but obviously that just brings up the same kind of thing I'm doing now, which I want to get away from!

So I'm looking for random inspiration. If you've got a fully or mainly WFH job and earn around £50k, what do you do? What's out there?

Digital role in the public sector, on £45k currently. Spend my life on teams but I can wear my PJ bottoms all day so that's a win! I go to the office once a month, I obviously get dressed on those days!

Mine is my own business, basically a farm diversification.
What do you do, what are you skills and qualifications, what sort of set up do you have at home that you could use as a working or business space?

Not me but my DS works from home full time doing computer artwork and selling his actual paintings, varies but £45 on a good year.
He also has a second job doing admin for social services to cover the bare months when people aren't buying much art.

Actually it's enabled him and DiL to move out into the country home they always wanted because they don't have to go into an office.

I work in university professional services. A lot of unis have professional services staff mostly Wfh post-Covid - but be aware it won't necessarily be in job adverts or indeed contracts, so it's always worth asking the hiring manager even if a job isn't advertised as WfH.

Operations manager, fully remote. Live on teams. Go to an office once a year. Earn more than you've stipulated, but I'm looking for a move and I can't find anything remotely similar in pay or WFH, so not sure if I just struck lucky.

Remote operations director. I earn more but I have a team of people earning around 50k that all work fully remote. General Ops stuff. What do you do? What transferable skills do you have? More importantly, what would you like to do?

Are you me?! Fully WFH, loads of flexibility, loads of holiday, lovely people, £50K, dull.

Ops Director in Pharma, basically a 'very senior' admin role.

Qualified accountants earn that, but you can't walk in at that level.

Agree it's like golden handcuffs, I literally can't find anything else that has the same degree of flexibility/autonomy for the same salary, although this thread maybe suggests otherwise...

Project leader in engineering here.

I earn £50k and work from home. I'm a civil servant. I don't really like working from home but not many people go into the office and we have to hot desk so would have carry all equipment in daily. I go to meetings in other cities about once a month.

Im a community NHS SALT now. I'm not in an office but spend my day going round seeing people. I can't even imagine being bored in my job and I do love it, though I do a lot of extra hours and it sure has stressful times. However, it will be 15 years experience or so before I get that salary.

If I were you I would talk to your current employer about new challenges rather than leave a setup you like where they know you're worth keeping.

Research manager for a large third sector organisation. Pay is good and mostly WfH but most other terms and conditions are statutory minimum (holiday, pension contributions, mat leave etc)

I'm part time but my FTE would be 60k. Working part time I'm just under that. Senior role in a PRSB. Fully WFH.

I earn a bit more (£64k plus pension and benefits etc) in a middle management job in a bank. Project Management type stuff although it can be quite technical too. I've done lots of different roles over the years at a similar salary so I'm not bored. In a big company there are lots of opportunities to change career in-house. I can't see me leaving. I mostly wfh.

Quite a boring job by the way but like you, the money and conditions are OK so I'm a bit stuck.

Software developer. It was actually hard finding a new job recently that wasn't entirely WFH.

I actually like going into an office and being around people. 😳

Lots of jobs within utilities will give you what you’re after. Depends upon your current skill set.

Inclusion consultant

I'm also civil service but I needed experience to get this role. It's not something that would be advertised or that people can just walk in to. I had to know the right people to even hear about it. It's not the most exciting job but the conditions are so good I know I wouldn't get anything else like this.

Sometimes I do feel bored by it but I'm in my mid 50s now so I don't really want to start over elsewhere. If I was younger I would probably feel differently.

Executive Assistant - although I do 2 days in office. £50k but that includes bonus. My days can sometimes feel quite stressy but normally not.

Freelance finance writer, £52k not fully full time.

Workforce Data Analyst. 55k plus benefits. Fully remote and no line management responsiblities.

Project coordinator in a tech company- £55k including bonus.