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?

Accountant in higher education, work 4 days a week - £68k (£79k full time) but I am qualified & not a role you can get without being qualified. I am expected to go into the office 2 days a week but I have flex to go 1 day if that suits me better.

I actually like the mix as I like seeing colleagues but WFH days mean I can get be washing, food delivery, school runs done.

So many software engineers here hi peeps! Me too (although my role is hybrid I also do infrastructure and solution architecture).

What exactly bores you about your job? The lack of challenge? Endless paperwork? How are you with stress and pressure?

I do get the feeling of being bored (as I was before I got onto my current path) but thinking back that's not a great reason to change career. Tech has a lot of other roles project management, service management, user experience designer etc but recruitment and hiring really depends on boom bust cycles. Also everyone and their dog is trying to get into the field.

Logistics and operations could be an Intersting field

I earn more and wfh mainly, in an IT role.

I work in financial services as a project manager and earn c.£63k including bonus and I go into the office 1/2 a week depending on meetings. I love my job although it’s hard work!

Another software engineer here! I'm also a manager and scrum master, so the job isn't dull. Hybrid working, although there is unofficially an option to stay at home which I'm not taking.

Bid/Proposal Manager
Fully remote now, but all previous roles have had an element of wfh too, one or two days.

Recruiter. Those who find new clients probably have to spend a day a week schmoozing people in person - meetings in nearest big city. But they make a lot more than £50k.

I work as a contractor in the governance side of software development and work completely from home with the very occasional office visit.
Earn more than stated but colleagues who are civil servants permanent employees may earn about the 50K mark. Would need some experience in IT project / progamme delivery.

I just wrote such a long answer and accidentally deleted it.

I know someone who has recently broken free. BUT it took 4-5 years of hard work and lower pay. Masters degree, two years in a graduate role, 2 years earning £47k, then a job change to £55k.

Chartered Surveyor.

Got that high so quick due to it being an ageist profession basically.

I work in PMO fully wfh on 70k plus bonus. I've worked in pmo roles for my entire career so I get bored from time to time but it's generally an interesting job and is very collaborative so you have a good mix of head down cracking on and working with other people/teams.

Earn quite a bit more than that but am in London. I’m in marketing

I work in finance - specifically risk and am the same (slightly higher salary + annual bonus but the former only recently).
have you spoken to work about a secondment or maybe increasing duties?

This sounds interesting. Do you work in Education or another field? I'm a SENCo looking for a change.

My full time salary is around £50k (I only work four days). I'm a construction buyer. I go to the office once a week but never for a full day.

I do have to go to my sites occasionally but again, never for a full day.

I'd like to do something else but I love being home as much as I am.

Accountant earning £65k plus bonus. Decent pension and all the benefits of wfh. Not sure where your experience is but you could retrain?

@OnlyFannys pre kids I was a PM in aerospace. I don’t really want to go back to contracting, and I’ve been out over a decade, but if you have any thoughts I’d love to hear them

@DistrictAndCircle you can’t dangle this dream life before us then not tell us what you do!

I’m fascinated by some of these job titles. What do you actually do?

My job title is a ‘technical consultant’ which sounds fancy but all I do is advise customers who call or email in on how to install the products we make or specify the correct product for the application / advise on whether products are certified and tested etc.

Civil Service, for instance. What do people do all day? Operations Manager, I often wonder whether I would have the transferable skills to move into something else or will I be stuck doing what I do forever

Wow if only NHS workers got the same level of pay and benefits for actually saving people's lives, this thread was a depressing read! Jealous much!

I earn a bit more than that (62k ish). Manager in local govt role.

Those of you who have to only work a few hours of the day and are paid for your knowledge - I’ve fallen into this sort of role and while I am really grateful I do feel guilty of I’m not say by my laptop all the time. How do you get over this?

Solidarity!!! I could have written this myself. Bored to tears with my job but wearing a set of golden handcuffs too.

I am a Technical Project Manager for a Financial institution. I am in no way technical. I earn £52k a year basic plus 15% bonus annually and a huge array of benefits.

Senior social worker with a lot experience. I gave it up...went into domestic abuse support where i still am. There was hefty amount of cases building up over time. Id had enough. I did some online courses along with decades experience and got job at womens aid. It was frightening considering wage i was on at time but im a lot happier now.

I have worked for myself as a solicitor from home since the 90s

Civil servant, 40% in office so 3 days at home. Earn 63k, very flexible, 30 days AL plus flexi leave. Good pension.