To think that all jobs are stressful?

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I'm really interested to hear if anyone has/knows of a job that is really easy, low stress. A job where you can go home and just forget all about it.

I can't think of one that would be completely without stress and annoyances.

allegretto- pure luck TBH. I'm not a "trained" translator, I trained and worked for 10 years in the other field, but I found it to stressful and not very family friendly once the DC came into my life. I just matched my own skills to jobs available, and stumbled across the company I work for....
(I spent my childhood living /travelling between two countries, which gave me the language skills+ English at school!)
I think with a good cat program and training/ hobby / interest you'd be able to make the jump.

I think theres jobs that if your doing something you love then it can be stressless

Working in a Uni library. Easy job with a bit of variety, really great people.

Even within jobs it depends on the actual company/workplace. So for example, people say a receptionist is not stressful. Working as a receptionist for an accountancy firm was generally not stressful and was actually very boring,I found. Yet, working as a receptionist at social services was so stressful it nearly gave me a breakdown. We did four jobs in one including referrals, running a helpline, normal reception and switchboard duties and another task. We were threatened with violence (including a weapon) and abused frequently. I had suicidal people on the helpline and no training for that or debriefing!

My least stressful job was doing random tasks for other people like a personal assistant, dog walker, pet carer all wrapped into one. I worked for myself. The downside was the hours and availability. I had to be overly available and never had days off. The pay was poor too, but I did enjoy the actual work.

Loads of jobs can be completely stressless if you don't let them stress you out!

I work in project management. Not too high level. I fucked up in my first few months of doing the job and was almost puking and crying in fear. Called my boss, he asked me if anyone died? The answer is no.

I don't take work home with me as a rule - if I'm really annoyed I sound off for half an hour then it's done.

Don't forget though that not all stress is bad. At low levels, stress can help you focus and keep you motivated to reach your goals.

I'm currently doing admin in the civil service. There is zero stress. But I'm climbing the walls with boredom and desperately trying to get back into my old investment banking career. Now that was stressful, but I loved it.

Im a teacher and lm rarely if ever stressed by work. I do think of it at home but only as far as eternally watchful for ideas but l enjoy that. Im tired after work every day but not stressed. I have great colleagues and just feel glad to have such a lovely job..im in lreland. I would last a week as a teacher in the UK judging on what l read here.
Also my dh had a job which was lierally life or death..medical field ..so seeing his stress made me appreciate my job.

I worked as a bouncer and loved that you didn't have to think about it when you went home. It was possibly one of my favourite jobs ever.

My job is pretty easy and stress free, mostly because I really don't give a shiny shite about the company or the customers. but it bores me to fucking tears and the pay is shite. I'm giving it all up to be a childminder

I have a 9-5 office job - pretty stress free most days.
A close family member is an IT professional (employed, not freelance, but works from home). His work is pretty stress-free: some weeks he does about an hour's work all week.

My work can be stressful but I've always been able to leave it behind at the office when I leave for the day.

I think the way stress manifests in our lives is more to do with who we are, and how we manage it, rather than a stressful job per se.

I teach singing in a school one day a week and that's pretty stress free (until the lead up to concerts or shows!).

I should have added that it's actually a really good way of relieving stress (singing) so it helps me and the students in that respect.

Mine's pretty stress-free.

I work in a management position at a ski resort. It's an obscure position, not a typical management position. It's dynamic and, for the most part, fun and makes me want to go to work every day.

There are trying moments, but no prolonged stress about anything.

I've had very few jobs that i thought about when not actually there.

some real shit jobs that were terrible when at work but as soon as i walked out of the door i forgot all about them.

If you can score a receptionist job in a nice, quiet office it can be great. I used to work in a lovely office in Chelsea. My only jobs were to alert the relevant people when clients arrived and make 3 coffees per day for the boss. Oh yeah and buy fresh flowers for the front desk. During office time. It would get dull for some people but I'm more than happy to read novels all day.

I've had several jobs like this and I really hope to get something long term doing pretty much nothing agai when I'm done being a SAHM.

They are hard to get though when you have 3 degrees and the Human Resources crowd decide you're over qualified and would be bored. I think that should be my decision to make...

I think gardening might be relatively stress free (I don't do it so prepared to be told I'm wrong!) although very hard physically.
If you care about what you do I suppose there will always be some level of stress if things don't go right etc. And yet some people seem to nail what I consider extremely high stress jobs with grace and unrivalled tranquillity. I'm a worrier though and don't think I've ever had a job I could just leave at the door!

My stress levels have always been directly related to how I've been treated by management. If they are reasonable decent human beings who acknowledge that there are actually only so many hours in a day and they choose (or let me choose) which things to prioritise and stick with that decision then there is next to no stress. If you work somewhere that you get 15 hours worth of work and eight hours to do it, and the goal posts are moved several times daily, with shouting and temper tantrums, then it's hard to leave it behind when you go home because you spend the evening dreading what you're going to face the next day.

Some people contribute to their own stress levels though, by being unable to make and stand by their decisions, or by poor time management, or by sticking their nose into everyone else's work instead of letting people get on with it.

Hi there,
I have been a beauty therapist, cook, cleaner and recently started as a vet receptionnist which is really demanding and customers get really angry, so really stressfull.
My cleaning job was really stress free working with nice people, no interactions with public, just a bit physical but therapeutic, part time but I loved it, nice manager too

Mine's stress-free. I do my work in the office and then go home, 9-5. Little thinking involved. 5 minute walk to work. Nice salary. Quite often there is a lull in work so I sit on DM or MN a fair bit...

(I am looking at other jobs because it is dull and unfulfilling AF!)

I think all jobs could have flavours with more stress in, but I've always thought my career (scientist) is pretty decent in those terms. I think it usually scores well on happiness indexes etc.

I had a summer job working in a large cinema once, selling the sweets and popcorn. It was nice and steadily busy, so not boring, occasionally it got really busy with long queues but it was also quite a buzzing atmosphere at those times. And I got free cinema tickets every week. Don't know why I ever left

The thing that stresses me about work is when you do something wrong and it's not something that you can cover up/put right, and you get called out on it.

So that could be stressful in any level of job:

cleaner: the homeowner phones up to say that you've not been dusting the skirting boards properly;
project management: client sends you an email saying they are disappointed with the quality of your work;
pharmacist: a filling error results in a 'near miss'.

Obviously the pharmacist error has more of a 'did anyone die' impact, but all those scenarios would make you feel like shit, make you question your own competence, worry about the losing your job, and dread going in the next day. All stressful.

SpongeBob - what do customers get angry about?

My job's not particularly stressful. I advise on business decisions, so whilst I'm responsible for my advice, I'm not responsible for how it's implemented or the ultimate outcome. Sometimes there can be challenging situations, but I find that mentally stimulating, like solving a puzzle.

What is stressful is dealing with some pretty unpleasant characters, but you always get that in organisations, because organisations are made up of people and some people are unpleasant, particularly when they are on a power trip. But my actual job isn't really stressful.