What's the best job you ever had?

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Not enjoying my job at the moment so looking for inspiration for a possible change.

What is the best job you ever had (or have been told about)?

I think the good ones are often temporary, slightly mad jobs that are partly
so fun because of the time of your life they were in. I was a tutor on a film set in Mexico for a while, and I was a caretaker on an island over winter with no other people, and I worked for a summer in the Prince Charles cinema in London, which was great.

I worked in a wedding dress shop when I was young, loved it! Funny as I’ve never wanted to get married myself or have the big dress and all that, but so much fun and lovely seeing the brides happy and excited, just a happy place to work.

Working in A and E...bloody brilliant. Never a dull moment...always something exciting happening. Rewarding....i felt I could really use my skills to help on the front line. I couldn't handle the shifts though.

Love the name and comment!

I worked in a bingo hall for 3 years - absolutely loved it. No, I didn't call the numbers, I worked behind the counter serving books and in the cash office, but started off in the kitchen & bar. Probably one of the most fun jobs I ever had!

It's quite eye opening that the majority of jobs mentioned are probably quite low earning. Guess money doesn't always buy job satisfaction!

Yes, this is very true. I desperately want a fun, enjoyable, high satisfaction job, but I have a mortgage and 2 kids to feed, so wondering if I am just doomed to my current job until retirement as at least it pays the bills. I have a lot of dissatisfaction with my job, but so many jobs I see I can't even consider because they are either insecure fixed term contracts, full time hours, need to commute a way away or have hours that wouldn't work around the kids. Feeling very trapped at the moment.

Thanks for all the comments so far. It is nice to see so many some positive comments and remind myself it is possible to have a job you enjoy!

Working in a chocolate shop (for a few years while I was a student)! I still daydream about it sometimes

My job is generally fun, I love it and it IS well paid
However, I am freelance and so there is no guarantee of work (although I generally get enough) and if DH didn't earn well and/or I didn't have a couple of other income streams I might have to get something a little more stable.

Jobs I've had and enjoyed:
Explainer in a botanical garden. As with museum assistant it was mostly chatting to people about things I found interesting in a really pleasant environment.
Cleaner in a pub - you could just completely zone out and I enjoyed using the floor polisher.
University lecturer - get paid to read and talk and think about interesting stuff. Not completely stress free like the other two and I'm bottom of the hierarchy in a super hierarchical environment but it's pretty well paid & you meet really interesting people.

Special needs teaching assistant. So rewarding and joyful (but paid a pittance)

I've always thought I had the best job.
I'm a chef and my current one has it all.
Short commute then 3 mile walk per day through picturesque countryside.
Cooking fresh food from scratch on à heritage site.
Produce from the walled garden.
I get lunch but normally opt for a delicious piece of cake to take home.
Lovely team too and every other weekend off and evenings.
No 10 pm finishes for me anymore.

School Secretary in a very small village primary school with an amazing head teacher. I was there for 15 years (only left because I retired and I regret that every day).

President of the United States of America.

It was so much fun. I am going to do it again.

Tour guide

I really do think that the NHS would retain more staff if more shifts were available over 6-8 hours, rather than 12-14 hours.

What sort of freelancer are you? I did freelance editing for a while, but scouting for work took up more time than the actual work! Don't think I could go back to that again as I don't have a partner's wage to see me through the low work times.

Absolute passion was a projectionist, worked in cinema for 20yrs, you didn’t do it for the money, you did it for the show business, knowing that only you were doing it in your town. Fantastic crew to work with, usherettes etc & amazing work life balance day on day off as there was only 2 projectionists. Now I look after fruit machines,3 days a week 9 2 4 so plenty of time off, but I’m at an age where I don’t need to work, it just gets me out the house a while.

I am a Relocation Consultant
I don't actually scout for work though, I have a couple of agencies that pass it to me.
When I worked in a different field though getting work did take up a lot of time, fortunately what I was doing gave me the skills and contacts to be able to do it quite easily.

Lots of jobs which are fun starting out! I’ve enjoyed this post. I have nothing to add. I run my own business it’s nothing but stress but can’t really imagine anything else! Personally I loved waitressing and I’d do it again if hours could suit my family!

self employed, without a doubt. no boss, do your own hours and plan your day how you want!

Police 999 control room as a comms controller. Loved that job.

Off on time 99% of the time. Only exceptions were massive snow drifts affecting the incoming shift so we had to wait for each one to appear, and a lengthy 999 call with a woman who had been threatened with a shotgun by her husband. Stayed with her for hours.

Interesting work. Valuable work. Pay is OK, not amazing but OK. Shift work though so not for everyone.

This! It can be stressful, because ultimately you are responsible for everyone and everything but I worked for some total idiots in the past. It’s bliss not having to do things that you know are pointless/not cost effective/not in the interests of the business or the staff.

Postman during holidays when I was a student. Stress free, out and about all day, keeping fit. Whenin the sorting office there was a great atmosphere.

I'd love to do it again. It was fantastic pay as a student, but wouldn't touch the sides of the mortgage nowadays.

I had a job like this on Sundays - there always had to be two of us on site in case of emergencies, but it was dead quiet. So me and my co-workers used to watch movies on a little portable DVD player! And there was a canteen on site which did HUGE fry ups in the morning. Great times….