Does anyone have a job they actually enjoy. That offers enough to live on.

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Just that really. Most of my peers are teachers, nhs and public sector workers. All stressed, all skint.. bar a couple.

Is there actually any nice jobs out there, that are easy to access and offer work/ life balance?

If you were to have a realistic career change what would you do?

I am a nurse who looked for an exit strategy for years and eventually but the bullet and just left.

I got a job as a housing support worker for a charity and within 6 months I am the operations lead on a lot more money than I was on

what are you passionate about

Id hate anything financy or competitive. I prefer to work with people but to have less responsibility. Id like a caring type job but im crap with blood so unfortunately that rules loads out.
Id prefer an environment that isnt male dominated.

How about something corporate? Internal comma, marketing, HR...?

I do something financy which I enjoy and pays well but presumably not your thing.

*comms

I work in comms & marketing, am well paid and genuinely love my job. But it is not stress free and they absolutely get their pound of flesh from me!

I dont think I'd have the qualifications for HR.

I’m a teacher and my DH the same. Both love our jobs and live fine on income. We’ve been doing it for a long time though so both on 50K and bought house 20 years ago when prices were much lower than they are now.

I do. I manage client relationships in a big household name company.

I need to understand contracts, but otherwise it’s really quite a nice job, I’m not stressed, I WFH as I please, I have a great salary and a car allowance. My managers are respectful and I feel valued. But I’ve been with the business a long long time and it’s taken a while to find the thing that’s right for me. Sometimes I have to do overnights which is tricky as I have childcare issues but I do manage on the whole.

Facilities management here, love it. Mid level, small team to manage but am by no means chief decision maker and it's a good balance. I went back to work part time after mat leave and it's ideal

I guess people aren't born with the HR qualifications; studying must be an option.

I work in comms, love my job and earn a decent salary, though like @Detectorists said it’s not without its stressful moments.

I'm a Speech and Language Therapist. It pays well (in my opinion), I've got great flexibility and can work term time only.

Some roles are very stressful but I'm working for a social enterprise now and have got a good work-life balance.

I’m in the private medical field - work very part time but earn plenty and love it

I'm a business development manager. Work from home, car included, salary would mean I could manage as a single parent comfortably at the min. Minimal savings. House in an okasish area.

Don’t write off finance. It’s a very broad field and middle office roles aren’t high pressure for the most part. It pays well and there are generally good promotion prospects and benefits packages . When people think investment banking they tend to think of front office jobs but that’s only a small percentage of what goes on.

What are your skills and interests OP? How much retraining (and working your way up) are you willing to do?

How much money do you consider an acceptable salary?

What do you find stressful (this varies!)

This is your problem. Jobs that are male dominated pay loads more than female dominated jobs. IT, finance etc you will get a lot more money and better benefits and working conditions than jobs even with more responsibility in, for example health and social care.

This is so positive. X

With a medical qualification?

Civil Service (albeit probably not operational in my opinion, which is more stressful and target based) it opens up so many opportunities for training and "promotion" (inverted commas as you have to apply) once you're in there are so many ways you can develop a career.

As above, I’m a civil servant. I don’t love my job but I quite like it. Pay is decent, work/life balance is great, people are nice, good pension, get to work from home a few days a week. It can be a bit frustrating in terms of how slow things are sometimes but overall it’s pretty good.

Yes that’s correct

I've said this before on other job posts, but I'm a (senior) statistician within a research organisation. I enjoy it, the remuneration is appropriate for my skills and experience, I WFH all but one day a month, and its interesting work (to me, at least!).

I work in IT in a non engineering but still technical strategic role - product management. Basically the link between the customer and the delivery team. It's a great role, extremely varied, lots of women in product, good salaries. In my experience the enjoyment of the role depends on the company and the subject matter, but I know I like variety so work at a digital agency so I work on different accounts and never get bored.
I love what I do, work stops at 17:30 and it funds my life well.
IT is a route more people should consider - it's not all coding!

I work for a large language learning company, came in as an instructor and worked my way up through various supervisory levels. Love the job and people, it’s not stress free but mostly fun, and I earn okay.