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Totally stress free jobs ?

Hello everyone , does anyone know of any stress free jobs going.

Can't cope with stress really .
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  • People deal with stress every day to varying degrees. Some jobs will be less stressful than others but none will be completely stress free. Also, stress is partly perception, so I'd suggest techniques to deal with your stress might be beneficial, and also finding a job that you are passionate about/enjoy. If you enjoy what you do, it is likely to be a lot less stressful.
  • cavework
    cavework Posts: 1,992 Forumite
    edited 13 December 2013 pm31 7:08PM
    Um .. well .. you have to go to work every day .. stress
    You have to perform the job... stress
    You have to earn enough to live... stress
    You worry about keeping your job....stress

    So , no not really ...but if you find one please let me know
    xx
    PS as someone has said finding something you enjoy really helps
  • elsien
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    Depends what you personally find stressful. For me, I can't stand being stuck in one room all day, so I couldn't be an office worker. I need to be on the move. Other people would probably find my job their own personal idea of hell. Each to their own.
    All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.

    Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.
  • redpete
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    All depends on what you would consider stressful. Maybe a repetitive physical jonb would be perfect, but maybe the boring repetitiveness would give you stress. Need some clues as to what you find difficult.
    loose does not rhyme with choose but lose does and is the word you meant to write.
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  • A stress-free job is one that you're competent in.

    I work in a senior role and have maybe one or two events a year that I'd consider stressful. I wouldn't call the rest of the time "easy", but any problem can be addressed.

    In contrast, a junior colleague finds it hard going and in doing a subset of the same work gets extremely stressed - to the extent of sometimes punching inanimate objects constantly throughout the day - and has resulted in them being admitted to hospital for stress induced chest pains.

    So yes, find something you like doing and are competent at.
  • FBaby
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    It is very much about how you cope with it. My colleague and I do exactly the same job. He finds it highly stressful (to the point of relying on medication) whereas I find it a walk in the park compared with my previous jobs. The main reason for the perception is I take each day as they come and leave it all behind when I am out of the door. He however, spends (waste) his time trying to guess what tomorrow will be like and always assumes the worse. He then goes home and worries about it all some more.

    As said, how stress you are depends on so many factors, it is impossible to say what would be the least stressful for you without knowing more details.
  • Niowrtt wrote: »
    A stress-free job is one that you're competent in.

    Having the skills can minimise one area of pressure BUT there are so many other things that can act as stressors:

    - an erratic workload
    - an erratic boss
    - unfriendly colleagues
    - lack of control over workload, how you do things etc
    - commuting
    - not challenging enough / too challenging
    - stability of the company / security of the position

    The list could be as long as your arm...

    It's very often not the situation that is stressful in itself but how a person reacts to those stresses... One man's challenge is another man's overload.

    There's no right answer to this... It's all very much subjective.
    :hello:
  • andygb
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    Niowrtt wrote: »
    A stress-free job is one that you're competent in.


    That is a very valid point, because I would consider myself to be very competent and organised at my job - in fact my organisational skills are such that other people sometimes make negative comments about my orderly workstation, or the fact that I don't get very angry at work. They seem to assume that lots of mess and a very hyper attitude means that you have lots of work.
    The stress very often arrives in the form of directors/associates/partners who want to break the rules, or when six people want something at exactly the same time (I don't care how good someone is at "multitasking", this is impossible).
    So, back to the OP's question, is it possible to be stress free?
    Only if you are doing something which you really love, you are getting paid handsomely for it, and you are able to go home at the end of the day without a care in the World, feeling like you are living the dream.
  • Niowrtt wrote: »
    A stress-free job is one that you're competent in.

    I work in a senior role and have maybe one or two events a year that I'd consider stressful. I wouldn't call the rest of the time "easy", but any problem can be addressed.

    In contrast, a junior colleague finds it hard going and in doing a subset of the same work gets extremely stressed - to the extent of sometimes punching inanimate objects constantly throughout the day - and has resulted in them being admitted to hospital for stress induced chest pains.

    So yes, find something you like doing and are competent at.
    Well that post certainly set out one side of the stress at work argument ! The boss' side perhaps ? :rotfl:
    From the late great Tommy Cooper: "He said 'I'm going to chop off the bottom of one of your trouser legs and put it in a library.' I thought 'That's a turn-up for the books.' "
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