How to get an easy job

buyaodanxin

Thanks Dave,
You are right I haven't had much fun in life generally. I would enjoy going round Europe and I may think of something else to do...

w211

Idea - get yourself licensed at a private hire driver, specialising in executive/chauffeur work (probably move back down to London for this). Try if you can also get an operator's licence, which enable you to take bookings direct.

In the beginning, obviously, you will have to work for other companies (plenty of work on Gumtree, and apps such as Uber, Drivr and Wheely). Over time you will get to know your clientele and if you are good at your job, they will start to ask for you directly, and recommending you.

It is then up to you whether or not you build up your business, you should eventually have enough of your own work not to work for other companies, thus you don't have to pay them a commission, and if you decide to take on more work than you can do yourself, you sub-contract the work out, then you take the cut.

I imagine most, if not all minicab/chauffeur/private hire companies started out with one person, and therefore it could be suitable for you. Work as long as you like for a company/companies, then move on with your own clients, farm work out to other drivers when you feel you're ready. Think you might already have a head start if you still got contacts in the city.

In in the beginning it's an easy life working for someone else, but if you want to develop that's when things start to get tricky. The only disadvantage you need a lot of capital to get started up, with the various licences to obtain, and getting a suitable car.

Just a suggestion, bit of a wildcard, it may or may not work out for you. Driving about all day every day isn't for everyone (especially in London). Plus, I know a few drivers with degrees (including one with a Masters in economics) who possibly, do it for the reasons you give in your first post.

ess0two

w211 beat me to it,taxi driver work when you want fiddle tax/NI easy enough.
Result.

w211

Lol, easier if it's cash jobs though.

The type of work, I'm steering the OP towards, is mainly exec/corporate stuff, and they often pay on account, or by card.

buyaodanxin

w211 - thats a brilliant idea....

Not keen to move back to London though - pace of life / high property prices dont appeal - and there arent many execs in Yorkshire who need chauffeuring...

nearlyrich

buyaodanxin wrote: »

w211 - thats a brilliant idea....

Not keen to move back to London though - pace of life / high property prices dont appeal - and there arent many execs in Yorkshire who need chauffeuring...

Really? I bet you could find some if you tried.

BillJones

buyaodanxin wrote: »

Hi All,
I wonder if you could offer any advice... My problem is an unusal one but genuine.

I am an Oxford graduate, after a few years in the city I decided I had enough and wanted a simpler life.

No, that doesn't really work. You really don't get to make it all the way to Graduation at Oxford without having some serious drive, and this is not a personality trait that just evaporates.

You've either had brain damage, or have been infected by a parasite. In either case, get to your doctor's sharpish and find out what's retired your personality so seriously.

BillJones

buyaodanxin wrote: »

Hi,
This is not trolling - this is my actual situation. I was working long hours in the city subjected to high stress and I ended up giving up without a job to go to (though I found one pretty quickly afterwards) . Most of my contemporaries are still there - struggling away and given they spend much of their money on housing I doubt its worthwhile.

No, you've got this bit wrong, too. Oxbridge graduates in the city don't tend to struggle for money. V.P.s will get low six-figure packages, and that buys you a perfectly decent life as a young person, even in London.

You need to come up with a more believable story, as well, as Imsaid above! As getting to the doctor's as soon as you sober up.

fufu_banterwaite

Lioness_Twinkletoes wrote: »

Get a job with your local council :rotfl::rotfl:

Joking, folks, joking!

I hope so! Of all the jobs I have had I found that the hardest working people were those that I worked with when I worked for a local council!

buyaodanxin

"No, that doesn't really work. You really don't get to make it all the way to Graduation at Oxford without having some serious drive, and this is not a personality trait that just evaporates."

You are completely correct. I had drive, then. But I hated Oxford - I was from a poorish background, I dont drink and the whole experience was unpleasant. Also my health collapsed - I got through it, just, but I wasnt the same man coming out as I was when I went in.

"No, you've got this bit wrong, too. Oxbridge graduates in the city don't tend to struggle for money. V.P.s will get low six-figure packages, and that buys you a perfectly decent life as a young person, even in London."

No not quite - when I started as a grad (in asset management - so not quite the city I was paid c£40k a year all in). Had I stayed after 4/5 years I would be on £100k plus. If I went into an investment bank I might have been starting at say £80k going to £120 y2 and up. I would, however have worked many more hours.

And actually many of my contemporaries do struggle - I didnt mean to say they were all in the city - they are actuaries, accountants, management consultants, few of them breach £100k and practically none £200k. It sounds a lot but for the demands of those jobs / hours / responsibilities / London costs I am glad I packed it in.

The struggle I referred to was more in terms of working hours/stress than money anyway...

Not a troll in any way, shape or form. I think the troll comments are based more on my posting history - in that there isn't one...