Hi guys!
Recently, Ozbargainer grabngo indicated he had 15 hours free in a 40 hour week.
What kind of jobs allow you to have that much 'bludge time'? When I graduate in five years, my guaranteed job earns me an okay 65k salary and no 'bludge' time :(. What degree and experiences allowed you to gain a 'bludge' job?
Thanks!
Any positions available?
Many years ago, I was transferred to another department where the manager didn't really know what to do with me, he felt that I was too senior to be doing the sort of work that he had available. They didn't really give me much to do and I didn't feel like going to work just to sit around so I stopped going. Only went to work for a few hours a day and only for a few days a week. After a year or two, they got rid of me.
Actually, I'm still doing not much now. But that's because I'm running my own business and I only need to do stuff if a client want it or if something goes wrong. I'm an IT person too.
On another note, I was outside in the park yesterday and there were about 4 manual labour types just sitting and chatting for all the time I was there, the only person doing anything was the lollypop lady telling people to take another route. This seems to be more common for these types of jobs, I've noticed.
Gigalo would be a great job for bluding and doing what you do best
haha thanks captobvious I'll keep the gigolo option in my back pocket if my degree doesn't work out.
Traffic Controller would be an awesome bludge job. All you need is a one day course in traffic management, and it qualifies you to work as a traffic controller (stop, slow lollypop sign).
From what I understand, they get around $50 / hour on a casual basis, plenty of work around. They just stand there and play on their phone all day.
Looks cruisy :-)
The flip side is would you want to stand outside in 35c plus weather like today.
I did an IT based degree. It all depends on the workplace. I was lucky enough to fall into a job with a company straight out of Uni (11 years ago) where I can honestly say I've never worked a 40 hour week.. If I was being honest I could probably count the amount of days I've worked to 5pm over the 11 years on my fingers and toes. When I first started it probably averaged out to about 2-3 hours a day. In one of my roles I was working from home and was lucky to see 1-3 hours a day. That drove me a bit crazy (lack of human contact), so I went into a higher up role that is office based. I'm now in a role where I'm in the office generally for about 5-6 hours a day, so more hours and more challenging work but working with a great team (it honestly rarely feels like work).