easy jobs...
 

most pay

least hours

ability to slack off in seat (internet, reading etc.)

least amount of pressure

and any other things that make a dream job for slackers :thumbsup:

Huh?

What is this thread about?

options for employment where you can almost get paid just for being there.

I don't think there's much of any specific job unless you don't mind minimum wage. Just look for areas/stores that arn't very busy. Jobs that might require watching over things. Jobs where you'll be alone and don't have to produce physical results (trouble shooting, call support).

So most government jobs :)

Any well paying jobs like that would require you to have been a former judge, president, or something high ranking to be a consultant/figure head.

I work in a law firm as a receptionist and all I have to do is answer the phone and book boardrooms - so if the phone isn't ringing, I've got nothing to do (and it doesn't ring that often), so my job has a LOT of downtime. I'm on the internet and email all day, every day. And the pay is quite well....so ya, I would suggest an office job. But on the same token, I realize most jobs arn't like mine so ya, dunno what I'd suggest *shrugs*

Commision Sales. I'm at a department store, selling kitchen applainces. Most days are fairly slow, so you can chat with your buddies, go online, hide from the supervisors and get on your cell, etc. Once customers come in, then it's time for business.

Ok, so if you over do it on the slacking off, you don't get paid much. So remember the parts of the day when the most customers will be in your dept., and just kick it 'til then :)

On the other hand, you can go into "work-holic" mode, and get these HUGE pay checks. This one 19 year old single mom made $2000 in a month selling vacummes and matteress, part-time!

I'd much rather have a job that is engaging and interesting. I've had jobs like what you seem to want and they were terribly boring.
I do have an old high school friend who ended up being an accountant in a town in New Mexico. He works his tail off doing peoples and business taxes in February, March, April, and then puts in about 10-15 hours a week the rest of the year. He's into hiking, camping and other outdoorsy stuff, so he just puts a sign in his office window saying "Back next week" or something like that, and heads for the mountains.
My Dad had a great job when he was in college. It was forty yerars ago, and he was a night elevator operator in a high rise office building. This was before self service, press the button elevators. Every elevator had to have a driver. He worked from 6pm to 1am when they locked down the building, and would sometimes only make a couple of dozen trips up and down all night. He kind of thought he was getting paid to study and write letters.
Lindy

Librarian at a Public Library in a town of under 50 people. I swear that lady was so surprised to see me walk in the door.

That was my thought too. The first job that came to my mind was the security guard that sits in a little booth all day at one of the road entrances to the university at which I work. He doesn't even have a gate to operate. He rarely stops vehicles. Occasionally, he gives directions. He's a really friendly guy and his job might seem easy. However, sitting in that booth all day would drive me insane. Low pressure slack-off jobs are generally boring.

high jinx - I find your question quite an appropriate one. With so many college students on this board, you would think someone would have asked earlier for good-paying jobs that allow you to slack off, where one can spend their days studying rather than dealing with the masses.

The first thing that pops into my mind was the night security guards at my old company. The day ones have to work as receptionists, but the night guys... they basically have nothing to worry about. Sit & read, relax, chat with friends... and since it was for a parmaceutical company, they were paid better than other companies - around $40,000/year. Not a high-paying career, but definitely something one could live off of. I imagine the supervisors would make considerably more.

Security guard is my vote.

next in line comes receptionist. But you have to pick and choose. Sometimes receptionists are VERY BUSY. Still, you can find a company here and there that is quite simply a sweet job. I've worked for companies where there were basically no phone calls or visitors - maybe two an hour - but I was still paid $15/hour. The thing with that is, you have to look professional and be perky the minute anyone steps through that door. And you might just feel isolated. Oh, it was a wonderful life working there. I read so many books, such a good quality of life.

Sometimes one just gets to a point in their life where there is too much drama in the world around them - so they need someplace relaxing to work, something stable. where you don't have to worry about anything other than depositing that paycheck at the end of the week.

Good luck!

I agree with genuinegirly. I have an ex-boyfriend who worked night security at a phone company. His job was so easy and quiet, he spent most of his time goofing off. And the pay wasn't bad. More than minimum wage, and since he wasn't carrying a gun, didn't need anything special for certifications, etc.

SysAdmin at small liberal arts college.

Sometimes it gets busy, but for the most part ... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ...

My sister is a flight attendant. She says that it’s really easy. She only had to do a six or eight week class to get into it. She does the emergency procedures pass out food, collect garbage, and that is about it. She told me a lot of time she goes through novels so fast, that she will read anything available. Plus she gets paid for being up in the air, staying over night, gets a per diem, a food allowance. I think she said in all there is five ways to get paid. Plus free tickets for her family. :thumbsup:

One thing that does suck is her schedule is really goofy and never gets the same days off.

Pope?

Lots of travel, and all you have to do is go out on the balcony every now and then and wave. ;)

any entry to mid level IT job ive had has been pretty slack, spend most of the day surfin and pretending to look busy

I've found that I perform poorly if the job is boring and slow paced, even if it should be "easy". I get real sluggish and don't do well with the limited tasks I might have.

I do much better working at a steady pace. The day goes much faster that way too.

what are some examples of entry level IT jobs? i was thinking of getting more into the computer industry anyway.

thanks for all the advice, all.

You were? Then my easy job may be appealing: Software QA. There are high points and low points. Sometimes there is a lot of work to be done and you have to work very hard and be efficient. But on the other hand, once you finish your test pass there is literally nothing to do until the software developers complete a new version for you to test. If you can code, look into automated testing too. You may have to write some scripts, but then you run them and sit back to wait for the results.
I worked at a large company on a project that began to fizzle out. It got to a very polished level and was released, but then the project was over. We were good at our job so they weren't about to fire us.. They started looking around and saw that a very similar project was going to commence in 6-7 weeks so our team was the obvious choice. I came into work for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for nearly two months, and since my team was "in limbo" we just read stuff on the Internet or sometimes brought in books.

Yeah I've had my eye on that Pope gig for years now.. just bidding my time... and holiness.

I don't really think I'd want a job like that, but I can see the appeal. Security guard does sound like a good one. You might also consider a checker or pharmacy technician at a 24 hour pharmacy. We have two around here which are absolutly dead at three o'clock in the morning. I know this because I've made a pickle run at that time.

Gilda

Paris Hilton's job, whatever that is.

President. I mean he gets soooo many vacations.