What's the best job you've ever had?

[Electric_Andy]

Very busy day at the (home) office. I've been doing this for 16 years and don't really enjoy it, so it got me wondering; what's the best job I've had?

1. Office job in Auckland - low stress, coffee and biscuits on tap, basically thumbing through and sorting insurance documents all day. Beer and chips/dip on a Friday, a nice bit of banter with some nice people, and for a bit more than minimum wage.
2. Picking watermelons in Australia - a bit of hard work in the sun cutting the stalks, and then coming back to throw them at a person on a trailer to catch. Being paid to play ball all day was great; sadly it was only 3 days work.

What have your favourite jobs been?

 

[Webbo2]

Retirement 😏

 

[Electric_Andy]

Retirement 😏

I don't have a retirement

 

[markemark]

Digging large holes. Not a career I planned on, I just fell into it.

 

[ianrauk]

I'm very lucky in that I've worked in the music business most of my working life so I get to listen to music all day, go to gigs and get paid for it.

 

[Dave7]

Depends how you define best.
Back in the mid 60s I worked at Cadburys on the Wirral as a storekeeper. An excellent company, interesting job and good workmates. I got married and moved away or would have stayed there.
In my later years I worked for a company owned by Shell. I was made European manager for a division. Interesting. Lots of travel. Good money.
The company was sold to people I didnt like so left and set up a company with another guy. 10 years. Hard work but made good money so could retire a few years early.

 

[fossyant]

I'm very lucky in that I've worked in the music business most of my working life so I get to listen to music all day, go to gigs and get paid for it.

You can go off some people !

 

[fossyant]

Current job was OK until they installed a new Finance System, that is a bag off poop. Lasted 6 weeks in one job, that was 6 weeks too long.