Current Events > What "9 to 5 average joe" jobs pay big money?

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Honestly I cant think of any. Any job that pays big bucks seems to require more work than an ordinary 9-5 job.

Doctors, lawyers, police officers, executives, for example definitely dont work regular joe 9 to 5 jobs considering these jobs require you to work like crazy

And Im sure a lot of 9 to 5 office admin jobs dont pay a lot of money

Why is it called 9 to 5 when I'm pretty sure more jobs are 8 to 5

Doe posted...

Why is it called 9 to 5 when I'm pretty sure more jobs are 8 to 5

thats just what theyre called

I work 7 hours a day and am more than happy with my pay

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they still make more than most office workers. Especially admins

AzNDarkSamurai posted...

Honestly I cant think of any. Any job that pays big bucks seems to require more work than an ordinary 9-5 job.

Doctors, lawyers, police officers, executives, for example definitely dont work regular joe 9 to 5 jobs considering these jobs require you to work like crazy

And Im sure a lot of 9 to 5 office admin jobs dont pay a lot of money

Air Conditioning repair man in Phoenix Arizona.

Go to trade school for 6 weeks, and start making six figures immediately.

Damn going back to school would be so nice if I didnt have a family

Nurse apparently

Doe posted...

Why is it called 9 to 5 when I'm pretty sure more jobs are 8 to 5

I looked into that a long time ago since I wondered the same thing. Apparently it's just a relic from the past where that used to be the standard with unpaid lunches I think. Or maybe it was 30 minute lunches. It's been a couple years since I looked it up.

Doe posted...

Why is it called 9 to 5 when I'm pretty sure more jobs are 8 to 5

they were 9 to 5.

then greedy corps said were not paying for your lunch hour lmao.

AsucaHayashi posted...

Nurse apparently

as someone who has many aunties and cousins that are registered nurses, definitely not. They work in long weird hours and their work is extremely demanding

IT
After you get through the first few years of BS and move up to the higher positions, you can just coast on 6 figures.

Is 40 paid hours/week the standard in America? We do 40 hours, half an hour each day is unpaid for lunch.

Works out to 38 paid hours a week. So I do have a literal 9-5 job.

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Depends where you live. Socal cops make a lot of money. Here's San Diego for instance: https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/search/?a=san-diego&q=police&y=2021

Some of those people make over $300k not even including benefits.

Vengeance29 posted...

Is 40 paid hours/week the standard in America? We do 40 hours, half an hour each day is unpaid for lunch.

Works out to 38 paid hours a week. So I do have a literal 9-5 job.

No. The average is a bit closer to 47-48 due to exploitation.

Vengeance29 posted...

Is 40 paid hours/week the standard in America? We do 40 hours, half an hour each day is unpaid for lunch.

Works out to 38 paid hours a week. So I do have a literal 9-5 job.

These days it's 8-5, one hour unpaid lunch. In every white collar job I've worked my bosses and coworkers all responded to calls and emails outside of work hours, working about 50-60 hours a week regularly.

high rise window cleaner

usually pays 60k minimum and the job is always in high demand

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You would be extremely surprised what a San Francisco police officer makes. Their salaries are insane.

lot of 9-5 jobs in software development that make big bucks

The trick is to work somewhere that has low stakes. I previously worked for a major corporation that made exercise equipment, doing the software on those. It was a 40 hour week at most. Unlike financial or tech shit theres never an emergency in exercise equipment software that requires you to be on call

cybersecurity sales rep

AzNDarkSamurai posted...

as someone who has many aunties and cousins that are registered nurses, definitely not. They work in long weird hours and their work is extremely demanding

https://nursinglicensemap.com/resources/nurse-salary/

if these are the mean salaries for a standard 40 hour work week(which is decently high tbh), then all the extra/weird hours would just mean more money, no?

and it's demanding but probably not as demanding as doctor/lawyer etc.

theAteam posted...

Depends where you live. Socal cops make a lot of money. Here's San Diego for instance: https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/search/?a=san-diego&q=police&y=2021

Some of those people make over $300k not even including benefits.

Yeah, that's why I considered becoming a CHP officer for a while. Some of the senior officers were making over 300k with overtime. And this was in Los Angeles

CNC Operator

Some govt jobs can do you ok. You won't be rolling in it, but still.

AzNDarkSamurai posted...

executives

sure, if you count business dinners and executive golf games as working longer hours.

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That almost fits something like a water treatment operator. But you'd need to be really good at math to pass the certification exam without any taking any classes. It has lots of formulas you have to use, such as:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/6/8/AAQgjdAAERv0.jpg

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Call center

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Not necessarily but you definitely wouldnt be living well

I wish I had understood more when I was younger about career choices. I was one of those people who just never had a career goal in mind and never felt like I needed to base my life around work. Id love to do something a bit mundane that wasnt stressful that paid well enough but Im pretty sure if I want make real money Im going to have to basically live to work at this point.

I just want a job that requires no skills but I can still pay my bills because I have literally no skills.

gildedwings posted...

I just want a job that requires no skills but I can still pay my bills because I have literally no skills.

CNC Operator

VeggetaX posted...

CNC Operator

A what? Cock Nasty Cock Operator? I guess I can do that.

CNC stands for Computerized Numerical Control. You said no skills, a cock operator takes skill.

VeggetaX posted...

CNC stands for Computerized Numerical Control. You said no skills, a cock operator takes skill.

Yeah well looking it up they need math skills. 2+2 = 69

I work a job that is all on the job training.
Making.....47k a year gross.
Monday to Friday, 8-5, full benefits, paid holidays off, PTO, and room to grow.

I'm fairly happy.

rexcrk posted...

I wish I had understood more when I was younger about career choices. I was one of those people who just never had a career goal in mind and never felt like I needed to base my life around work. Id love to do something a bit mundane that wasnt stressful that paid well enough but Im pretty sure if I want make real money Im going to have to basically live to work at this point.

Not really. Depending on what you mean by "real" money of course. A lot of skilled labor jobs rely on the person being available and knowledgeable in case shit hits the fan. Working in IT, I put in a couple hours a day of actual work and am on standby in case things break the rest of the day. Hell that's the foundation of any gov't office worker job. Those gov't jobs are mind numbing at how slow they are.

BlazinBlue88 posted...

Not really. Depending on what you mean by "real" money of course. A lot of skilled labor jobs rely on the person being available and knowledgeable in case shit hits the fan. Working in IT, I put in a couple hours a day of actual work and am on standby in case things break the rest of the day. Hell that's the foundation of any gov't office worker job. Those gov't jobs are mind numbing at how slow they are.

Honestly I just want a job where Im not sitting on my ass all day while I wait for the phone to ring to get harassed by customers. I have no problem doing office work, but, again, Im so done with customers lol.

I dont really have any good skills though. At least nothing that really sets me apart from anyone else. I have no desire to be in a management position either (unless Im making absolute bank and would only have to do it for like five years).

rexcrk posted...

I dont really have any good skills though. At least nothing that really sets me apart from anyone else.

Trust me. A lot of office jobs don't require specific skills cause they are specific processes taught on the job. It's more about updating spreadsheet, sending out reports via email, and wasting the day small talking with other employees.

Look for jobs in corporate offices in the finance sector(accounting, banking, etc). There's normally a lot of office fluff jobs like I described in that sector compared to other places. My last job was working for a bank. There was an junior loan officer position that only required a high school diploma and some non specific working experience. Got my friend that worked at Staples that job. I think he just reviewed loan documents for errors all day then forwarded them to his boss for approval. Super simple stuff.

Big downside of the finance sector is that they are a little behind on the times so don't expect any work from home stuff.