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New years resolution
Whats a job where i simply dont have to work weekends or nights
I have a bachelors degree and several years fixing computer problem for a computer lab at my school
Im willin to break into any job or profession
Any standard 9-5 M-F professional white collar gig.
Key words here are "professional" and "white collar". I used to work customer service and had rotten working hours such as third and 2nd shifts and even double shifts. The worst was working 2nd shift and having to come in to do 1st shift the next day. All for $10 bucks an hour.
Absolutely stay away from service jobs like retail. They want you to be available 24/7 and when you do come in you end up getting sent home early to save on payroll.
I do not recommend Engineering as a strictly daytime job. I worked 12, 14 hours, some weekends and holidays when I used to be in engineering. Basically was on call 24/7. I also know other engineers who work long tedious hours and basically are on call 24/7. It depends on what company you get into.
Also nix the Admin Asst job off the list. These people are often slogging away long hours and weekends depending on what profession they are working in. Certain businesses have on-call and 24/7 responsibilities so many Admins have to cover phones etc. Maybe they can work from home and maybe it's only a couple of hours on a holiday--but it's still working.
In theory yes on the professional white collar jobs. However, many professional white collar jobs require well more than 40 hours a week, involve weekends or late nights sometimes, require answering emails evenings and weekends, or require being on call. Depends on the position and the company, but you can't just assume any professional white collar job will be weekdays only. The job market is completely different than it was 20 - 30 years ago. Nowdays, white collar positions that used to be 40 hours are now 50+ hours due to a whole variety of factors resulting from a modern economy and modern methods of communication.
For example:
Business Analyst - likely more than 40 hours a week although probably not many weekends. Likely will have to respond to emails on evenings/weekends.
Accountant - Depends on the type of accounting. Public accounting forget it - likely well more than 40 hours and evenings/weekends part of the year. Regular company accountant or government accountant, likely 8-5.
Engineer/IT - Depends on the company; can be only 40 hours but most are more than this. Evenings/weekends when deadlines are close. Many positions involve periods of being on call and require answering phone calls and emails during evenings/weekends even when not on call.
Admin Assistant - this one would be a good choice for only 8 - 5.
Lawyer - maybe, but most lawyers work more than 40 hours a week. Depending on the area of practice evenings/weekends before deadlines and trials and evening/weekends would have emails.
physical therapist - This one might be a good choice for only 8 - 5, but would depend on the employer.
Rodeo Clown - Ah, no.
Mechanic. - Many repairs shops have evening and weekend hours. Once you're high enough up the food chain you could probably choose to only work 8 - 5.
Carpet Layer (or any other construction job) - Depends on the employer but many building/construction projects operate at times on evenings and weekends.
If you want to stay with fixing computers, computer repair businesses often are only open 8 - 5. Also IT for University or other government agency. Stay clear of any type of retail or food-service jobs.
Maybe it's just my industry, but the chances I have been able to work nights were practically highway robbery.
I've never been paid so much to do so little work in my life. They always just needed me "available" but then never really needed me. At one job I was taking home over $2000 per week to watch movies and surf the net.
Keep in mind that as you "climb the ladder" in many white collar professions, you are expected to read and answer emails, phone calls, etc nights and weekends.
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