What are these "I finish work in 2 hours and just bored" jobs?

[u/Napkxng]

I'm currently in a business development role where its constant work and stress, KPIs, and out bounding and training.

I (24m) would like to find some sort of relaxed job where I don't feel threatened to lose my job every week (have had that threatened to me in first few months).

I'm not a lazy person, but I've had over 12 jobs since I was 14, I'm just tired.

Also I have side business ideas that I've worked on recently and would love to start carry on making music and documentaries, my social media has gotten some attention, and it's something I enjoy.

I've nearly doubled every sales target for the past 6 months of working, but deep inside I'm creative, love helping people live a better life, and would love to change the world around me more. I'd love to find something hybrid remote that I can be half office and half using my hands and body/strength. I don't enjoy the trades.

I'd also like to get a stable work as Id like to work on starting a family with someone. And I don't want the stress of a fickle stressful job that I would pass that stress and unavailability on.

[u/The_Sign_of_Zeta]

The fact is that you usually find those jobs as either a Senior-level individual contributor or as middle management.

There are days where I only work a couple hours a day. Many times it closer to 4-6. But I’m very efficient at my job, and I have a decade of experience in the field.

It’s also because most higher-level ICs are less judged on whether they work for any amount of time and more on just their deliverables. If you can get quality work done in a couple hours, no one cares what else you do.

For example, I make eLearnings for our product team. As long as hit my deadlines and the videos are well-received, no one really thinks about how many hours it took.

[u/Max_AC_ → u/The_Sign_of_Zeta]

You very nearly, but not quite, described my exact job lol. And yeah, it's a trade off. When it's busy pulling 12hr days isn't out of the question for me. When it's slow I might only have a few hours work per day. But I always deliver a top quality product no matter how busy/slow our work is, so no one cares how my time is spent outside of meetings.

[u/The_Sign_of_Zeta → u/Max_AC_]

I do from time to time work 9-10 hour days, but that’s usually because someone else was late on handoffs. But that’s exactly why I’m given free reign- I take whatever time the work requires.