‘Chief sleep officer’ job pays fortunate Brit £10k to nap and do some buying

Lots of Brits dream about getting paid to sleep and do some buying.

And now that dream might grow to be a actuality for one fortunate particular person, because of UK mattress specialist Bensons for Beds.

The firm is recruiting for a Chief Sleep Officer (CSO) position. And it feels like arguably among the best roles round from the job description.

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The fortunate applicant can be paid £10,000 for a six-month, part-time place which covers 874 hours of coaching, sleeping and free buying.

The position follows analysis revealing this week is the most well-liked for job-hunting with staff citing the ‘three-year itch’ as a trigger. The examine of two,000 staff by UK mattress specialist Bensons for Beds revealed that over half discovered the ‘three-year itch’ begins whenever you really feel anxious each Sunday evening (51%) or not getting on along with your boss (32%).

While 31% assume a scarcity of sleep attributable to stress is an indication to start out trying elsewhere.

Of those that are occupied with altering jobs, 38% need to earn a better wage, 29% cite work stress and 23% need to strive new issues. One in seven blame not working properly with their boss.

When quizzed on their ‘dream job’, 50% say an important factor can be versatile working hours. While 30% would fortunately keep in mattress all day as a full-time job.

In a daring effort to assist be sure that the nation is getting the perfect evening’s sleep potential, Bensons has introduced the creation of a brand new position for a Chief Sleep Officer (CSO).

Carrie Westwell, Head of HR at Bensons, commented: “After a while, it’s understandable professionals will crave new opportunities and look elsewhere for something to fulfil their employment needs. It’s been interesting to find out the most common signs that someone needs to start the job search again.

“The new year is a great time to think about your career, but everyone else will probably be thinking about the same thing – so competition will be fierce. The new CSO position is a 6-month part time role with a salary of £10,000 and covers 874 hours of training, napping and shopping. The lucky candidate will get to test up to one mattress every fortnight, four pillows per month and one bedframe every 6 weeks.

“It’s the perfect role for anyone who wants to supplement their existing income or is keen to explore the bed industry before deciding to take the big plunge and change careers.”

The Bensons analysis additionally revealed that 28% of Brits have fallen asleep at work once they weren’t imagined to – blaming it on boredom (33%), not feeling properly (30%), and the room being too heat (24%).

More than one in 10 have beforehand began a ‘side hustle’ inside the previous 12 months as a means of creating wealth on the aspect of their important earnings. With promoting outdated garments on second-hand apps or web sites being the primary pursued job (21%).

While a small share have explored extra ingenious roots to make more money together with pet sitting (5%), making casts of individuals’s ft (3%) and drawing individuals’s pets (1%). The typical aspect hustler makes a mean incomes of £229 per 30 days, spending simply 10 hours per week doing it.

Of those that are but to embark upon this enterprise, 20% are contemplating it this 12 months – with proofreading, product testing, and admin/information entry being among the many prime jobs.

Although product testing will kind a part of the brand new CSO position it isn’t all sleeping on the job, as a key component of the job will even require the CSO to go to Bensons very personal manufacturing facility in Huntingdon and spend time with the innovation workforce to find out about how the mattress and mattress provide chain works from ‘spring to sleep’.

Over 14 hours of ‘in bed’ coaching can be given to the fortunate candidate to assist develop their data and understanding of sleep. They will even be taught to recognise the triggers that contribute to poor sleep and the great habits individuals ought to undertake to assist improve optimum sleep patterns.

While the place is absolutely distant, candidates should be primarily based within the UK and maintain a related qualification from school in advertising or social media. To apply, candidates might want to create a bit of content material to elucidate why they assume they’re proper for the position. They will even have to display robust written communication expertise.

Westwell continues: “As the world resets in January, so can your career. Changing jobs isn’t just a shift in location, it’s a recalibration of your professional trajectory and an opportunity to align your passion with your profession.

“And if your passion is sleep – we might just want to talk to you…”

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