easy work

A lot of government jobs are on some sort of 9/40 schedule. You work 9 hours from Mon-Thurs, and 8 hours every other Friday. This still averages to 40 hours/week, but in reality, very few people work the full 9 hours Mon-Thurs. In fact, most people work fewer than 8. Where I work, a lot of people (especially the HR types) come in at 8am, have an hour lunch, and leave before 4pm.

So, every other weekend is a 3-day weekend; and this isn't counting government holidays, of which there are 10. Plus, you get your standard starting 2-3 weeks vacation time, and 2-3 weeks sick leave. This leaves very little time to actually work. And you wonder where your tax dollars are going...

Still, there are other jobs that have it better (in terms of time off). Community college teachers! No research, summers off, often < 8 hours of work per day, and a one year sabbatical every 7 years if you're tenured. Not bad...