Anyone want to apply? May require working away from home!

by cricketrocks

23 comments
  1. > You could work: away from home

    Dammit. I wanted a remote position.

  2. You could work evenings/weeekends/bank holidays away from home. No shit!

  3. Wait that’s the salary ?? Would’ve expected it to be 2 – 3X this amount..

  4. Shit pay, but imagine genuinely being able to put ‘Astronaut’ on your C.V.

  5. Back when the European Space Agency (ESA) advertised a few years ago for Astronaut applications I did apply. I was swiftly rejected. I was heartbroken. Feels like a gaping, black, hole in me ever since.

  6. I’m so glad it explains what an astronaut does.

    I’d hate to think someone goes for the job thinking they’re going to be driving buses but then get told they’re actually going into space.

  7. I’m not giving my bank holidays up for any job.

  8. Why is an astronaut’s starting salary £5k more than mine when I sit on my arse and do fuck all?!

  9. I like the brief description of the role.

    Pay doesn’t really surprise me. I remember hearing about the US astronauts.
    You’d think they’d be on big bucks, but they were basically civil servants with the pay scales to match.

  10. Where’s the nearest pub, and does the local shop sell halloumi?

  11. If I can bring my cat im in. Am I allowed to borrow the rocket on my breaks and nip around the galaxy?

  12. lol. That can’t be real. .. loving the comments though.

  13. They lost me at working bank holidays and evenings.

    _Surely_ they should appreciate that I should be flown home on such occasions?

    Ok, ok fine – at least tell me what the WFH policy is here.

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