Reasons farmers have given me for wanting to retire to The Simple Life (office work):

- number one reason, by a massive margin "my back is fucked"
- you can be inside out of the sun and in aircon. Not just at dinner time but *all the time*
- you can sit down and it's not a break, it counts as work
- very few things in an office can remove a finger
- dangerous work equipment such as firearms do not need to be stored on the same premises where your children live
- you're probably not going to do directly responsible for the welfare of thousands of animals
- if the business goes under, you are free to find a new job. Your family is not forced to live in the physical remains of the failed business
- even if the business you work for can't achieve its goals, there generally won't be a large scale animal euthanasia (or plant death) around your home
- you get paid every month, not once a year. Often your wage is set, or sometimes it's related to how much work you do. Your wage doesn't fluctuate wildly according to rainfall, demand, etc.
- office work involves other humans
- very few low paid office workers have to buy and mortgage their workspace in an increasingly abusive financial system which leads them into deeper and deeper debt in order to continue working the same... Desk