I know a gal who does that for a living. She works at a small freight-forwarding company in Seattle, just her and the boss. Both of them work 8 - 5, Monday - Friday, and they work through their lunch hour; they order lunch delivered, or one of them goes out for take-out food. She says it's not hard work, but the work flow is steady all day long, and you have to have strong attention to detail. She is a high-school graduate, and all of her training has literally been on-the-job, under the guidance of her boss. Her gross income is $45k per year, and amazingly she gets paid health insurance. During the 15 years she's been working there, her boss has tried (and fired) at least 10 other potential employees who were slackers and had poor attention to detail.
So in a nutshell, it's not hard work, and it pays well, but you have to have the right kind of personality that fits this kind of work. That's all I know about it.
Cheers!
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