Job: Head of Stonehenge

English Heritage has posted what sounds like the most absurdly majestic job title on the internet: Head of Stonehenge. Yes, a real full-time role running the famous stone circle, overseeing visitors, staff, events, safety, shops, food, and even the famously chaotic summer and winter solstice gatherings. The job comes with a salary starting at £64,189, free entry to heritage sites, and the kind of responsibilities that make it sound less like site management and more like being the grown-up in charge of one of Britain’s biggest tourist magnets.

But the real action was in the comments, where readers instantly turned this listing into a comedy festival with a side of career crisis. One of the strongest reactions was pure envy: people called it a very cool job, while others groaned that it felt wildly underpaid for someone expected to lead a huge team, manage budgets, keep visitors happy, and basically babysit a world-famous monument. That tension — dream role versus suspicious paycheck — became the thread’s main little scandal.

Then came the jokes. A commenter mourned the missed chance to call the hire a “rock star”, which, honestly, writes itself. Another delivered the thread’s biggest punchline with the fake job intro: “I’m a CSO… Stonehenge.” And in perhaps the most revealing reaction of all, one reader suggested this is exactly the kind of fantasy escape people are having while modern office work burns them out. Even a simple job listing somehow turned into a public referendum on wages, work, and whether managing ancient rocks might actually be better than managing email.