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When true happiness is spurning a Ferrari for a glass of cordial
By Sathnam Sanghera
Published: November 11 2005 02:00 | Last updated: November 11 2005 02:00
In an attempt to understand what it is that gives people job satisfaction, I have spent time over the past month with someone who I thought would have a great deal of it - Dario Benuzzi, the 59-year-old chief test driver at Ferrari - and someone I thought who wouldn't have very much at all - Isobel Hoare, a 55-year-old soft drinks tester for Ribena, the blackcurrant cordial manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline.
For obvious reasons, I was looking forward to meeting the former more than the latter. Like Cameron Diaz's masseur or Bill Gates' bank manager, chief test driver at Ferrari sounds like one of those occupations that is just too good to be true - a dream job if ever there was one.
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