There has to be ALOT of chest pounding here with people trying to "one up" the next poster in the amount of hours they work. I can't imagine toiling away that many hours a week regularly. OK, I understand straight out of college working somewhere near those hours, but never on a regular basis (unless you're in business for yourself and are just starting out).

You've got to have balance in life. Working that many hours a week affords no life.

 

[QUOTE=kent-k,Nov 18 2007, 03:26 AM] you're kidding right?

 

Wow!

 

[QUOTE=bluezeke,Nov 18 2007, 02:32 PM] I would have to say that 1. You are the exception to the rule and 2. You have a relatively small company.

I am all for that.

 

I can certainly understand kent-k's point, and it has some validity, but I agree with you here. I don't plan on doing what I do for much longer so at this point I'm not willing to go Gung Ho for minimal reward. I think the desire and/or willingness to work long hours is situational though.

 

Unless you're self-employed and trying to get a business off the ground, then working a lot of hours basically tells me you're someone's bitch.

I put in quite a few hours starting off my career (seven years ago) at a Big 4 firm, but I was never happy and I kept looking until I found a position that affords me a normal schedule and good pay.

I feel sorry for all the suckers that stayed back slaving away for the partners with a hopeful expectation of a windfall many years down the road.

The sad thing is if you let your bosses take advantage of you, they're less likely to respect you as a person. Many people think they are "earning" respect by slaving away working 80-110 hours a week. Quite the opposite, 95% of the time. Good bosses respect a balanced life and everyone should try to work for a good boss.

 

On my last "jobs" before I started working for myself, I was a salaried employee and part of the management team. When I was hired for any of my managerial positions I was told my salary was based on approximately 45 hours per week. Most of the time I worked 40 hours, occasionally when I had to pull a Manager On Duty shift I would work over. Once in a great while I would have a whole weekend of MOD, but I could bring my family to the hotel and they would stay with me and we got to use the restaurant, not too bad of a duty. When the upper management decided that they would make cuts in labor staffing and have the managers fill in by working extra hours I told them good bye...my engineering and maintenance department needed this many people plus a manager to operate properly without affecting guest services. I wasn't about to start working like an hourly employee without the overtime benefits.

 

Not if your fiscal year ends in January!

 

i also work a LOT of hours....just because I haven't started my major yet


but Capitalism has it's ups and downs


European lifestyle is so much more layed back with their "siesta's" and all