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Subject:Re: Average Hours Worked From:kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 2 Aug 2002 08:29:27 -0600
Tom wrote:
> I don't feel chained to this job or to any job, but I can understand
> how some people do. I guess I just don't think there's a right or wrong
> answer for everybody. Andrew likes to work a lot of hours; he's
> having fun. Who am I to say he shouldn't enjoy himself as HE sees fit.
> Same for Goober, or myself, who don't work such hours. Maybe
> I won't have what Andrew has, but that's okay with me. I'm happy with
> what I have, with where my career is, with where my life is, and with
> where it all is going. From what Andrew says, he is equally happy with
> his life.
Don't forget that Andrew is writing from the perspective of somebody who
owns his own company, while many of us are still just "working for The
Man." He's getting more out of it in the long run.
>From the standpoint of an *employee* I do NOT want to be pressured into
working those kind of hours. Historically, I've found there's not enough
in it for me to make it worthwhile. Yes, I want the company I work for to
succeed. But in these layoff-ridden times, I'm reluctant to give 60-80
hours a week to a company that might at any moment show me the door. And
I'd have nothing to show for my extra effort, unlike the executives whose
contracts usually contain generous exit clauses.
Hate to sound so jaded, but I've seen too much of this in the last year.
Glad you're back, Andrew, so we can start disagreeing about stuff!
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