RE: Over 40/Over 50 (WAS: Work-Life Balance (WAS Re: Offered a jo b - need opinions)

[John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com>]

> After 5 years, I left a 'Job for Life' with my last employer 
> (a Fortune 500 company), where many departments routinely 
> require 50+ hours weekly for salaried employees. That's 
> exploitation. If the job routinely 

Why is it that those who do not fit within someone's idea of what a life
should be are automatically labeled as exploited. It's the same thing when I
hear that working in a metro area is sacrificing quality of life.

Maybe I enjoy my job and I like working at it. Maybe my idea of quality of
life is not a white cottage with a picket fence and children playing in the
backyard, but instead, my quality of life is working till 11pm, then
partying till 4am?

> deadline (but only
> 'occasionally'); if a non-exempt ('timecard') laborer, for 
> the overtime $$;
> finally, if you are self-employed (to survive!). I assume 
> that you're in the third category.

Maybe I'm in the 4th category...I want to.

Please don't superimpose your values onto other people.

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
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