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Subject:Re: Anyone work 4-10 hour days? From:Tracy Boyington <tracy_boyington -at- OKVOTECH -dot- ORG> Date:Mon, 3 Nov 1997 07:49:24 -0600
I wrote:
> > It seems to me that if you have to consistently put in 10+ hour days
> > (and I mean consistently -- everyone does it occasionally), then you
> > either don't manage your time very well or you have been given more
> > than one person's job.
and Michael J Wing wrote:
> I'm not quite sure how to take this. If the emphasis is on HAS to
> consistently put in 10+ hours, I may agree. In this case, the extra
> hours are forced on the person because 1) they mismanage their time or
> 2) are overburdened. If, however, this statement is a whitewash applied
> to anyone who works over 40 hrs/week voluntarily, I disagree.
Thanks for pointing that out, Mike. I *did* mean those who work extra
hours involuntarily. That's why I said "have to" -- it's entirely
different if you do it because you *want to*. I should have emphasized
that.
Tracy
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Tracy Boyington tracy_boyington -at- okvotech -dot- org
Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education
Stillwater, OK, USA http://www.okvotech.org/cimc/home.htm
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