Why would anyone willingly work at a job like this. Why is this ever accepted to be a good thing. I've done this as well, I've worked 9-9 at a startup and have come to the conclusion that I was extremely wrong to ever accept this kind of thing.
I am a strong believer in work life balance. But it’s not about crazy hours that causes you to spend more waking hours with your coworkers than your spouse during the week.
My wife gets up at 5 and doesn’t get off work until around 6:30 everyday during the school year. She has a split shift. So she does have time to run errands, go to the gym etc.
I get off work around 6. She goes to bed around 9. We may have two to three good hours on weekdays. I come home, we spend a little time together, she goes to sleep and two or three days out of the week, I work out in our home gym.
We have to make up for that time on the weekend. Things were worse when she was doing support and was working nights and weekends.
The summers and extended Christmas breaks are awesome though....
I am a strong believer in work life balance. But it’s not about crazy hours that causes you to spend more waking hours with your coworkers than your spouse during the week.
My wife gets up at 5 and doesn’t get off work until around 6:30 everyday during the school year. She has a split shift. So she does have time to run errands, go to the gym etc.
I get off work around 6. She goes to bed around 9. We may have two to three good hours on weekdays. I come home, we spend a little time together, she goes to sleep and two or three days out of the week, I work out in our home gym.
We have to make up for that time on the weekend. Things were worse when she was doing support and was working nights and weekends.
The summers and extended Christmas breaks are awesome though....