I did 7 12s in Kuwait.
Why?
Money!
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I work 80-90 hours a week. Not much time for anything else, but the money is really good.
It's short term for me. I'm close to retiring. My house and cars are paid for. Just stashing away some extra cash before I retire.
I work 80-90 hours a week. Not much time for anything else, but the money is really good.
if u work 80-90 hours, then you would expect to be earning at least 2 weeks worth, every week.
so, if you earn , say, $100k working 38 hours per week, then if you do 80-90, you'd want at least $200k, right?
what im getting at is- its not really "good money", if all you are getting paid for is average money, but working loads of hours.
thats not good money, thats just lots of work.
I personally think its a massively outdated concept, unless it was switched to 4 10 hour days, I know in the USA this is pushed further and alot do 7 til 7.
lets be honest most of it is down to appearances and "looking" like you are working.This day and age we have all the tools to work smarter rather than harder but they aren't put in use, so you waste all your prime years traveling to a job, pretending you are doing something for most of the 9-12 hours then going home.
Also why are people proud of the hours they put in per week? Proud they worked 60 hours as a corporate slave, with no time for recreation, like its some badge of honour.Getting paid per hour is a fools gold, I did one full time job getting paid by the hour and realised it was a huge waste of time and resources, time is your most precious gift.
I switched straight away to working on something that would make me money over and over, with time not even entering in to the equation.The second you start thinking about work as what you can produce that will continue to earn you money long after you stopped working on it, rather than a paid per hour scheme, the sooner you will liberate yourself and your mind.
^^Melvin Goodrum soundbite^^
4 days on, 4 days off is one of the best shift patterns going. 12 hour shifts x4 then 4 days off. It works out roughly the same yearly as doing 40 hour weeks.
Only downside is you have no fixed days off during the week and you're working a lot of weekends. But when you factor in being able to take 4 days annual leave multiple times a year, which basically gives you 12 straight days off. Great for taking holidays and travelling
The other shift pattern which works well is working early mornings. 6am to 3pm etc. Lots of time to enjoy your evenings. You get used to the early mornings and sleeping 6 hours a night rather then 8. In fact you'll probably feel better for it.
Still nothing beats working for yourself.
enjoy your evenings? NOt when you gotta be in bed before 9pm, lol... 6 hours of sleep would destroy me, would never get used to that.
4 days on, 4 days off is one of the best shift patterns going. 12 hour shifts x4 then 4 days off. It works out roughly the same yearly as doing 40 hour weeks.Agree with everything you said, I do 4 x 11 hour shifts then have 4 days off, it's great and I'm able to get a shitload done that I wouldn't otherwise be able to do working min to fri, can also put 2 full days overtime in and still have 2 days off, again impossible on Monday to Friday shift pattern.
Only downside is you have no fixed days off during the week and you're working a lot of weekends. But when you factor in being able to take 4 days annual leave multiple times a year, which basically gives you 12 straight days off. Great for taking holidays and travelling
The other shift pattern which works well is working early mornings. 6am to 3pm etc. Lots of time to enjoy your evenings. You get used to the early mornings and sleeping 6 hours a night rather then 8. In fact you'll probably feel better for it.
Still nothing beats working for yourself.
Agree with everything you said, I do 4 x 11 hour shifts then have 4 days off, it's great and I'm able to get a shitload done that I wouldn't otherwise be able to do working min to fri, can also put 2 full days overtime in and still have 2 days off, again impossible on Monday to Friday shift pattern.
Worked for myself for 8 years and like you said that's the only thing that beats it
80-90hrs a week?this....i remember when i hit my burnout point at work...these days i work just enough to fuel my hobbies
Enjoy your burnout to come...
At that rate, you have 0 time to cook your own food, clean your own clothes, so the extra money you make is lost to have people do that for you.
The lack of sleep, bad eating and overworking can only lead to one thing.
What line of work are you in?
we are idiots
future generations will laugh at us
we work our lives away when we are in our prime
so that we have money when all we can do is piss ourselves and sit in a chair
I work salary these days...not hourly..children and broke bastards work hourly...I show up and work maybe 28 hours a week...I feel that's pushing it....I'm just waiting to quit and become a full time BBQ competition competitor lol
I have no passion for it anymore...just want to compete in BBQ and have a family...yes, i know its a lofty dream!
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40 hours sucks. Should be less. Not sure why people have this obsession with work ???
we are idiots
future generations will laugh at us
we work our lives away when we are in our prime
so that we have money when all we can do is piss ourselves and sit in a chair
Difference is Vince still has to supplement with a minimum wage job to get by, while I retired long ago.
If anyone takes anything from this post, take this.Its doubtful our kids will be working long, EVERYTHING will become automated, people wont be working, life extension will see us living for hundreds of years while remaining at the visual age of our choice.
we are idiotsfuture generations will have even worse working and living conditions due to overpopulation. There will always be a small luckier, smarter fraction of the society that benefits from the dumber, unlucky majority slaving away. Nothing will ever change.
future generations will laugh at us
we work our lives away when we are in our prime
so that we have money when all we can do is piss ourselves and sit in a chair
My attorney charges me a pretty nice "hourly" rate... He is my neighbor so I admittedly do get a little discount.. But I am sure that we are simple "broke bastards" in comparison to a big shot salaried man like you... Lol.attorney? Thats the best you can come up with? The #1 proffesion for the mentally disabled narcissistic...yeah, tell your little buddy to keep reaching for the stars champ ;)
Go bed at 11pm and wake up at 5am. It's the quality of the sleep that counts and 6 hours is plenty. You do end up catching up on it on the weekend though. They'll be a day when you sleep 12 hours straight.
we are idiots
future generations will laugh at us
we work our lives away when we are in our prime
so that we have money when all we can do is piss ourselves and sit in a chair
future generations will have even worse working and living conditions due to overpopulation. There will always be a small luckier, smarter fraction of the society that benefits from the dumber, unlucky majority slaving away. Nothing will ever change.
i started working longer hours because it makes my job less stresful. i dont feel rushed, can take my time and do things properly. that said, im out the door at 7 and often not back til 8.
im still learning how to deal with a full time job. it's been a massive change, and required a huge transformation of identity to retain my sanity. still have strong doubts im succeeding on that count, no less...
what kind of field do you work in?
Computer technologyLaptop and a getbig account. Is that what they're calling computer tech these days?
I worked 5 eight hour days a week. I worked 4 ten hour days a week and 3 twelve hour days a week that was set up with an over lap 12 day during the month.
My findings for myself. 8 hours days are so short. It seems the time flies by but you have to come in for 5 days and that stinks. The four day was the best. Three days off was gold. 12 hour days was ridiculous. If the job is over an hour away you only have 2 hours a day to yourself. I hated 12 hour days. Some guys loved the time off.
I run a business - I wish I just did 40 hours....
I run a business - I wish I just did 40 hours....