Days per week (Destiny)

by bluerunner , Music City, Monday, August 07, 2017, 18:41 (2752 days ago) @ Kahzgul

I worked 13 out of every 14 days. And yes, I made boatloads of money. $60k in 8 months on $9.75/hour, iirc.

I think working almost every day is worse than working a 5 day week with longer days. I am sure more days is better for productivity, but not for life.

It sucked balls. My mom would leave voicemails like "Are you dead?" and I still wouldn't call her back for two weeks. The hours, ultimately, are why I quit the whole industry. My life is worth more than that to me. It worked out.

That's why I left the job I described. I wanted to do more than just work. I knew I would eventually move out of a field job, but the lifestyle didn't get much better. You can't have a family life and do that. One of my guys quit after he missed his sister's wedding. A couple quit after getting married. Every single married person I knew that stayed working married within the company. One of the last rotations I was on I stayed over 4 extra days just so one of our other engineers could go on a date before crew changing with me. She ended up marrying the guy, and when I finally met him at their wedding I told him he owed me big. ;)