Any Family Men here have a job with 50% travel?

Depends on the hooker budget.

Somebody else will taking care of the household duties during your absence.

no way I'd take something like that

there isn't a sufficient pay to compensate for me being away from home half the time


might as well work offshore

I do it, it's very hard. If your spouse isn't committed as much as you are it will cause hardship to the relationship. Talk to your wife dude.

frick travelling, family or no family

I user to do it. Has its pros and cons. Miss out on some things you'd like to see like little league games and whatnot but it also makes you appreciate them more. And frankly, sometimes it's just nice to get some me time. It's not for everyone and I've seen it ruin marriages but some relationships thrive on being away from each other often.

yes

i don't have kids but I used to have a job that travel was 50-75%. It was really hard on my wife, and our relationship.

I suspect I will have to do it again in the future, but right now its about 25% travel.

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Mostly national travel with some international? How does it impact your family life? what are the pros/cons of taking something like this assuming the pay is more than sufficient

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The first 20 years of my marriage, I averaged 1 night in 4 away from home. Part of this was my job and part was military obligations.

There are no pros other than the pay and completing military obligations, at least for me, because I hate traveling and being away from home. I'm not really crazy about traveling with family, FWIW.

You miss so much and everything has to be scheduled around you - you feel like a burden.

Quality international travel might be a little bit better - particularly if you can tie that in with family (subsidize, essentially, a family overseas vacation) - I only got "less than desireable" international locations.

i'm not at 50% travel but i average 7-10 nights a month in a hotel room out of 20ish days during work weeks.

i maximize time with the kids on weekends. instead of watching football all day saturday, i drain my phone checking scores. i don't go out very often with friends on nights i'm home.

i facetime with them every single night no matter what situation i'm in. i facetimed 2 weeks ago with them from the Quarter, because i was in NOLA area on business.

one thing i negotiated when i took this job was to make sure that there was some compensation for nights missed with the family. not financially, but intrinsically.

case in point:

I had to miss 5 nights over the last two weeks including a Friday night where I didn't get home till Midnight Saturday morning. So, I asked to work from my family's house the week of thanksgiving, which should be minimal work. So for the cost of missing 5 nights with my family i get a 7 day holiday with them.

ETA: I have a 7 year old and a 5 year old. We are seriously considering home schooling next year. Most of my travel is in state and in such a way that i can drop them off at the hotel, get done around 7 and spend the evening together.