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re: OT dads with small kids and a job that travels, how do you like it?
Posted on 2/9/22 at 3:27 pm to BK Lounge
Posted on 2/9/22 at 3:27 pm to BK Lounge
I guess it would depend on how often you’re actually contacted on your “off” hours. If it was a once a week thing, I could maybe deal. If it was multiple times a week and constantly ate into my weekends, hell no.
But I value my free time. I value it so much I just took a pay cut to take a job where I leave work at the office every day when I leave at 4:30. No after hours calls, very few late days past 5, no work to take home with me, no weekends. It’s been one of the best professional decisions I’ve ever made.
But I value my free time. I value it so much I just took a pay cut to take a job where I leave work at the office every day when I leave at 4:30. No after hours calls, very few late days past 5, no work to take home with me, no weekends. It’s been one of the best professional decisions I’ve ever made.
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Posted on 2/9/22 at 3:53 pm to The Spleen
I think the first question is will it improve your family's life in some way. 20-25k doesn't seem like it necessarily will, but maybe you have a major need (private school, etc.) it would fill.
I have two buddies who travel a lot (not sales, but heavy travel) and I don't know that they like it, but I don't think their families are suffering. Both enable mom to stay home. So if it were something like that, where you'd miss some games but it freed up their mom full time, I'd say it's a good trade off.
If it is purely money and it won't change your family's circumstances for the better within a few years, doesn't seem worth it to me.
I have two buddies who travel a lot (not sales, but heavy travel) and I don't know that they like it, but I don't think their families are suffering. Both enable mom to stay home. So if it were something like that, where you'd miss some games but it freed up their mom full time, I'd say it's a good trade off.
If it is purely money and it won't change your family's circumstances for the better within a few years, doesn't seem worth it to me.
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