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re: Managing the proverbial work-life balance; anyone else here struggle with this?
Posted on 1/3/17 at 5:11 pm to Epic Cajun
Posted on 1/3/17 at 5:11 pm to Epic Cajun
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I work from home
I don't know how you get any work done. Way too many distractions for me.
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Posted on 1/3/17 at 5:14 pm to Chuker
TD is probably a bigger distraction while at my office (this is my last week here), than when I worked from home (my previous job was a remote position too).
Posted on 1/3/17 at 5:22 pm to Chuker
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Managing the proverbial work-life balance; anyone else here struggle with this?
We're pretty lucky at my job. They let us take any time off needed for family/kid stuff. I even leave for my niece's school stuff and have had to take some time off to help when she's sick.
Never have been denied when asked for vacation time. And it's at all levels. People are in and out all the time with kid/family stuff.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 5:24 pm to mikelbr
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Hey Mr Man. frick you.
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#4 may mean you do that shite as an extra job at night.
How about they just might want to get out the house. I know a few retired well off people that do this. Heck, I had kicked that around, but not happening.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 5:26 pm to Jcorye1
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I'm single and have no family to go home to, and spend my nights studying for the CPA. I'm going insane.
Not going to lie if this was me, I'd be wrecking shite. If your under 30 then this is the time when you can put in a ton of hours to get ahead and move up. That way, when you do have a family, your the a-hole walking out the office at 3:30 telling all your employees they need to finish their shite before they go home.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 6:12 pm to baseballmind1212
My company gives every other Friday off to its stateside employees. I do rotations overseas though. 12 hours a day 7 days a week. But when I'm him I'm home. Do nothing with regards to work except check my email for my next assignment.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 6:21 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Has anybody watch that video in the OP ?
Posted on 1/3/17 at 6:37 pm to fishfighter
God invented beer and fishing for our retirement.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 7:08 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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understand that some of us are fathers and want to leave before 6pm to watch our kids play sports 1-2 nights a week...and yes, I get into the office every day at 7am. I work in the oil/gas/LNG trading space for a major.
I would curse my boss out if he told me anything about going to see my kids play sports or anything to do with my family for that matter. That's a no-no
This post was edited on 1/3/17 at 7:09 pm
Posted on 1/3/17 at 7:11 pm to Brosef Stalin
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I'll take less money for less work
I actually did that. I make less than I did 18 months ago but I like my job a lot better.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 7:13 pm to baseballmind1212
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Not going to lie if this was me, I'd be wrecking shite. If your under 30 then this is the time when you can put in a ton of hours to get ahead and move up. That way, when you do have a family, your the a-hole walking out the office at 3:30 telling all your employees they need to finish their shite before they go home
Until you get in your 50s and realize how you wasted your twenties.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 7:21 pm to baseballmind1212
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Not going to lie if this was me, I'd be wrecking shite. If your under 30 then this is the time when you can put in a ton of hours to get ahead and move up. That way, when you do have a family, your the a-hole walking out the office at 3:30 telling all your employees they need to finish their shite before they go home.
There's always one young knee bender in the office. Congratulate yourself and wipe your mouth please!
Posted on 1/3/17 at 7:22 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Good advice:
Work to live...don't live to work!
Work to live...don't live to work!
Posted on 1/3/17 at 8:04 pm to High C
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The circus is not a wise career choice.
But it offers variety. Sometimes I get to be the ringleader, but usually I'm just one of the clowns.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 8:49 pm to Howyouluhdat
My Dad worked shift work, I never thought less of him or his love for me not being at a function, he had to work. We liked to eat and wear clothes. I am glad he kept his job.
Sometimes I have to be out of town, my little princesses and princes should understand the necessity, shite happens, somebody has to tend to the crops.
I don't get the need to demand 100% participation in all things kids do. I coach em all, volunteer at school, go to church and all that stuff and sometimes you just gotta work
Sometimes I have to be out of town, my little princesses and princes should understand the necessity, shite happens, somebody has to tend to the crops.
I don't get the need to demand 100% participation in all things kids do. I coach em all, volunteer at school, go to church and all that stuff and sometimes you just gotta work
Posted on 1/3/17 at 9:24 pm to Clark W Griswold
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Clark W Griswold
A true American family man
Posted on 1/3/17 at 9:27 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
I'm still in school but I find it harder everyday to try to find time for it all. It's books and studying consistently, then trying to find time to hqve time for SO, with a job involved as well and also find time for family. It's a very tough balance and I can only imagine it gets tougher man
Posted on 1/3/17 at 9:49 pm to crazyLSUfan
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Americans in general need to do a better job of finding balance in life/work.
As someone who has struggled with work-life balance the last few years and probably negatively impacted my health in doing so, I think we're reaching critical mass in terms of work bleeding into our personal time. For the most part, there's really no such thing as an 8-5 anymore in the corporate/private sector, and constant connectivity and email on our phones has exacerbated this decline.
Up until a decade or so ago, once you left the office you were pretty much done. That changed forever with smartphones; now, you're always reachable. How many times have you seen someone on a conference call or checking email at a kid's sporting event or family outing? Even at these personal junctures, we're allocating time and focus to work.
As a society, we really need to be having a national dialogue about this going forward. We can't just keep grinding ourselves to nubs under the battle flag of "but this is 'Merica!" That's simply not a sustainable way of life.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 9:53 pm to Feral
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As a society, we really need to be having a national dialogue about this going forward. We can't just keep grinding ourselves to nubs under the battle flag of "but this is 'Merica!" That's simply not a sustainable way of life.
With AI and increasing technology, many jobs, even professional positions may be obsolete or scaled down heavily in the near future.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 10:01 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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Side Note ::: My brother in law's firm (a benefits management company of course) has a new philosophy called life-work balance..."putting life first before work". Maybe it sounds great, it's not even 24 hours old but he's saying they are keepping track of people who are workng more than 50 hours in the office via monitoring the time spreads when people badging in and out, offering $100 cashback per month for people who provide proof of valid gym memberships, stuff like that.
sounds like a company who was desperately trying to figure out why they had a major retention problem
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