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Work hours?
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Current position varies alot though, this week I got about 37 hours. Sometimes it's 45. Never know, just depends how much tissue we get in.
I don´t think it´s healthy to put those hours in if you have a family and wants a life outside work.
Living in Sweden and work about 37hrs/week mon-fri. Sure i don´t make a ton of money but we have two kids, a nice house, two new cars and i buy a new dirt bike every year. I don´t think you should aspire to have more than you need.
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Before I went back to school to do this, I worked in finance. 50+ hour weeks, 8-5 M-F with mandatory OT all the time. I will never go back to that life. Money was great, but beyond a certain point your mental health and well being aren't worth the extra cash no matter how much they throw at you.
There are things about the medical field that suck, just like every other career. But when it comes to schedule, benefits, work/life balance, job security...it's pretty hard to beat.
I am salary, with the expectation of 45 hours but my employees work 10 hour days (so I have to be available). A lot of my OT is driving. I have state wide oversight, so I typically leave my house around 5:30 to get to a meeting 2 hours away that’s at 8. Luckily I get paid straight time on OT even though I’m salary, but it still sucks getting home at 6 or 7
I don’t mind the hours. It’s just me and my wife with no kids. If there was a little man running around the house I would probably trim the hours back.
What does suck though is the 41k that Uncle Sam has decided belongs to him this year....
I say it’s not so much you have to work (self employed is an exception)..as much as it’s picking the wrong career, to much emphasis on college education (which drowns most people in debt, for a career that only earns $50k), hourly/salary jobs only allow more money by working more hours.
I agree their is way to much emphasis on college education.
I am in a salaried position and we do no get paid for OT until we hit 48+ hours (anything between 40-47 hours we don't get paid for) so if I know I am going to be 40+ hours I try to hit close to 50 hours.
We are working our asses off while we are young to get debt free.
I'm also in graduate school which demands an additional ~10 hours per week.
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35ish a week at the freelance gig.
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80ish hours total a week.
Pretty exhausting but I've got goals that need to be accomplished.
I’m a huge fan of careers like that (insurance, real estate agent, loan officer, etc)...high quality of life, flexible schedules, virtually no start up costs, and unlimited earning potential without the high risk of starting and running your own business (in the traditional sense at least).
I can’t even remember that last time I worked more than 4 days a week...and I very rarely put in more than 8 hours on the days when I’m in the office.
Now, when I first started my career (15 years ago), I was working at least 40 hours a week, and on weekends (whenever the phone rang) because I didn’t have the clientele and referral relationships in place, so I had to spend most of my time finding clients and the rest of it pushing paper to get the loans closed....now, after “paying my dues”, if you will...I have the clientele, and great referral relationships in place, that I don’t have to spend time finding clients...I also have 3 rockstar employees who do most of the work as far as processing and underwriting loans for me. I’d say they all average between 30-40 hours/week, and they all work from home...but they are paid well (my underwriter is at $95k, my pricessor is at $60k, and my assistant is at like $35k), because I can’t afford to lose them. I could do the work of my employees-except my underwriter-and save myself $95/year...but I’d have to work double the hours, and have triple the stress...no thanks! That is $95k well spent!
I make a little bit more money every year...
The top guys at the company I work for-doing he same thing I do-are easily making well into the 7 figures...I don’t know what their quality of life is, or how they’ve built their business. But they close about 2 or 3 times as many loans as I do every year, and all have way more staff.
Find a job with a flexible schedule, and unlimited earning potential, and if you actually enjoy it, that’s a plus!...And then you are only limited by your own ambition and creativity and drive.
Turning 50 in 2 months and have worked my entire adult life (not a pencil pusher) so it has taken it's toll. 40 hours sounds better and better to me. I should have done better with my money and I could hang up my tools by now but I will go 10 or 12 more.
i usually work 7-4 weekdays, and do the occasional big quote at night, or Saturday ,
most the boys work 40 hours (7.30 to 4), 1/2 hour for lunch) i pay time and a half for overtime and only 2 guys do it regularly , although 4 of them are in today to get some stuff finished before xmas,
When i owned a motorcycle shop it was not uncommon to work weeks on end, we were closed sunday but i ran alot of rides and races on sunday so it was like working, it burnt me out on moto really,
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