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I've seen folks who take their work home. It seems to partially defeat the purpose of having an $80K to $170K salary when you're working 60 to 85 hours a week, but it does pay the bills, shows dedication, and gets stuff done. Some will eventually leave these positions so they can spend more time at home, with the kids, or just so they can simply unwind better from work.
Me, I never take my work home. For the most part, there isn't much I can do while I'm at home. Plus, I've only had one job where I was assigned a laptop. All other times... desktops. I didn't bother checking if I had the option to mess around with VPNs.
I have came in early, left late, or come in on weekends to get stuff done, such as when I felt like I was behind, or I'm "in the zone" and would rather finish something up rather than break my rhythm and line of thought when coming back to it later.
Ran into a government employee who had a flexible schedule about these things too... sometimes, she leaves after 5 to 6 hours on the job. Other times, she comes in on weekends b/c she needs that extra time to figure stuff out.
Nope, my personality won't let me leave work at work. If something is bugging me, I'm going to be thinking about it. So to that extent, I don't leave work at work. But the opposite is also true. I've spent a good part of my work hours dealing or thinking of my "personal" matters.
In essence, I have responsibilities at both work and home. I believe I'm managing them appropriately, but they are certainly not compartmentalized from each other.
Do you leave work at work or do you always take work home?
What is your profession and is it easy to leave work and forget about it at the end of the day?
I've seen folks who take their work home. It seems to partially defeat the purpose of having an $80K to $170K salary when you're working 60 to 85 hours a week, but it does pay the bills, shows dedication, and gets stuff done. Some will eventually leave these positions so they can spend more time at home, with the kids, or just so they can simply unwind better from work.
Me, I never take my work home. For the most part, there isn't much I can do while I'm at home. Plus, I've only had one job where I was assigned a laptop. All other times... desktops. I didn't bother checking if I had the option to mess around with VPNs.
I have came in early, left late, or come in on weekends to get stuff done, such as when I felt like I was behind, or I'm "in the zone" and would rather finish something up rather than break my rhythm and line of thought when coming back to it later.
Ran into a government employee who had a flexible schedule about these things too... sometimes, she leaves after 5 to 6 hours on the job. Other times, she comes in on weekends b/c she needs that extra time to figure stuff out.
I only make about $60k and it's just ridiculous for me to be even checking my email from home. My team is the lowest team on the totem pole in our division and probably lowest paid, yet we all check emails like we are executives.
As a teacher, it's hard to not live the job. Weeknights, weekends, and holidays, it manages to intrude. The comment about having a higher salary but it being being diluted by putting in more hours rings very true. It's almost impossible to leave the job at the job.
Just the occasional "How was work today dear?" but thats it. I dont discuss work at home, but my wife has paperwork that has to be turned in the next morning, and is often too hectic for her to do at the patients house, and since most of it involves government detail, she has to be very careful on it. (She does get paid extra for doing it.)
One of my bosses told me his motto is ," Leave work at work and home at home, neither one should share the same time with one another,"
Home worries interfere with work/performance, and work concerns distract your attentions for things at home .
People at work have no business in your business at home and vise versa.
Many co workers would not be your friends otherwise, if you only met/passed in a mall.
And people confuse these relationships create greater problems.
Being married to a spouse is one thing ,being married to a job is like leading a double life, and we are all forced to do it.
Unless you self employed or retired or on welfare.
The real stress is when both the company and home have a crisis at the same time. now your force to decide which gets the attention, the company that supplies your income to support the home, or the home ,you reason for having a job?
My wife never understood my problem at the end of the day being both physically and mentally exhausted , until she had to work her self.
People fail to understand the difficulties others face until they themselves experience the same struggles.
It is difficult to separate home from work ,but it is necessary ,just to maintain sanity, that is if you have any left to begin with.
I've seen folks who take their work home. It seems to partially defeat the purpose of having an $80K to $170K salary when you're working 60 to 85 hours a week, but it does pay the bills, shows dedication, and gets stuff done. Some will eventually leave these positions so they can spend more time at home, with the kids, or just so they can simply unwind better from work.
Me, I never take my work home. For the most part, there isn't much I can do while I'm at home. Plus, I've only had one job where I was assigned a laptop. All other times... desktops. I didn't bother checking if I had the option to mess around with VPNs.
I have came in early, left late, or come in on weekends to get stuff done, such as when I felt like I was behind, or I'm "in the zone" and would rather finish something up rather than break my rhythm and line of thought when coming back to it later.
Ran into a government employee who had a flexible schedule about these things too... sometimes, she leaves after 5 to 6 hours on the job. Other times, she comes in on weekends b/c she needs that extra time to figure stuff out.
Depending on the type of job. In many cases, you are paid for the results you bring rather than the time you spent. So to break everything down to an hourly basis may not be accurate. More specifically, you're not making 170K to be at work for 60 hours. You're getting 170K to handle certain roles/responsibilities. Regardless if you took 30 hours that week or 90 hours that week to do so.
Years ago I did. Now I know better to enjoy my life outside the walls of work.
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