Considering Leaving Atlanta to Florida (Savannah, Alpharetta: condo, salary, living in)

[Turnerbro]

I will never understand how or why anyone works hours like that, I did 55 hours once. Never doing that again, I can't even imagine doing that every week.

[Born 2 Roll]

Originally Posted by Turnerbro

I will never understand how or why anyone works hours like that, I did 55 hours once. Never doing that again, I can't even imagine doing that every week.

Tell me about it.

I worked for several years at a company where it was routine for employees to work 20+ hours a day during big special events and busy periods. I recall one day where I worked a 27-hour shift during a busy period.

I worked several more years at another company where I and other full-time employees would routinely work 100-hour-plus work weeks in positions where holidays and weekends were mandatory.

During one particularly extremely (exceptionally) busy year, there were multiple months where me and the other full-time employees worked all 30-31 days out of a month.

There was one week where I recall working upwards of 130 hours (there are only 168 hours in a full seven-day week). I also recall a stretch where I worked something like 62 straight days without taking a day off.

One of my co-workers went through a stretch where he worked close to 90 straight days before not being able to come in to work because he could not get up from finally sleeping for an extended period of time after working so many days in a row (days with shifts which often approached and exceeded 16 hours in length).

At one point during that extremely busy year, I was forced to take a couple of days off to catch up on sleep because I was falling asleep while driving and running multiple stoplights... Something which obviously is extremely dangerous and can be deadly.

I was able to stick with those demanding jobs for so long because I generally liked what I was doing and I generally liked and got along well with the people that I worked with.

But even if one generally likes what they do and generally likes and gets along with the people that they work with, I strongly recommend NOT working those types of extremely and even exceptionally long hours.

When one works those types of long (and even extreme and insanely long hours), you often have no social life to speak of, you don't get to see your family for ridiculously long periods of time (I think I went through like a nearly three-year stretch without seeing my family) and your health can be adversely affected from stress, overwork and acute lack of quality sleep (...after awhile your body will shut down on you in some way, shape or form).

Sure, one may make more money working more than 40 hours a week. But what's the point of working so many hours if one's life basically has to be a total shambles to make that extra money?

[ATLTJL]

What in the world kind of job was it that you were doing?

In my mind, it's really pointless to work longer than 10 hour days unless your job is just totally mindless. After that amount of time, you're really doing such a lousy job it's like not even being there anyway. Nobody can be engaged with a task for that long on all cylinders. At that point you're just playing a game where managers can see you at work. You're not really doing too much to actually help the company achieve its goals.

[bigup]

Working hours like those for extended periods of time can literally be deadly for some. There are many highly-publicized cases of death from overwork (karoshi) in Japan.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-heart-failure

[Turnerbro]

Originally Posted by Born 2 Roll

Tell me about it.

I worked for several years at a company where it was routine for employees to work 20+ hours a day during big special events and busy periods. I recall one day where I worked a 27-hour shift during a busy period.

I worked several more years at another company where I and other full-time employees would routinely work 100-hour-plus work weeks in positions where holidays and weekends were mandatory.

During one particularly extremely (exceptionally) busy year, there were multiple months where me and the other full-time employees worked all 30-31 days out of a month.

There was one week where I recall working upwards of 130 hours (there are only 168 hours in a full seven-day week). I also recall a stretch where I worked something like 62 straight days without taking a day off.

One of my co-workers went through a stretch where he worked close to 90 straight days before not being able to come in to work because he could not get up from finally sleeping for an extended period of time after working so many days in a row (days with shifts which often approached and exceeded 16 hours in length).

At one point during that extremely busy year, I was forced to take a couple of days off to catch up on sleep because I was falling asleep while driving and running multiple stoplights... Something which obviously is extremely dangerous and can be deadly.

I was able to stick with those demanding jobs for so long because I generally liked what I was doing and I generally liked and got along well with the people that I worked with.

But even if one generally likes what they do and generally likes and gets along with the people that they work with, I strongly recommend NOT working those types of extremely and even exceptionally long hours.

When one works those types of long (and even extreme and insanely long hours), you often have no social life to speak of, you don't get to see your family for ridiculously long periods of time (I think I went through like a nearly three-year stretch without seeing my family) and your health can be adversely affected from stress, overwork and acute lack of quality sleep (...after awhile your body will shut down on you in some way, shape or form).

Sure, one may make more money working more than 40 hours a week. But what's the point of working so many hours if one's life basically has to be a total shambles to make that extra money?

My thoughts exactly. I wouldn't mind working 45-50 hours on occasion and getting overtime. But if you have no life what's the point of having money.

[Zanarkand A East]

Florida sucks compared to Atlanta, but at least you'll be home.

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by Zanarkand A East

Florida sucks compared to Atlanta, but at least you'll be home.

There are millions of folks who would argue otherwise. Florida does not suck. It is a beautiful state with wonderful people.

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by Turnerbro

My thoughts exactly. I wouldn't mind working 45-50 hours on occasion and getting overtime. But if you have no life what's the point of having money.

Folks working a 40 - 50 hour work week will, generally, always be working for the man and never be the man. Further, aside from an inheritance or winning the lottery, how can folks retire while they are still young enough to enjoy retirement having only worked 40 - 50 hour weeks? Do most people really want to have to work their entire lives?

[Zanarkand A East]

Originally Posted by AnsleyPark

There are millions of folks who would argue otherwise. Florida does not suck. It is a beautiful state with wonderful people.

Only if you mean south Florida.

Source: in-laws.

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by Pickeledrick

The rest of the world has many more off days/less hours than Americans and have great quality of lives and retirement.

Unfortunately, the American people will not support a so-called "socialist" system like that, which, in my opinion, is quite a shame.