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To me, the bigger question is how he chooses to spend his extra time.
That would be mine too. If he spends it drinking or watching TV--eh. If he spends it learning new things or pursuing a fascinating hobby--very attractive.
I'm also thinking that corporate America should be careful b/c people might decide they like a schedule like that and actually demand it.
What would you think of a 38 year old man in the peak of his career who only wanted to work 3 days a week and spent Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday basically kicking back and taking it easy? Would his leisurely work schedule make him less attractive when you are working 40 hours plus?
No, not really.
Money isn't everything, but he has to pull his weight. As long as he's bringing in .50 on the dollar.
I don't want to come home to a filthy house
I want my dinner ready
Pick up dry cleaning
My brother makes good money in an important job in corporate America. He was always popular with the ladies partially because he made such good money and was so successful in his career. But now the company he works for is having some difficult times and has offered him the chance to go to part time three days a week, 8 hours a day, 24 hours a week with a thirty percent pay cut. He is seriously thinking about it and wants to kick back and relax on his two new days of freedom (Thursday and Friday).
He makes good money and will easily be able to survvive with his possible new pay cut.
What would you think of a 38 year old man in the peak of his career who only wanted to work 3 days a week and spent Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday basically kicking back and taking it easy? Would his leisurely work schedule make him less attractive when you are working 40 hours plus?
This is such a odd question. Why should he (a MAN at 38) care what women think of him if he works less hours at work.
Why do you care? I also think more power to him if he can still make good money doing parttime work. Who makes the rules that says you have to work a certain time, certain company, certain career, etc.?
It would make him look like his priorities are in the right place to me. Even though I love my job and am successful at it, I don't want to work as hard as I am right now forever. It seems like many Americans work, work, work, and then when they finally get to retire or slow down they are too old to enjoy it. We miss a lot of life by working so much.
It seems like many Americans work, work, work, and then when they finally get to retire or slow down they are too old to enjoy it. We miss a lot of life by working so much.
So true.. I know of a prominent man who worked, and worked and worked all through his life. He was a director for a large institution.
He had a big house (but he was never home to enjoy it), had a hot wife (never spent much time with her), and had 4 kids (but never was around to see them grow up as I knew his kids) and now that he is retired, all the years of working like a dog took a toll on his brain/body to the point where he is now impaired in his retirement years.
My brother makes good money in an important job in corporate America. He was always popular with the ladies partially because he made such good money and was so successful in his career. But now the company he works for is having some difficult times and has offered him the chance to go to part time three days a week, 8 hours a day, 24 hours a week with a thirty percent pay cut. He is seriously thinking about it and wants to kick back and relax on his two new days of freedom (Thursday and Friday).
He makes good money and will easily be able to survvive with his possible new pay cut.
What would you think of a 38 year old man in the peak of his career who only wanted to work 3 days a week and spent Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday basically kicking back and taking it easy? Would his leisurely work schedule make him less attractive when you are working 40 hours plus?
That would sound a bit like jealousy to me. If he can support himself and take care of business, it should really be a non-issue.
Depends on how much he makes regardless of total hours. If he made 100k and is now down to 70k, it would probably not be so great. If with the paycut he is still above the 6 figure mark then it's probably okay. Surviving is easy but being able to support a family is harder.
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