Current Events > To CEmen/gals who work 60+ hours a week

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Is it miserable? Im thinking about having 2 jobs because making over $60,000 a year at 28 years old sounds dope as fuck. On the other hand, I wonder how long it will take until I completely burn out on it. Idk, my latter years in high school I worked 25-30 hours a week on top of the 30-35 hours a week that I was in school (plus homework whenever I decided to do it) and Im tougher now than I was then. Plus I absolutely HATED high school. I havent worked a retail job that made me hate life as much as I did in my HS days.

Also do any of you find time for cooking and working out?

Ic3Bullet posted...

and Im tougher now than I was then

in what sense?
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I think you're going to find it varies from person to person. I work a typical 40 hour a week office job and I'm satisfied with the amount of free time I have, especially on weekends. I don't think I could imagine upping that to 60 just for a few extra dollars.

That said, it depends on how much you make in your primary job. If you're really strapped for cash, then definitely do it. However, if you're living fine and just want some extra dispensable cash, then I'd think twice. 60 hours is a lot. Yeah more money is nice, but you won't have much time to enjoy it. Your mind will always be thinking about "work tomorrow."
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I don't work that many hours often but I can say it catches up to you and I don't find it worth it for an extended period of time. I'm an electrician so it's physically exhausting after that long, but non physical work would probably still be tiring
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Just work one at 40 for over 60k

Im having a blast
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lol 60k?

if you're not making 100k+ at 28 then just lol

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I work ~90 hrs per week. It's miserable.
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It depends on if you love what you're doing and hate your wife/husband.
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@LavarNeedsHelp what do you do for a living and how can I start?

I work with some who work up to 15 hours a day between two jobs.

One full time job and then they go to some part time job.

Maybe a few hours of sleep a day and no free time.
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LavarNeedsHelp posted...

lol 60k?

if you're not making 100k+ at 28 then just lol

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Let's see proof.
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I have my own business, currently its worth 2 million

growing big yo

During busy season I work 60 hours a week and I dont mind it. But thats only about four months a year.
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i work ~60 hrs a week because i love my job
i could probably do fine at 40 a week but then i'd just work from home

I used to work about that much shortly after finishing college. One job as a receptionist at a public radio station and a second as a night clerk at a library. It was 8-4 M-F for one and 4:30 - 9:30 T/W/Th plus 10-4 Saturday at the other

I thought it was pretty alright. I wouldn't be able to do it any more, though. No free time at all for friends/family really. I would just watch some tv and go to bed p soon after getting home
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I work 60-72 hours a week. It's alright you get used to it
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Ic3Bullet posted...

LavarNeedsHelp what do you do for a living and how can I start?

Tupacrulez posted...

Let's see proof.

It's a troll account, guys
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i don't wanna jeopardize my company by making it known on CE, i have a lot of enemies here for some reason

i worked 2 full time jobs last year. support department for insurance company, and movie theater manager. never worked fewer than 90 hours a week, sometimes hit 110 hours

LavarNeedsHelp posted...

i don't wanna jeopardize my company by making it known on CE, i have a lot of enemies here for some reason

Don't worry Pizza Hut won't give a shit about one of it's delivery boys shit posting on CE
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exactly why i won't let this toxic place try to tear down my budding empire

I did 60 hour works for about a year. Not something I enjoy doing, but can if I neeed the extra money.

Three 15 hour days in a row, then two 9 hour days. I liked still having my weekends off.
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I worked a 60 hour week once. The money was barely worth it.
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fenderbender321 posted...

I work 55 hours a week. I make just under 60k a year. It's nice. I live in a pretty low cost of living area, so I live alone in a decent condo and pretty much buy whatever I want. Someday, the neighbors will call the police because of an awful stench coming from next door. That's when ambulances pull up and drag my dead rotting carcass out. Natural causes, of course.

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my schedule sometimes spikes when things don't work properly

i don't mind it except when it's a 60 hour week with 40+ hours of just meetings

i hate meetings. i'm ok with spending a lot of time running analyses.

but honestly they pay me enough that if they need me to sit through eighty hours of trump talking about his penis a week i would not quit
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60 is fairly manageable but you do need to factor in things like commute times. Its one thing to work one job for 60 hours, its another to work 2 30 hour jobs where the second job starts like 2 hours after the first and you have dead time in the middle, separate commutes, negotiating shifts when work overlaps etc... Depends on the work but 2 30 hour job is probably more akin to a single 80 hour job in hassle/timing.
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I work 80ish hours per week. You get used to it.

Getting a two day weekend feels like a vacation
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it was a grind, but was all worth it when I finally wasn't working those long hours anymore..had a bit of a cushion
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