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gorocks99

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Mar 5, 2010 12:16 AM
... suck. Going on hour 16 at the office right now, been here since 8am. Damn report going out tonight (and fyi, it's being reviewed now, so I can be on here :) )
Mar 5, 2010 12:16am
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Mar 5, 2010 12:21 AM
Good luck man. Just imagine how great it's gonna feel to hit the bed when you get home!
Mar 5, 2010 12:21am
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rugbywrestler

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Mar 5, 2010 12:21 AM
Wow, thats gayer than AIDs
Mar 5, 2010 12:21am
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gorocks99

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Mar 5, 2010 12:23 AM
Trueblue23 wrote: Good luck man. Just imagine how great it's gonna feel to hit the bed when you get home!
Would feel a lot better if I didn't have to be back here about 8 hours from now! Suck. Oh well. Could be a lot worse.
Mar 5, 2010 12:23am
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baseballstud24

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Mar 5, 2010 7:20 AM
My fiance and I are going through the same thing right now. She's an accountant and she leaves the house at around 7:30 every morning and she doesn't get home until around 10:30 at night.

I'm a teacher and coach baseball (I also have an hour drive each way) I leave the house at 5:15 in the morning and get home at around 8:15 every night. It sucks!!! Once baseball an busy season are over though, we'll be back to our regular schedules...hopefully!
Mar 5, 2010 7:20am
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Mar 5, 2010 7:48 AM
Did you get the memo? Don't forget the cover page on your TPS reports.
Mar 5, 2010 7:48am
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Mar 5, 2010 8:01 AM
Try living on a farm.
Mar 5, 2010 8:01am
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fan_from_texas

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Mar 5, 2010 9:46 AM
I hear ya. I worked every day in February. It just makes me feel beat down by the end.
Mar 5, 2010 9:46am
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Mar 5, 2010 9:50 AM
Paid hourly or salary? I always liked to ruin the whole day if I was going to work. My preference is 4 12 hour days over 5 10 hour days.
Mar 5, 2010 9:50am
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Mar 5, 2010 9:55 AM
Salaried -- and it's usually 5 11-12 hour days. FFT, I don't think I could function w/o my weekends (I'm still gripping to that bastion of sanity)
Mar 5, 2010 9:55am
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fan_from_texas

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Mar 5, 2010 10:07 AM
gorocks99 wrote: Salaried -- and it's usually 5 11-12 hour days. FFT, I don't think I could function w/o my weekends (I'm still gripping to that bastion of sanity)
The weekends are the worst. Working long days during the week sucks, but what really sucks is to get a call at 8.00a on Saturday morning with a bunch of work to do. That's just demoralizing.
Mar 5, 2010 10:07am
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se-alum

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Mar 5, 2010 10:32 AM
I feel your pain. I usually leave the house @ 7am and don't get home until 4:30pm.






:D
Mar 5, 2010 10:32am
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gorocks99

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Mar 5, 2010 10:33 AM
se-alum wrote: I feel your pain. I usually leave the house @ 7am and don't get home until 4:30pm.






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Mar 5, 2010 10:33am
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Mar 5, 2010 10:39 AM
A girl at my hotel quit with no notice a few months ago so I was working some 16 hour days...most back to back. It was no fun. Almost every single guest asked me if I ever got to go home. That got old.
Mar 5, 2010 10:39am
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Little Danny

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Mar 5, 2010 10:52 AM
A normal workweek for me is about 60 hours. There are times when it is much more, not too many when it is less unless I take vacation or a day off.
Mar 5, 2010 10:52am
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fan_from_texas

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Mar 5, 2010 11:50 AM
Little Danny wrote: A normal workweek for me is about 60 hours. There are times when it is much more, not too many when it is less unless I take vacation or a day off.
Pretty much the same here. I don't often work 80+ hour weeks, but I'd say 90% of my weeks are between 50 and 70 hours. It's just the constant working at slightly elevated levels that's a killer. Doing one terrible week here or there isn't that big of a deal, but doing slightly long-ish weeks constantly for a year and a half just wears me down.
Mar 5, 2010 11:50am
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Cat Food Flambe'

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Mar 5, 2010 10:55 PM
I used to work seven 12-days (one week on, one week off) when I was in operations for a transportation company. You'd alternate day and night shifts. The week off was nice (especially coming off an week of overnights), but during the last couple of days of a working week you were a zombie.

On a different note, methinks working a 40 hour week and traveling long distances on top of that is much worse than working a 55-60 hour week in your office. Something about being away from home wears you down - you can never really kick back and relax while you're away. A four-day trip to Seattle or Portland wears my ancient ass out for two weeks. :)
Mar 5, 2010 10:55pm