[DrCaleb]

Heavy_Metal Heavy_Metal:

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Heavy_Metal Heavy_Metal:

poor babies need to get to the hospital for an injection of cement so thay can HARDEN THE F*CK UP!

Yea, right.

It's got nothing to do with how tough you are. Your body simply can't handle that kind of stress for too long. We aren't designed for it.

I take a certain irony in this article, as after 10 years of 70+ hours a week, I developed heart problems and type 2 diabetes. Like Yogi says, what good are all the expensive toys if you can't enjoy them? That nice sports sedan is useless if you've had your legs amputated because of Diabetes. Is your new half million dollar condo wheelchair accessible?

Priorities need to change.

au contraire mon frere it indeed has everything to do with how tough your body is and how well suited and inoculated to stress you are.

with that said, yes it does do a number on your body, which is why you have to balance everything with a healthy life style, eat properly, EXERCISE, and you'll find that the body can take almost everything you can throw at it and more.

Indeed, the body is a wonderful machine; but working those kind of hours, who has time for things like exercise and making dinner?

You go through your 20's and 30's being indestructible, then in your 40's you find out it just ain't so. Slow down now, enjoy your 30's and live better (to those who still have time to prevent a meltdown).

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[Choban]

Mr_Canada Mr_Canada:

I don't think it's appropriate to disregard this problem by calling these people 'babies'.

As you may/may not know, A person can not conciously decide the state of his or her heart (or any other organ for that matter) just be deciding so with their iron will power.

My boss is in her 50's, works 12 hour days at least 5 times a week. I have no doubt in my mind that it's wearing the poor woman down mentally and physically. She's not one to just do paperwork either. This women weighs 120 pounds and she lifts/carries around all the heavy stuff just like the rest of the workers.

There's no need to work people to the bone. And there's no need to throw out disgusting and degrading insults at such people.

Your in retail correct, 8 years at the brick myself and not once had a day under 12 hours, finally said enough and went into trucking, though not much better for hours I'm certainly not lugging shit around for 12 hours anymore.
Your right though, weather people don't realized the harm they are doing themselves or weather it's a matter of nessessity to make ends meet we shouldn't judge.

[BartSimpson]

So I used to work 4x10 at Intel and when I went back to 8x5 it was an amazing difference as I was not as exhausted and worn out. It's my own anecdotal experience, of course, but I support what is being said here as I've lived it.

And now that I work four eight hour days a week I am REALLY relaxed and have had my blood pressure drop from last year's 140/90 to 110/70.

[Choban]

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So I used to work 4x10 at Intel and when I went back to 8x5 it was an amazing difference as I was not as exhausted and worn out

Really, I love my 4x11's. I work Tuesday through Friday, cell phone is on for on-call after hours but calls are rare (though they can come anytime)
I love Mondays off, Weekends for doing my own thing, Mondays for running around doing errands back to work Tuesday

[ShepherdsDog]

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Not everyone who works overtime gets paid for it though. That's the downside to being on a set salary. Often extra hours are needed in order to accomplish work that must get done that you can't possibly do in only an 8 hour day. So you work longer days but your paycheque doesn't change

Exactly. When we were up north teaching, we were in the school by 8 AM and often, diddn't leave until 5 or 6 PM. Then we had a couple of hours of lesson prep, and paper work in the evening. On top of this we had to clean the school as well as do any simple repairs and school maintanance(painting, stripping the floors, shampooing carpets, mowing the lawn etc).

We lived in a fly in community and none of the locals would work as a secretary or janitor, or if they did they fucked off right after payday and would come back whenever. Mind you, outside of boating and fishing in the summer and fishing and snowmobiling in the winter there was nothing to really do except drink.

Mind you, our lifestyle is pretty slack right now. I put in about about 140 hours a month at my regular job and I'm paid for those all of hours, even though half of them are actual 'teaching' hours. Plus, I do an extra 20 hrs. or so a month in private jobs(editing papers and ads, seminars, small classes, speeches etc.) These I get to pick and choose, and the bonus is cash in the pocket sans tax. My gross may be smaller here, but my takehome makes up for quite a bit(the fact that it is next to impossible to teach English to many Chinese).