On 6/12/07, Jim Davis wrote: > > So in your opinion/experience what are "normal working hours" (for > salaried > folks): > > 1) Nine-to-Five (what a way to make a living). > > 2) Nine-to-Six (because your lunch hour isn't working and you need eight > hours of work in a day). > > Just curious.
It's strange that you ask that. Because one project that already got more time than it deserved, wanted still more time, my time is now an issue. Bugs the crap outta me. I'm all about "getting the project done", not looking good and being in a specific place at a certain time. Meetings, and being "available" is one thing, but doing something just for the sake of doing it (unless it's fun) is retarded. Bah. Anyways, I'm a freak, spread across a bunch of stuff, paid off a bunch of contracts, mostly... work at one place, but for many places, so, it's rough when "where I work" thinks all I do is work for them. Bleh. I got an email out of the blue saying I should be working some freakishly mundane (what I thought was a 9 hr shift, ta boot) schedule- which project do you think it favored? Heh. Couldn't do it. We'll see what happens, as I've sorta gone for the middle... Hell, I could go on and on and on... but my work life balance whatnot has been outta wack for, *blush* years, now. Nobodies fault but mine. Oh well. We carry on. I've only had one "real" job... and even there, they bent the rules for me, since I was good at what I did. Currently it's different, as I'm just plain doing more than a normal person would. You can't squeeze blood out of a turnip, to beat the phrase to death. "Real" meaning in a seriously 9-5* place, Office Max. Everything else has always been lazy fair. We opened the doll shop at 9 sometimes, sometimes 10... hell, several stores worked like that... was kinda nice. *it wasn't really nine to five, and there was a ton of overtime... I'm officially putting in around 50-60hrs a week, and unofficially, a *cough* few more. I keep telling myself "when I get project X out the door, I can take a breather" but project Y is always right there, looming (in a fun way, as I enjoy challenges, but still...). Hopefully the new hands will help in the overworked area... How do people feel about quality(?) of work? Should that count? Should the people who really kicks ass get preferential treatment? Or if you put in above and beyond, /you/ own that, not the employer? If that makes sense. Are you project/product based, or, um... habit(?) based? Is it: The job, or the work? I obviously think excellence should be rewarded, so there's an incentive to reach for it, but, I'm biased. 'Cause of my childhood. Americans in general have too much stress, if you ask me. I want to take a page from a dear Spaniard's book, and relax a bit. Everyone!, not just me. What's the rush folks... yes, my friend, what's the rush. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:236595 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
