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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
I would not like that either
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Y'know, I've always worked a LOT. When I was building hotels, I worked at least 6 days a week, but that was a lot of years ago now, and I was younger. Not to mention, it paid a boatload better. That line of work isn't a "9-to-5" job. (Can't say I've ever really had one of those).
It's the bane of small businesses; especially service businesses, which don't have the profitability or scalability of product-type businesses (or software). For most small biz's to be profitable, you end up working that 6 or 7 days a week--because you can't afford to hire someone to let you leave on Saturdays, or whatever. I just don't, as I'm aging, have the same stamina and energy that I did in the 80's-90's-aughts, etc. I think that being in a service biz that deals with "creatives" is also particularly wearing. It's startling to me how completely DIFFERENT this is, compared to Real Estate Development/Construction. The people in each field are night/day.
I'd love to find out what it's like to have two days a week off, especially in a row. I know when there are 3-day holidays, I am always delighted to get that two days in a row off together. It's
lovely.
Hitch