Originally Posted by
HardLemonade
It's not as tragic as it sounds. I spend way more time at home than I ever did working a 9-5...just coming home to "sleep in your own bed" loses its appeal really quick. As does sitting in bumper to bumper traffic two times a day, 5 days a week for the rest of your life. No thanks.
Same here, I used to be away m-f from 8 to 6 and sometimes required to work saturdays with no extra pay. I was a sales manager for a global company and my phone rang during my son's baseball games or while having dinner with my family.
I now go to work and leave work behind when I get home. I bid reserve if I want to be at home more, and it works most of the time. It is very rare that i'll be away for 5 days all the time. It happens, but is not really that often. Sometimes they call me for an overnight and im done by 7 am the next day.
If I need specific days off, I bid a hard line, trip trade and 90% of the time I get what I need.
We have visited more than 10 different countries thanks to our flight benefits. It is cheaper for us to spend a weekend in Paris than renting a cabin by a lake in Texas.
After 3 years, I still love this job and have no regrets.