Originally Posted by
sailingfun
I agree, A lot of the posters better hope they never have to go to work in the real world. What a shock they are in for! The guy next door to me has been working all Holiday weekend from home. He works most of every Saturday from home and part of some Sundays. If he did not he would be asked to find another job. If your working a 6 figure job your asked to work way beyond normal hours in the real world. If you choose not to you soon find yourself on the street or in a dead end career track.
While you are correct... you seemed to miss a key part of your statement. "
The guy next door to me has been working all Holiday weekend from home." I have been working all holiday weekend in Sao Paulo... on a 79 hour layover. (The upside is that I have finished most of my recurrent.)
All that whining aside, since we do all of our training on our own time.. it really would be nice to be paid the entire amount of MY time that I spend on training.. not just the 1 for 3 or whatever it is.