Getting a Good Job(OT)(Long)

From: McFadden, Mike <mmcfadden_at_cmh.edu>
Date: Mon Jul 3 09:33:27 2000

Here is my take on excessive work expectations.
If that is the example you want to set for your children and expresses your
values, i.e. your work is the most important thing in life and all else
including family is peripheral, then you should work 80+ hours. However
don't be surprised when your children have the same values and don't have
time for you. If your company sees you as a resource to be consumed and
then discarded for the newer/cheaper model then you may be in the right
field.
If you are single and want the challenge then work is like a drug,
intoxicating for the knowledge and accomplishment. When you are married
then perhaps life has other meanings, watching your children grow is
exciting.
I have been on both sides of this spectrum, when I was single the most
excitement, all of my friends, my world revolved around work. When I got
married and had children I realized that there was more to life and my
values have changed.
I'm not saying either lifestyle is the best, just works best for me.
The hard part is the interaction between the hardcode work people and the
hardcore humans, conflicting values.

Mike
mmcfadden_at_cmh.edu
Received on Mon Jul 03 2000 - 09:33:27 BST