ABC Hypes Epidemic of Extreme Jobs Burning 70 Hours/Week

Business & Media Institute ^ | Nov. 28, 2006 | Ken Shepherd

[Kozak]

Who knew I was a trendsetter when I used to work 100 hr weeks during my residency...

[dakine]

Someone once said, "You're not gonna make 100K a year working 40-hour weeks"....maybe it is 150K nowadays, due to inflation...

[No Blue States]

"You don't get rich working 40 hours a week."

"Oh yes you do. A man that goes home and spends time with his family is richer than anyone."

BTTT

Some peoples family is the almighty dollar.

[TNdandelion]

I thought this was going to be a story about moms. LOL

Ok...seriously.I don't get paid for 70 hours a week but I'm a full time stay at home mother with two part time jobs scheduled around the kids' and hubby's work schedule.

I go to work when the hubby leaves his job to pick up the kidlets from school. Put in 3.5 hours and make it home in time to fix dinner for the family. On Fridays (Grandma Day), I work my other part time job. The only time I'm not with my family is on Sunday afternoon from 11-3pm. My only day off is Saturday. But I love this schedule. It's only $850 per month in income but I'm always busy and I don't miss anything!

[Constantine XIII]

But if you enjoy your job, does it really count as work? :)

[GovernmentShrinker]

You weren't. This article is discussing a trend which involves choosing to work very long hours while making oodles of money. The forced socialist exploitation of young doctors involves nothing of the sort, as you well know. It amazes me that medical profession hasn't put a stop to this.

[outofstyle]

Who knew I was a trendsetter...

Me too. Now have laws about that in hospitals. Oh well, we have bragging rights I guess.

[advertising guy]

only two million ? my sore feet...there are gazillions of auto salespeople who work unimaginable hours,ask their spouses, kids and ex spouses and kids

[wideawake]

Anyone who wants to make it in law, finance, consulting, advertising or medicine has to work an extremely grueling schedule for years.

I spent my first five years out of college working 100 hours a week most weeks.

It's called "paying your dues."

If you don't like the hours, get a job with hours you like.

The world needs video store rental clerks too (at least for the next couple of years or so).

[Lx]

I didn't see anything about what a medical resident goes through but it's a lot of hours.

When I worked at a start up, 12-16 hour days were the norm and we loved it because we were working to go public.

Now I get to usually get by on 8 and it's nice.

[Gorzaloon]

I'm self employed and I easily work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, sometimes more. And I do it because I'm driven like a possessed banshee lunatic

Same here, but I do it because the IRS needs it more than I do.

Or something..

[50sDad]

It is "unfair" that the System is set up to tease people who are willing to work hard into over-stressing themselves and those around them by out-performing others...who then feel bad about themselves because they can't possibly be expected to excel in things when The Man is Holding Them Back.

[/SARCASM]

However, your incoming Democratic Congress has a plan to overcome this inequality! They will simply tax these overachievers heavily, removing the profit that forces them to harm themselves by over work, and spend the money on vital programs to help pay for college benefits for our newfound guest workers! Every man a king!

[SADLY NOT SARCASM]

[durasell]

Trouble is, the vast majority of people just want a job where they go in at nine, go home at five, and get to spend time with the family, etc.

[null and void]

Yeah? Welcome to any startup in Silicon Valley.

[null and void]

Someone once said, "You're not gonna make 100K a year working 40-hour weeks"

I've done that.

[AngrySpud]

Over the past 5 years I`ve averaged 60 hours a week ... and I`ll keep doing it until the last terrorist is reduced to a pink mist.

[durasell]

http://www.bizrate.com/cosmetics/oid464054193.html

[antti tuuri]

that is the great thing about this country you get to choose

[dakine]

Inflation...

[absolootezer0]

gosh, now i feel lazy. i only put in about 50 hours a week.