--- "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 07:14 15-11-2002 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > >That adds up to 67.5 hours at the office > > That just cannot be healthy. Ther are people in this > country too that have > a schedule not unlike yours -- but those are the > kind of people who have an > ulcer by the time they turn 40, and have an heart > attack by the time they > turn 45.
Well, given my family history, I'm definitely at risk of a heart attack, but it's not because of stress. At least 50% of my graduating class works hours like this, Jeroen - 70 hours a week would be _great_ for an investment banker. My friends at Goldman Sachs break 100 hours a week routinely, as do associates at any major New York law firm. It's not quite as bad in other cities, but those hours are routine in any McKinsey office anywhere in the world. Lots of people thrive on that sort of schedule, actually - I don't know if I'll be one of them yet, but there are people who have been at McKinsey for 30 years. Not many, admittedly. > >I don't get overtime, Jeroen, so that doesn't help > much :-) > > Wow, your salary is *that* high? It is pretty much > standard over here that > in certain jobs (typically in higher management) you > do not get paid > overtime, but those people then have monthly > salaries that are written in > *five* digits. > > Such pay is awfully nice of course, but I do not > believe it would be worth > the 60+ hours each week and the health risks. I am > quite happy already with > my four-digit salary (although there is room for > improvement there!) and my > 42-hour work week (which includes 4 hours per week > of commute and 2 hours > worth of lunch breaks). > > > Jeroen "Life in the fast lane" van Baardwijk I believe that the Euro-dollar conversion is still around 1:1. While I'm not going to tell you my salary, I can assure you that it isn't anywhere close to five digits in a month. That would be nice :-) I don't get paid by the hour, so I don't get overtime. You don't get overtime for almost any profession in the US, so far as I know. My parents (a physicist and an engineer) don't either. Gautam __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
