Re: Gautam's energy levels (was: Re: My return and baseball)

2002-11-16 Thread Ticia
Gautam Mukunda wrote: Hi Ticia, Thanks, I, umm, think. I don't think my energy levels are anything out of the ordinary, actually. If you're interested, my normal weekday schedule looks something like: 5:45 - wake up (Definitely the worst part of my day) 6:15 - go to the gym 7:45 - get back

Re: Gautam's energy levels (was: Re: My return and baseball)

2002-11-15 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Ticia Luengo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am I reading this right? This guy works up to 80 hr a week and *still* has time to read a ton of books, watch games and movies, worry about being single in NY, and write such long and elaborate emails from the office at 9.30 pm???

Re: Gautam's energy levels (was: Re: My return and baseball)

2002-11-15 Thread J. van Baardwijk
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

Re: Gautam's energy levels (was: Re: My return and baseball)

2002-11-15 Thread Gautam Mukunda
5 figures a month would mean a minimum of $120K a year, right? I thought that was not all that unusual at McKinsey. Now that I know that, I guess I should have more sympathy for McKinsey employees :-) Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, I am the lowest of the low here... Gautam

Wages Re: Gautam's energy levels (was: Re: My return and baseball)

2002-11-15 Thread Julia Thompson
J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 07:14 15-11-2002 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote: 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,

Re: Gautam's energy levels (was: Re: My return and baseball)

2002-11-15 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 09:58 15-11-2002 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote: 5 figures a month would mean a minimum of $120K a year, right? I thought that was not all that unusual at McKinsey. Now that I know that, I guess I should have more sympathy for McKinsey employees :-) Well, I am the lowest of the low here...

Re: Gautam's energy levels (was: Re: My return and baseball)

2002-11-15 Thread Julia Thompson
J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 09:58 15-11-2002 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote: 5 figures a month would mean a minimum of $120K a year, right? I thought that was not all that unusual at McKinsey. Now that I know that, I guess I should have more sympathy for McKinsey employees :-) Well,

Re: Gautam's energy levels (was: Re: My return and baseball)

2002-11-15 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip 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. When I was doing locum tenens (sort of a Kelly Girl doctor, i.e. via an agency) I did get overtime for hours

Re: Wages Re: Gautam's energy levels (was: Re: My return and baseball)

2002-11-15 Thread Kevin Tarr
A lot of jobs are salaried and not hourly. I don't know how it is across the board, but in Texas, to have a salaried job, it needs to be either managerial or require a degree (or special skills equivalent to having a degree); I think there's one other criteria that could be met instead, but I

Re: Wages Re: Gautam's energy levels (was: Re: My return and baseball)

2002-11-15 Thread Kevin Tarr
To compensate they gave me extra time off, illegal at that time, then a few weeks later made me salaried. Kevin T. Duh. I meant hourly. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Gautam's energy levels (was: Re: My return and baseball)

2002-11-15 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 05:19 PM 11/15/02, Deborah Harrell wrote: When I was a resident, we calculated our hourly rate and found it was something between $2-5/hr, depending on how many hours we worked that week, so we *were* paid less than the janitors! I dunno how much the custodial personnel at school get paid,

Re: Gautam's energy levels (was: Re: My return and baseball)

2002-11-15 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 04:56 PM 11/15/02, Deborah Harrell wrote: --- Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip 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. When I was doing locum tenens (sort of a Kelly Girl doctor, i.e.