KathrynLaskey
DavidA friend recently made a good point:
In 20 years the only people that will remember how much overtime you did will be your kids
Mori@davidmarsh This is absolutely the truth. Had a job not long after my son was born. Two months in, due to late nights and early mornings, I’d barely seen him for two weeks and I noticed on the weekends he was suddenly a bit weary of me. Like he wasn’t sure who I was. Quit the next week and never looked back. I was lucky to be privileged enough to make such a priority, but seeing him and realising if I stayed in that job that I would miss the next year, two years, five years, decade of his life… nothing would be worth that.
costrike@davidmarsh no one wishes they'd worked more on their deathbed.
griff ferrell :firefish:
Spocko@davidmarsh I was so stressed at work I was going to give myself a heart attack, so a friend told me "The CEO won't come to your funeral."
I thought about that, my direct boss might come, but mostly to see which of my colleagues are slacking by attending.
Then he would try it get new business from at the memorial.
How do I know this? Because that is what he did when one of my co-workers died.
He said, "Yes, it's a funeral, but it's a WORKING FUNERAL. So bring your business cards."
Ursidinoj/The Bjornsdottirs@davidmarsh mostly for how much you were missing
Tixie Salander@davidmarsh good, i cant and don’t wanna have kids
Roman.@davidmarsh also their college bursars.
Evan Prodromou@davidmarsh nobody remembers for even a week.
Rev.Hans 
Espinada@davidmarsh
I have no children, and I avoided doing any overtime as much as possible. If I got a job where it was chronic, I’d get another job.
Life’s too short to spend it making other people rich.
I have no children, and I avoided doing any overtime as much as possible. If I got a job where it was chronic, I’d get another job.
Life’s too short to spend it making other people rich.
John Gordon@davidmarsh True, but they might appreciate the income…
BeBo@davidmarsh Or, as Charles de Gaulle phrased it (only in French), "The cemeteries are full of indispensable men".
Victor Gijsbers@davidmarsh Unless you do so much overtime that they don't remember you at all!
Alathea@davidmarsh For all the parents out there reading this, who have no choice but to work as much overtime as possible to keep their family fed, housed, and healthy: you are not bad parents. Do what you need to do. You'll make it work.
Old Man Mike@davidmarsh and in the USA those kids will also remember how much overtime THEY did.
sergio_101and your wife, if she sticks around through it.