latedropeddy said...

Big eeeZeee I think about that all the time. Ever since the arrival of my son it has certainly changed my attitude to work/life balance with life definitely winning.

Same, amazing how the birth of my 1st kid made me decide to not work as much & spend more time with family (self employed at the time)...and to be honest, it didn't make a negative impact to my business' income.

arancini said...

Hey Fried Rice, if your gig is that good what the hell are you telling the world for on the interwebby???!!!!!!!

cos no other m0f0 is mad enough to do it!!
their "girlfriends" always say NO !!!
had to ditch mine to acheive it.
so my little place of serenity is quite safe, for my lifetime anyhow!!

oh, and ive got a new missus - local of course!!

Any photographers amoungst you guys? Always flirted with the idea of working with images as a business.....

Before anyone starts dissecting, no I don't have an SLR, don't do shows, don't do it as a hobbie, just like the idea of it - be interested to see if anyone here works in film or photography?

Cheers,

K

^^^

THAT'S not the Orion nebula! That's the Eagle nebula or I'm not a martian green toad.

Be careful, you're friend could be telling other porkies.

When at work, hours vary between minimum 84 and 140+ hours per week if busy(7 day week), 3 on 3 off, soon to be 4 on 4 off. I need the time off to recover. Mortgage free. Girlfriend about to finish PhD and start working again thankfully. No child and no plans to have one.
I'm pretty much a workaholic, as is the girlfriend, so I actually like being at work.
I really enjoy having next to no physical possessions, eating really really good food, little or no inadvertent exposure to the antichrist that is the modern media and shooting the breeze with other people from around the world about life. I also suck at making small talk, and put me in a 'traditional office environment' and I fail for some unknown reason.
I guess I have become somewhat institutionalised to working in this type of environment and could quite happily see myself commuting somewhere to work on something until another hypothetical knee reconstruction is not an option


I'm not a free as a bird, I'm a loose as a goose who has luckily dodged the noose (touching some wood)

No, not legal at all. After 12 hours it is 'mandatory' to sign in an overtime log, after 16 hours is is mandatory to have an 8 hour 'break'. When the client is paying the operator AUD$11.00+ per second to get stuff done, they tend to really want stuff done.

Hamsta said...

No, not legal at all. After 12 hours it is 'mandatory' to sign in an overtime log, after 16 hours is is mandatory to have an 8 hour 'break'. When the client is paying the operator AUD$11.00+ per second to get stuff done, they tend to really want stuff done.

Well - I really hope you're raking it in - because that sort of work must be having an impact on your health and wellbeing... particularly if there is a physical component to it. I'd love to know your LTI stats, because worker fatigue would certainly be an issue...

i show up for 42 but on average do maybe 8 if they are lucky

Bugger the workin at home job for me. 86hrs + per week in mainly PNG and Phillipines. Come home at the end of a a project and kick back. Life is ok. Couldn't do it if I had kids though.
Gotta be more to lfe than goin to the same workshop/office every day.
My thoughts anyway while on night shift in PNG and its pissin down with rain.
Different strokes for everybody though.

W

subasurf said...

Anyhoo...finishing up work soon for another stint of unemployment. Off to Indo again at the end of the year for some work rebuilding some coral reefs that have been damaged. Should be fun. Getting paid to do what I'd do for free.

You sir win hands down in the "Can you believe I get paid to do this" job comparison stakes. Enjoy

As for hard work, I reckon that the rig catering staff and cleaning staff put in a fair effort for upto 4 weeks straight, 12 hours per day, with very little downtime during their shift as there is always something to be prepped, cooked, cleaned, restocked and so on and so forth.

Hamsta said...


As for hard work, I reckon that the rig catering staff and cleaning staff put in a fair effort for upto 4 weeks straight, 12 hours per day, with very little downtime during their shift as there is always something to be prepped, cooked, cleaned, restocked and so on and so forth.

A mate is just heading back for another 4 weeks on a rig (cook), min. 14hr days, 7 days a week for 4 weeks straight...but gets well remunerated and does 4 on, 4 off, so plenty of time at home - a good balance in his eyes, I still couldn't do it all the same.