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Getting home at 21:00 and he's up again at 05:00 so most of that time will be spent sleeping. What's the point?

• donald123 9y ago
  Agree, he could just stay over near SF during weekdays and fly back home with family on weekend. Time better spent and more economical.
  • globuous 9y ago
    A lot of consultants do exactly this in Dubai! Most have their families in Dubai, but fly to Kuwait / Saudi / etc for the week and come back for week ends see their families.
    • magic_beans 9y ago
      They're not flying to Kuwait/Saudi/etc every. single. day. of the work-week. The man in the article must really hate his family.
      • mfrykman 9y ago
        Quite the opposite, I'd say.
        • vincnetas 9y ago
          21:00 to 05:00 at home. So by face time with family i guess only sleeping face... I would say that he loves his company more ;) [edit] never mind, it's not my business to judge anyone. It's his choice.
    • ghaff 9y ago
      That's pretty standard for a lot of consultants everywhere. Fly to a client site for the week and then back home on weekends. This is talking about daily.
  • fokinsean 9y ago
    Yeah it really doesn't make much sense. I got the vibe that he does it just to be able to say so, especially in the beginning when talking about how people react.
  • vvanders 9y ago
    I don't even know where to start with this comment, only seeing your family on the weekends? Doesn't seem like much a life to me.
    • electriclove 9y ago
      With his current schedule, he doesn't really see his family anyway.
    • kzisme 9y ago
      I know of a few people that do this - they also own an apartment/house to live in during the week...
    • teekert 9y ago
      He is at home from 21 to 5, for me, to feel good I would have to sleep that entire time. But this guys still needs a shower I assume. If he has kids, they are asleep when he gets home and are still when he leaves. He probably does only see his family on the weekends.
    • nilkn 9y ago
      He's only going to really see them on the weekends either way with his current schedule. The commenter was suggesting that, given this, it'd be more economical to just stay in SF during the week. However, the funny thing is that apartments in SF are so expensive that the $2300/month he's paying to fly on the small commuter jet is actually not that horrible of a deal compared to renting a small place in the city. So maybe he just enjoys the commute. I've flown on a private jet like this (Cessna Citation CJ2+ in my case) and it's definitely a fun experience.
    • throwaway2016a 9y ago
      Unfortunately that is not always a choice. We own a house that would be an hour and a half commute each day to Boston. We can't afford to sell our house and move on the whim just because we switch jobs (what happens when our next job is back closer to where our house was in the first place!?) Right now I work out of my house but my wife and I have already discussed that if either of us ever have to commute to an office in Boston itself that we would get an apartment there to spend the night as needed if the commute doesn't work out. At least until we get self driving cars or they extend the train to go to where we are.