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I do that, I'm not the owner either. My wife just had a son, so I definitely have a family. Add on top an hour and a half commute each way and it can be a littl

I do that, I'm not the owner either. My wife just had a son, so I definitely have a family. Add on top an hour and a half commute each way and it can be a little difficult at times to have family time I'll admit.

Double_a_92 9y ago
Why would you do that?
adrianN 9y ago
I hope you manage to reduce your hours until your son is old enough to remember whether you were there or not.
- marak830 9y ago
  I'm a chef, these are the hours expected of in this industry.
astura 9y ago
"Having a family," as in, relatives that physically exist, is obviously different from "having a family you value spending time with." I think it was clear the GP was talking about the latter.
- petercooper 9y ago
  For some people, quality time with family is better than quantity. The key is to have those hours or days with the family focus. This is not even a workaholic or tech thing - it's the way military families have worked for centuries.
- marak830 9y ago
  Well I have a wide and son, which I quite enjoy spending time with. Not sure how you managed to take from anything I said that I don't. Some of us don't have a choice but to work jobs that require that many hours to pay the bills.
  - heedlessly2 9y ago
    so with your schedule, you would be away from your family from 7:30am to 10:30 pm, 6 days per week. I doubt your spending any more than 30 mins per day with your son on weekdays.
    - marak830 9y ago
      Correct, I'm hoping to move a little closer to work to cut some of that commute off soon. My day off is all about family, so it's daily planned :-)
      - marak830 9y ago
        * very well planned * Too late to edit haha.
      - heedlessly2 9y ago
        so the other person's point is that although you have a family, you're not spending a lot of "quality" time with them
taneq 9y ago
15 hours a day away from home with an infant? Good god, man, stop! Spend some time with your wife and kid, or one day you'll wake up and they'll both have moved out because it's been years since they actually saw you conscious and you no longer have any kind of connection. (Unless you're doing this just for a very limited time for a very good reason. But don't let it become a lifestyle!)

Double_a_92 9y ago

Why would you do that?

adrianN 9y ago

I hope you manage to reduce your hours until your son is old enough to remember whether you were there or not.

marak830 9y ago
I'm a chef, these are the hours expected of in this industry.

astura 9y ago

"Having a family," as in, relatives that physically exist, is obviously different from "having a family you value spending time with." I think it was clear the GP was talking about the latter.

petercooper 9y ago
For some people, quality time with family is better than quantity. The key is to have those hours or days with the family focus. This is not even a workaholic or tech thing - it's the way military families have worked for centuries.
marak830 9y ago
Well I have a wide and son, which I quite enjoy spending time with. Not sure how you managed to take from anything I said that I don't. Some of us don't have a choice but to work jobs that require that many hours to pay the bills.
- heedlessly2 9y ago
  so with your schedule, you would be away from your family from 7:30am to 10:30 pm, 6 days per week. I doubt your spending any more than 30 mins per day with your son on weekdays.
  - marak830 9y ago
    Correct, I'm hoping to move a little closer to work to cut some of that commute off soon. My day off is all about family, so it's daily planned :-)
    - marak830 9y ago
      * very well planned * Too late to edit haha.
    - heedlessly2 9y ago
      so the other person's point is that although you have a family, you're not spending a lot of "quality" time with them

taneq 9y ago

15 hours a day away from home with an infant? Good god, man, stop! Spend some time with your wife and kid, or one day you'll wake up and they'll both have moved out because it's been years since they actually saw you conscious and you no longer have any kind of connection. (Unless you're doing this just for a very limited time for a very good reason. But don't let it become a lifestyle!)