What's the point in slaving away 60-70 hours a week in the coporate world?

[CrocodileBrah]

Looking at finance/accounting careers, fuk me it looks depressing af.

Sometimes I seriously consider giving up all of it to become a 40 hr/week tradie/government worker. Sure it's less money but

Brb 9-5 go to the pub with workmates for drinks right after
Brb solid 8 hours of sleep
Brb weekends off
Brb a lot less stress
Brb stat holidays


VS

Brb looking at hedge funds 14 hours a day, 6 days a week. Just lol.





Please put me back on the right track and remind me what good comes out of this corporate slavery.

[cjr169]

work-life balance > a higher paying job

[CalvesofGod]

Higher paying job > literally everything else

[PurpleAngus]

work-life balance > a higher paying job

Higher paying job > literally everything else

in 4 debate

[CrocodileBrah]

work-life balance > a higher paying job

Awfukbye

[DrFeeIGood]

$200k at 40 hrs a week is the sweet spot

[BioDiver]

Stressed at work but high pay and at ease at home.

VS

Not stressed at work but have stress at home due to low pay.

Done both and would pick the corporate job over federal work any day of the week.

[CrocodileBrah]

$200k at 40 hrs a week is the sweet spot

Never heard of a single job that paid that kind of money at 40h/week

[DrFeeIGood]

Never heard of a single job that paid that kind of money at 40h/week

They exist.

Small business owner (after getting established)
Attorney
Doctor
Nurse practitioner
CRNA
Programmer (think $125 hr javascript expert)
Online marketer
Some corporate gigs out there pay this
Good sales gig, med device in good territory

[CrocodileBrah]

Stressed at work but high pay and at ease at home.

VS

Not stressed at work but have stress at home due to low pay.

Done both and would pick the corporate job over federal work any day of the week.

Srs?

Tell me more about it brah

[BlondeRod]

$200k at 40 hrs a week is the sweet spot

LMAO this doesnt exist

[SadBoys]

Oy vey goyim, don't be lazy. 70h work week is nothing, not like there is anything else interesting for you to do instead of work. Now be a good worker and work hard so Mr.Shekelstein doesn't have to

[Fsharpasharp]

My mentor works 3 days a week now and his practice earns $4 million a year. Rest assured he's taking home a solid chunk of that change.

[CalvesofGod]

$200k at 40 hrs a week is the sweet spot

[FannySkelper]

LMAO this doesnt exist

But this is what 99% of miscers earn?

[quadfecta]

They exist.

Small business owner (after getting established)
Attorney
Doctor
Nurse practitioner
CRNA
Programmer (think $125 hr javascript expert)
Online marketer
Some corporate gigs out there pay this
Good sales gig, med device in good territory

Lmao. Okay maybe after they're in their 50s-60s but they still put in 20+ years of weeks working way over 40hrs before they got to that point.

[DDSF1]

Don't let indolent, shiftless tradies fool you...they are miserable. They are surrounded by trash, they themselves are trash, never have money for the bills, bodies are in pain, always get cuckolded, always have one or two divorces and lose almost everything, kids are trash because raised by trash...etc,etc,etc


Put in the effort and you will get the just reward. Ambition+morals/ethics= success and happiness. Laziness+lower class mentality/behavior = tradie

[RJBRAH]

Cash = freedom

This life we live isn't perfect. I used to think life was all about "experience" and that people who wasted their time at work were suckers

Then I realized every life is pointless so you might as well earn some cash to live it up for the free time you do have

Without funds youre basically limited to hiking and begging

[MiamiLife305]

In on another misc thread where you need 100k+ just to live

[BrocepCurls]

0 point. That sounds like a genuinely miserable existence, no thanks jeff. Always mind blown at my investment banker friends who work 9am to 4am shifts when things get busy and call it "success". lol just lol

[JUGGERNAUT1333]

Outside the paycheck, assuming you have a good salary, nothing good comes from the corporate world. Its greedy, cut-throat and drains your soul.

[wailshark]

Take a good hard look at what you want to prioritize in life.

That's the only way to truly decide where to focus your energy and the type of path to pursue.
To some extent you can't have it all and there's going to have to be trade-offs...remember that how you spend your days is how you spend your life.


Too often something short term that is "only for a little while" ends up becoming your normal.

[lolXlol]

working in an office is a woman's job, are you a woman?

[Gizzyhardcore]

$200k at 40 hrs a week is the sweet spot

your'e doing it wrong

$200k at 20 hours a week is better

[dingler]

Never heard of a single job that paid that kind of money at 40h/week

I'm at 130k for 40/wk at 30. Not a bad spot to be in. 30% of that time is spent miscing.

When you're in your early 20's you should take whatever job will pay you the most and save as much as possible, in your 30's and later transition to a less stressful job and you'll be set for life because of what you put away in your 20's.

[bremer45]

One of the harsh realities of working in the corporate world: the more money you want to make; the harder, more stressful, longer hours your job will entail.

[DatFeelGuy]

LMAO this doesnt exist

As someone who sees payroll, I can assure you it does.

[GainzMcgee]

Higher paying job > literally everything else

work-life balance > a higher paying job

LDAR > all

[HockeyBacon18]

always thought having alot of money but no time to spend it was dumb AF.

in b4 youre a naive 22 year old

id be happy making 70-80k working 40 hours a week and not a second longer.

[BigAlBrah]

They exist.

Small business owner (after getting established)
Attorney
Doctor
Nurse practitioner
CRNA
Programmer (think $125 hr javascript expert)
Online marketer
Some corporate gigs out there pay this
Good sales gig, med device in good territory

no sheet