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Originally posted by gr8fl4porsche
Does this drive come from the thrill of the hunt for more dollars or is it an avoidance of dealing with daily family life which can get very mondane and stressful at times.
Probably a combo of both.
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Of course there are going to be exceptions, but in general, after having worked with relatively high income (say, $180K to $400K year range), relatively high work hour people, there's definately an aspect about avoiding whatever it is that is waiting for them at home. From what I observed for a decade or so.
I know it to be true, because despite having plenty of work to get done, most of these people would take unnecessarily long lunches, spend probably an hour reading the paper during work, and even during the slow times would "linger" in the office until 7:30 or 8, when it wasn't necessary at all.
I saw that over and over and over again.
There was one gal, she had 2 kids, she was in her 30s. At some boring meeting on a Monday morning, she turned to me and flat out said she often can't wait until Monday to come to work to get away from her kids. Nice.