I work to live not live to work.
Moses, you friend CHOSE work over family. Service orientated? 14 million company and this guy could not fin 1 person in the entire country to do his job as good as him?
He lived to work and did not want to be with his family. He can say he loved them all he wants but actions speak louder than words, and his actions said work was more important to him.
I pay a guy 65K a year (in this area of Florida its VERY good money) to be me when I am not there. I may not be a rich as your friend materially when I am old but I will be richer than him family wise because my kids and my wife know I make an effort to be with them as much as possible and they love me for it.
In the last 2 weeks I was out of the office 10 of the 14 days spending time:
a. with my family in our timeshare in Atlantis for a week
b. got off plane from Nassau, dropped kids at Grandma's and jumped on plane to North Carolina to pick up POS Audi, drive to Savannah and spend 2 romantic nights alone with the wife.
I CHOOSE my family first, I have been married 18 years and honestly do not think a divorce will ever happen.
Sitting on a swing along the Savannah River Saturday night with my wife.
And now after 4 days of work I am ready for a 3 day weekend with them.