SciDad23
Shared on Tue, 01/23/2007 - 22:40It's been a few weeks, so I figured I'd post some thoughts on working in todays world.
My wife is a stay-at-home mom, she's fantastic at it and I couldn't be happier that she's home with my son (and will be with the next one too, hopefully). It might not be possible for everyone, but it's what we wanted. When we bought our house, we bought one that we could afford to pay the mortgage on my salary alone. It's small, it's old, but it's mine (well some tiny fraction of it, in 30 years it'll be mine)
However, being the working dad just BLOWS. I see my kid about an hour a day, including helping with his bath and getting him ready for bed. He's an amazing little boy and I'm worried that I'll miss so much being out of the house working. I travel for my job, just found out recently that I'll be travelling even more frequently, twice a month to anywhere in North America that the sales team needs support from the technical expert (that's me, whoopideedoo).
What REALLY blows is that my company decided that due to some less than stellar performance in NAFTA's EBIT contribution to the company worldwide, we all are in a salary freeze. No raises, no cost of living increases, NOTHING. Factoring in inflation and the increased premiums for my health insurance, I'm making less money this year than I did 2 years ago. Feels great to be working 70 hours a week for less than I made when I worked 40-50. Gotta love being salaried management.
Anyway, I have some feelers out for a job change in the same market. I'm a Food Scientist, in my area of the country there are a few nice choices, and I'm hoping to hear about one in the next week or so. Could be a great thing for me, less travel, hopefully more money, and right down the street from where I work now. We'll see what happens, but I'm praying it works out. Adding another kid to this household is making me want to look at a bigger place or putting an addition onto this one. Shoot, an addition will only run me $40,000. What's 30% added to my principle on a mortgage over 30 years, right?
Wow, this might sound sexist, but it just sucks to be a man sometimes. But then again, I can pee standing up and I don't have to wait in line to do it when we go out to eat. On second thought, it just sucks to work. Someone give me some money, i'll tattoo their name on my forhead and advertise whatever they want, just pay me to stay home.
My wife is a stay-at-home mom, she's fantastic at it and I couldn't be happier that she's home with my son (and will be with the next one too, hopefully). It might not be possible for everyone, but it's what we wanted. When we bought our house, we bought one that we could afford to pay the mortgage on my salary alone. It's small, it's old, but it's mine (well some tiny fraction of it, in 30 years it'll be mine)
However, being the working dad just BLOWS. I see my kid about an hour a day, including helping with his bath and getting him ready for bed. He's an amazing little boy and I'm worried that I'll miss so much being out of the house working. I travel for my job, just found out recently that I'll be travelling even more frequently, twice a month to anywhere in North America that the sales team needs support from the technical expert (that's me, whoopideedoo).
What REALLY blows is that my company decided that due to some less than stellar performance in NAFTA's EBIT contribution to the company worldwide, we all are in a salary freeze. No raises, no cost of living increases, NOTHING. Factoring in inflation and the increased premiums for my health insurance, I'm making less money this year than I did 2 years ago. Feels great to be working 70 hours a week for less than I made when I worked 40-50. Gotta love being salaried management.
Anyway, I have some feelers out for a job change in the same market. I'm a Food Scientist, in my area of the country there are a few nice choices, and I'm hoping to hear about one in the next week or so. Could be a great thing for me, less travel, hopefully more money, and right down the street from where I work now. We'll see what happens, but I'm praying it works out. Adding another kid to this household is making me want to look at a bigger place or putting an addition onto this one. Shoot, an addition will only run me $40,000. What's 30% added to my principle on a mortgage over 30 years, right?
Wow, this might sound sexist, but it just sucks to be a man sometimes. But then again, I can pee standing up and I don't have to wait in line to do it when we go out to eat. On second thought, it just sucks to work. Someone give me some money, i'll tattoo their name on my forhead and advertise whatever they want, just pay me to stay home.
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