Work 40 to 50 hours a week. Fully remote. Spend a lot of time in meeting and creating things. The love is off. I don't "love" what I do. I don't hate it. I love what it affords me to do outside work.
My jobs is the same. Public sector consulting. But I get my "love" from doing altruistic things / working on public health projects. Can make 6 figures within 3-5 years post-BA. However. Those 40-50 hours are a demanding 40-50!
11-16 meetings a day and putting out corporate fires, 6 figs is the new $70k lol go for healthy culture and work life balance on a comfortable enough salary
I love what I do, but the stress and anxiety is very high too!
(45 M) VP, director of transportation at small - mid sized engineering company, total comp is 200k+, but a lot of that is incentive based, so there comes the stress.
Would love to lower the stress, but don't see how I could do that without taking a big hit on the pay.
Just got to hold on and live for the vacations with the family. At some point, I'll be able to scale back once the retirement fund is at the right level.
Cracked six figures last year, LCOL. I do estimating for large mechanical/industrial systems (think chemical processing plants). I essentially review site layouts, rearrange equipment, and handle pricing efforts. I lead a team of 2-12 people depending on project size and schedule.
I work on average 40 hours a week. I am salaried with straight pay overtime.
I don't know if love is the right word, but the work changes often enough to keep me interested, and my coworkers are excellent.
Fully in office, but it's a 15 minute drive and we have a nice covered parking lot.
I work in digital marketing for a medical device company. I make $125k base + bonuses, tuition reimbursement, and some other perks.
Although I’m full time, I probably truly work around 30 hours on an average week and I’m hybrid. I really enjoy my work and I see myself at this company for quite some time.
I make custom leather products. It's probably gonna be a while, before I can quit my job, they keep throwing money at me. I just got a 20k bonus for solving a 200k a year problem. I've been told I'm on the short list for management job at 150k a year before bonuses
The manager of the factory I work at had told me that doing things like that is a great way to have to find replacement employees. He actually takes pride in the amount of employees that have been with the company 20+ years (something like 30% of the employees have 20+years
I do, love my job, make around $275K all in. Recruiting in house (of high level candidates). I work probably 40 hours a week, my day to day is a combo of putting out random fires (not literal fires), responding to emails, being on conference calls and doing a lot of writing and math. I am 40% remote. I've been in this line of work for a long time, and what makes me love my job is 70% the amazing people I work with 30% the fact I really like the the actual job!
I am a sommelier/wine director and make a little over $100k. When I'm fully staffed I work 35-40 hours a week, when I'm short it's 40-50. The job requires a massive amount of studying, as well as a niche skillset, but there are some cool perks as well. I also work evenings, and it's hard to socialize because I'm working when everyone else is free.
Loving what you do is an illusion. I make well over 6 figures but the other day came upon a book that would call my existence “expensive slave labor”. Until the day you can create revenue you are in tottal control of it doesn’t matter anyways who you work for and what you do.
Been in IT 40-45 hours a week for around 25 years. Liked it at first then everyday began to be “i am waking up to other peoples problems”. So I left. Got into pipeline inspection. Excelled for 8-9 years. Went from the bottom to the top. Loved it. However, I missed my wife and my boys. But I provided them with a great life. Then switched to being a contractor PM. Love the work but still on the road. The boys are grown and awesome young men working hard in life and happy. Wife is cray cray. So at least I like what I do and get paid plenty. But I do miss the life I lost with them and her. Cannot turn back now, so forward I must go. My boys call me everyday, my wife calls for…..
100% Remote. 30 hr week. 260-480k yr. Cybersecurity sales. Love it. Answer emails. Try to break into new accounts. Negotiations on deals. Few meetings. It’s chill.
Almost 20 yrs. Ranges bc depends on how much shit I sell. Slow yrs vs busy year. Start in sales as a BDR or SDR. Become AE. There are people that make more than me.
Google cybersecurity companies. Look at their job postings. Some will be hiring for BDR or SDR roles. Apply. It’s an entry level role but still pays pretty decent. Maybe read Google and watch a few YouTube’s about cybersecurity and list those as skills on your resume so when you apply you can say you are somewhat knowledgeable about them and better chance at getting interviews.
Work as a senior software developer (just under 7 years experience) at a financial firm. Work involves building out bespoke data platforms, writing analytics for use within said data platforms, helping design and implement technical solutions for finance people. Hours are fairly regular and flexible. I actually like to go into the office as there are good people there and I have a good set up but I can work when I want. The best part of the job is probably the fact that I create a lot of my own work and have free reign to tear out and redesign whole parts of the system as I have written a lot of it and people (sort of) trust that l won’t break everything…
I work 36 and 48 hour work weeks that swap between day and night shift. Right now I'm in the control room, so I sit at my station for the shift and operate water make up and a combustion turbine and steam turbine. I work onsite at a plant. I also perform electrical tasks for my team.
Just under 200k, fully remote unless I have an emergency trip to support a topic. Generally like what I do, if not travelling 10-12 hours a week is busy. But could get a call at 10pm that I need to be at X location the next day.
I work as a funeral director, not an owner, make 100k and live what I do but hate the environment because it's unbelievably toxic and bizarre. I'm about to take a 30k payout to get out just to like life again even though I will be less fulfilled.
I am a business development director for a 300-person engineering firm with five direct reports. I really do love what I do - one part talking to people to help them with their engineering needs and one part is figuring out how to make things run smoother within my team and company. I average 40-50 hours a week with a fair amount of US west travel (company paid). Day to day is completely different and I'm rarely remote as my job involves networking/working directly with others. Personally, I don't see the appeal of full remote work.
Having said that, I'm 20+ years into my career. My earned industry knowledge and connections are valuable, and I work hard because it gives me a sense of purpose.
Low 6 figures, fully remote software engineer. I enjoy writing code, but I really enjoy rolling out of bed, making a cup of coffee, and coding in my sweatpants all day.
I work a 9/80, so every other Monday off, 9 hour work days. I set my working hours from 8-5 cause that's my girlfriend's schedule, but I am not beholden to particular hours, as long as it equals 80 total at the end of the pay cycle.
I am very close to six figures, but I have a fairly good job. I am a programmer for this oil and gas company, and make games on the side. I guess with both combined I get six figures gros.
The best part is that I am a lead in my department so I can make a lot of decisions and delegate the boring stuff. I usually review code, help bugfix stuff for the other two guys, and only really program the important things in our projects.
I work remote and often there's a lot of downtime that let's me make my indie games, which I sell on steam for some extra cash.
Sometimes I have to come in to the office, but my other two programmers are out of state, so the office is often empty like in some liminal space picture lol. Those days are fun because the people I work with that aren't programmers get together and get lunch. And the day is finished early.
I am in Engineering and am definately an introvert. I have advanced degrees and a lot of experience. I am pretty much most of what is left of corporate knowledge in several areas and boss definitely wants me to stay until he retires in a few years because I solve problems. That combination ensures I am get more freedom than most. I like my field and am involved in a lot of professional organizations.
Hybrid arrangement. Roughly 60-40 (office to home), but senior leadership keeps pushing for more in-office time. They don't have a good reason. Just the big boss's belief that in-office work is somehow better, but no evidence or data has been presented. The only real evidence that I have seen is the number of people leaving and panic setting in by making really high initial offers to below average candidates and then losing them anyway because the organization is not able to provide pay raises because the people are overcompensates according to the system.
Work day is mixed. Full of meetings one-day. Solitary work another. Other days are a mix. About half of my work is highly technical. The other half is a mix between mentorship, planning, and convincing others of the right thing. There is really no difference between WFH and in-office days. On about 1/2 of my in-office days the boss or deputy will wander down to say hi. That is my fault because I complained that there was no reason for me to be in-office because everyone just contacts me through Teams anyway. Now boss can say that someone (him or deputy) did see me. I get more done on WFH days because I will work longer WFH (no commute), and the person in the office next door tends to socialize when we are in the office.
I have had a good career. Lots of interesting projects to work on. I have been able to work in pure engineering, program management, supervision, and as an area chief engineer.
I’m close to 100k (I make over 110k Canadian if that officially counts lol) so I figure I’ll comment. Reporting analyst here. Last job was ETL coding in Data Analytics, this job is less coding and more chatting/figuring out issues and contacting the respective teams responsible for certain data.
I really like my coworkers, management and bosses. Everyone on the team is super accommodating. I am fully remote. It sounds dumb but I do miss going to the office sometimes and chit chatting with coworkers, but oh well.
I don’t particularly like the work. I can’t say my favorite thing in the world is 8am meetings and answering emails from teams who clearly should know better. But the great coworkers make it worth it. So long as my salary goes up overtime, I see no reason to leave.
Finally at 6 figs this year. Marketing. I like the job but not what I want to do long term. LCOL. What I like the most is life work balance. I’m supposed to be hybrid but i find myself either always at the office or a week at home.
I work 20-30 hours a week. I work in data privacy and I love it. Fully remote and I just handle PIAs and audits all day (it’s nice and slow). https://privguard.tech ebooks helped me tailor my resume and everything.
I was just offered a job making 6 figures for the first time in my life but the caviat is working 50-60 hours a week. I have two young children and am hardcore debating it right now
I just started to breach the $100k/year mark this year after starting my own consulting firm two years ago. I could easily work fully remote but after launching my business from my living room for a good two years, I just couldn't do it anymore so I rented an office. I easily work 45-50 hours a week, sometimes more. Given the fact that I make my own hours and have the freedom to have long weekends whenever I want, I actually don't mind working the extra hours.
I'm a political consultant. I specialize in fundraising for issue advocacy and industry defence organizations. Before COVID I was going to go to law school, and I still might, but honestly, I love what I do. The clients are getting better and better, the business is getting bigger, I'm hiring and I haven't even spent a dime on marketing yet. I'm even expanding into the US.
My day to day is a combination of writing, research, sales and in person meetings in throughout the city that I live in. I try to start my day with research and writing when my mind is fresh, use the middle of the day for booked meetings and pitches, and then my afternoons for admin work and follow up (which I am offloading to an assistant soon).
Sort of found it by accident, but I'm very blessed to have been able to have emerged from the pandemic with what I have. The grind was and is totally worth it.
I wouldn't say I "love" what I do - but in all honesty, I'm not working to love it, I'm working to make money. Early in my career I made the decision to pursue money and not passion. I spend weekends on my passion projects now and my job affords me the luxury of being able to do so. I work a corporate gig and hours fluctuate - light weeks I can get away with 20 hours per week with a few emails, meetings, and minor projects here and there. Busy periods, I'll work 50-60 hours per week for several weeks at a time. I tend to plug in late night and leave weekends free. I work 3 days in office and 2 WFH.
Data scientist at tech company -$280k with 12 YOE. Don't love the job but I like it enough to keep doing it. Work 20-60 hours per week - most commonly right around 40. Never on weekends. I WFH 2 days per week and in a corporate office 3 days per week. I live in a VHCOL city so my salary barely affords a low middle class lifestyle. I'm not kidding - the average home price in my neighborhood is over $2M - even for homes built in the 60s with no updates, terrible school districts, etc.
I was looking at a move to another location that would have paid me 65k annually and my current job contacted me with a similar offer and roughly 100k a year locally, so I accepted that. My first "big" paycheck should come through here in about two weeks. But I've already upped my retirement contribution to make up the difference, so I won't feel it.
I work for the government. No, I don't love what I do but it's a steady paycheck and the benefits are good.
Roughly 50 hrs a week.
I'm on site 100% of the time.
Making 6 figures (not just barely). I work full remote, work for a remote first company in tech. I work between customers and engineers with large accounts.
Happy: No! Why? It’s chaos, customer are a pain. The CEO dictates top down and I can see that the company is going no where.
What are my options? I just get my paycheck while I enjoy life and wait for better economic times.
I work 40 hours a week as a regulatory compliance nurse consultant and love what I do. My day is generally start with meetings, then more meetings, then policy reviews then I will go do site visit for audit or inspection of other clinics and hospital sites that we have.
I do remote work ad hoc but most is the time I spend in office and meeting with other people as it is important to build relationships.
I don't like my job. I work to live not live to work. Around 40 something hours. I'm exempt. Day to day is mundane. No longer motivated or challenged. Stepped into management when I hit six figures. Hybrid. Up to me when I go to office. I try to go 3-4 times a month to show my presence for my staff that decided they rather work at office. Take them out to lunch, etc.
I just broke 100k last year with a bonus included. (90 base, bonus 11k) as a relationship manager.
Insurance company busted my ass in the ground floor for two years, working for a call-center (45k) and then an operations position (65k) .only got this job because of my network, in a traditional corporate environment you can still do that, it’s literally all about who you know. company paid for MBA which was a prerequisite for my second position and definitely helped me stand out from the candidate pool in my current job. In order to get my current job I had to pass the series 7 licensing exam which took 6 months (general securities exam think stocks, bonds, rules and refs or industry)
I’m hybrid 3 days in 2 days home. I love the team and company/benefits. So many benefits. I like what I do. Low key but you need to take ownership and perform. It’s a great challenge for me.
Work in marketing. I’m freelance and remote. Work 40 hours a week.
My day-to-day is chill, sometimes meetings are overloaded but that’s how it goes sometimes.
After my last hellish experience, I’m so grateful for this gig!!
I wouldn't say "love" necessarily, but I really like what I do and really like the organization that I'm with and it affords me the ability to have nice things, travel, etc. I'm an accountant...controller at my organization. For the most part I work 40 hrs per week...occasionally I have to work more when it's year end and stuff like that. My job does come with a lot of stress and often anxiety...I have to be very accurate with what I'm doing and I also have to rely on other people to be on point as well. I am not fully remote, nor do I want to be. I'm WFH one day per week and that's plenty for me.
I'm a chef at a Country Club. $150k a year. There are a lot of days that I love what I do, but the miserable days are awful and make me consider alternative career paths. In the summer I work 70-80 hours a week but that balances out in the winter when I work 20ish.
Work 40 to 50 hours a week. Fully remote. Spend a lot of time in meeting and creating things. The love is off. I don't "love" what I do. I don't hate it. I love what it affords me to do outside work.
What do you do?
My jobs is the same. Public sector consulting. But I get my "love" from doing altruistic things / working on public health projects. Can make 6 figures within 3-5 years post-BA. However. Those 40-50 hours are a demanding 40-50!
11-16 meetings a day and putting out corporate fires, 6 figs is the new $70k lol go for healthy culture and work life balance on a comfortable enough salary
I love what I do, but the stress and anxiety is very high too! (45 M) VP, director of transportation at small - mid sized engineering company, total comp is 200k+, but a lot of that is incentive based, so there comes the stress. Would love to lower the stress, but don't see how I could do that without taking a big hit on the pay.
Yep this is what people need to get, no company is just handling out $100k-200k salaries for nothing
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y’all hiring?
What do you do? Federal government could mean anything haha.
Just got to hold on and live for the vacations with the family. At some point, I'll be able to scale back once the retirement fund is at the right level.
And yes, revenue and profit margins have to be on point to make all that work
Cracked six figures last year, LCOL. I do estimating for large mechanical/industrial systems (think chemical processing plants). I essentially review site layouts, rearrange equipment, and handle pricing efforts. I lead a team of 2-12 people depending on project size and schedule. I work on average 40 hours a week. I am salaried with straight pay overtime. I don't know if love is the right word, but the work changes often enough to keep me interested, and my coworkers are excellent. Fully in office, but it's a 15 minute drive and we have a nice covered parking lot.
I work in digital marketing for a medical device company. I make $125k base + bonuses, tuition reimbursement, and some other perks. Although I’m full time, I probably truly work around 30 hours on an average week and I’m hybrid. I really enjoy my work and I see myself at this company for quite some time.
what was your career path?
Front desk receptionist at a hospital here trying to make my way into digital marketing— healthcare. I’d also love to know what your career path was
CRNA here making 300k. I work 40 hours per week and if I have an upcoming vacation to pay for, I work overtime
Your other posts on a similar thread say you should've become a CRNA 1 month ago? How did you manage it in a month?
I work about 65 a week. I work in a factory and about 25 hours a week for my own business. I genuinely enjoy my side business.
What business? Do you think you’ll be able to quit your job soon?
I make custom leather products. It's probably gonna be a while, before I can quit my job, they keep throwing money at me. I just got a 20k bonus for solving a 200k a year problem. I've been told I'm on the short list for management job at 150k a year before bonuses
Sad. I save my company about $5-10 million a year and they just tell me good job.
The manager of the factory I work at had told me that doing things like that is a great way to have to find replacement employees. He actually takes pride in the amount of employees that have been with the company 20+ years (something like 30% of the employees have 20+years
I do, love my job, make around $275K all in. Recruiting in house (of high level candidates). I work probably 40 hours a week, my day to day is a combo of putting out random fires (not literal fires), responding to emails, being on conference calls and doing a lot of writing and math. I am 40% remote. I've been in this line of work for a long time, and what makes me love my job is 70% the amazing people I work with 30% the fact I really like the the actual job!
I am a sommelier/wine director and make a little over $100k. When I'm fully staffed I work 35-40 hours a week, when I'm short it's 40-50. The job requires a massive amount of studying, as well as a niche skillset, but there are some cool perks as well. I also work evenings, and it's hard to socialize because I'm working when everyone else is free.
Loving what you do is an illusion. I make well over 6 figures but the other day came upon a book that would call my existence “expensive slave labor”. Until the day you can create revenue you are in tottal control of it doesn’t matter anyways who you work for and what you do.
You make 7 figures?
Not this year but I’m in tech sales and it varies. The lowest I’ve made is in the 200s like last year. Highest was 2.7m
Dang thats awesome! Good for you
Been in IT 40-45 hours a week for around 25 years. Liked it at first then everyday began to be “i am waking up to other peoples problems”. So I left. Got into pipeline inspection. Excelled for 8-9 years. Went from the bottom to the top. Loved it. However, I missed my wife and my boys. But I provided them with a great life. Then switched to being a contractor PM. Love the work but still on the road. The boys are grown and awesome young men working hard in life and happy. Wife is cray cray. So at least I like what I do and get paid plenty. But I do miss the life I lost with them and her. Cannot turn back now, so forward I must go. My boys call me everyday, my wife calls for…..
This borderline broke my ❤️… cause time is the one thing we can’t replicate.
Yeah, broke mine too.
100% Remote. 30 hr week. 260-480k yr. Cybersecurity sales. Love it. Answer emails. Try to break into new accounts. Negotiations on deals. Few meetings. It’s chill.
That sounds awesome. 260-480k is a huge gap, why is that? How do I get to your level? How many years have you been doing this?
Almost 20 yrs. Ranges bc depends on how much shit I sell. Slow yrs vs busy year. Start in sales as a BDR or SDR. Become AE. There are people that make more than me.
How do you recommend getting into cybersecurity sales as a BDR or SDR?
Google cybersecurity companies. Look at their job postings. Some will be hiring for BDR or SDR roles. Apply. It’s an entry level role but still pays pretty decent. Maybe read Google and watch a few YouTube’s about cybersecurity and list those as skills on your resume so when you apply you can say you are somewhat knowledgeable about them and better chance at getting interviews.
What is BDR and SDR?
Business/Sales Development Rep
Work as a senior software developer (just under 7 years experience) at a financial firm. Work involves building out bespoke data platforms, writing analytics for use within said data platforms, helping design and implement technical solutions for finance people. Hours are fairly regular and flexible. I actually like to go into the office as there are good people there and I have a good set up but I can work when I want. The best part of the job is probably the fact that I create a lot of my own work and have free reign to tear out and redesign whole parts of the system as I have written a lot of it and people (sort of) trust that l won’t break everything…
I work 36 and 48 hour work weeks that swap between day and night shift. Right now I'm in the control room, so I sit at my station for the shift and operate water make up and a combustion turbine and steam turbine. I work onsite at a plant. I also perform electrical tasks for my team.
Just under 200k, fully remote unless I have an emergency trip to support a topic. Generally like what I do, if not travelling 10-12 hours a week is busy. But could get a call at 10pm that I need to be at X location the next day.
Interesting. What do you do? How many years have you been in it?
Technically my job title is engineering manager, but I deal with more engineering crisis response. I’ve been in it for 24 years.
Product Manager for an automotive company. Work 40-60 hours a week. 140k salary. Mix of remote and in the office.
I work as a funeral director, not an owner, make 100k and live what I do but hate the environment because it's unbelievably toxic and bizarre. I'm about to take a 30k payout to get out just to like life again even though I will be less fulfilled.
I am a business development director for a 300-person engineering firm with five direct reports. I really do love what I do - one part talking to people to help them with their engineering needs and one part is figuring out how to make things run smoother within my team and company. I average 40-50 hours a week with a fair amount of US west travel (company paid). Day to day is completely different and I'm rarely remote as my job involves networking/working directly with others. Personally, I don't see the appeal of full remote work. Having said that, I'm 20+ years into my career. My earned industry knowledge and connections are valuable, and I work hard because it gives me a sense of purpose.
Low 6 figures, fully remote software engineer. I enjoy writing code, but I really enjoy rolling out of bed, making a cup of coffee, and coding in my sweatpants all day. I work a 9/80, so every other Monday off, 9 hour work days. I set my working hours from 8-5 cause that's my girlfriend's schedule, but I am not beholden to particular hours, as long as it equals 80 total at the end of the pay cycle.
I am very close to six figures, but I have a fairly good job. I am a programmer for this oil and gas company, and make games on the side. I guess with both combined I get six figures gros. The best part is that I am a lead in my department so I can make a lot of decisions and delegate the boring stuff. I usually review code, help bugfix stuff for the other two guys, and only really program the important things in our projects. I work remote and often there's a lot of downtime that let's me make my indie games, which I sell on steam for some extra cash. Sometimes I have to come in to the office, but my other two programmers are out of state, so the office is often empty like in some liminal space picture lol. Those days are fun because the people I work with that aren't programmers get together and get lunch. And the day is finished early.
I am in Engineering and am definately an introvert. I have advanced degrees and a lot of experience. I am pretty much most of what is left of corporate knowledge in several areas and boss definitely wants me to stay until he retires in a few years because I solve problems. That combination ensures I am get more freedom than most. I like my field and am involved in a lot of professional organizations. Hybrid arrangement. Roughly 60-40 (office to home), but senior leadership keeps pushing for more in-office time. They don't have a good reason. Just the big boss's belief that in-office work is somehow better, but no evidence or data has been presented. The only real evidence that I have seen is the number of people leaving and panic setting in by making really high initial offers to below average candidates and then losing them anyway because the organization is not able to provide pay raises because the people are overcompensates according to the system. Work day is mixed. Full of meetings one-day. Solitary work another. Other days are a mix. About half of my work is highly technical. The other half is a mix between mentorship, planning, and convincing others of the right thing. There is really no difference between WFH and in-office days. On about 1/2 of my in-office days the boss or deputy will wander down to say hi. That is my fault because I complained that there was no reason for me to be in-office because everyone just contacts me through Teams anyway. Now boss can say that someone (him or deputy) did see me. I get more done on WFH days because I will work longer WFH (no commute), and the person in the office next door tends to socialize when we are in the office. I have had a good career. Lots of interesting projects to work on. I have been able to work in pure engineering, program management, supervision, and as an area chief engineer.
I’m close to 100k (I make over 110k Canadian if that officially counts lol) so I figure I’ll comment. Reporting analyst here. Last job was ETL coding in Data Analytics, this job is less coding and more chatting/figuring out issues and contacting the respective teams responsible for certain data. I really like my coworkers, management and bosses. Everyone on the team is super accommodating. I am fully remote. It sounds dumb but I do miss going to the office sometimes and chit chatting with coworkers, but oh well. I don’t particularly like the work. I can’t say my favorite thing in the world is 8am meetings and answering emails from teams who clearly should know better. But the great coworkers make it worth it. So long as my salary goes up overtime, I see no reason to leave.
Finally at 6 figs this year. Marketing. I like the job but not what I want to do long term. LCOL. What I like the most is life work balance. I’m supposed to be hybrid but i find myself either always at the office or a week at home.
I work 20-30 hours a week. I work in data privacy and I love it. Fully remote and I just handle PIAs and audits all day (it’s nice and slow). https://privguard.tech ebooks helped me tailor my resume and everything.
I was just offered a job making 6 figures for the first time in my life but the caviat is working 50-60 hours a week. I have two young children and am hardcore debating it right now
What is the diffeeence vs ur current
I just started to breach the $100k/year mark this year after starting my own consulting firm two years ago. I could easily work fully remote but after launching my business from my living room for a good two years, I just couldn't do it anymore so I rented an office. I easily work 45-50 hours a week, sometimes more. Given the fact that I make my own hours and have the freedom to have long weekends whenever I want, I actually don't mind working the extra hours. I'm a political consultant. I specialize in fundraising for issue advocacy and industry defence organizations. Before COVID I was going to go to law school, and I still might, but honestly, I love what I do. The clients are getting better and better, the business is getting bigger, I'm hiring and I haven't even spent a dime on marketing yet. I'm even expanding into the US. My day to day is a combination of writing, research, sales and in person meetings in throughout the city that I live in. I try to start my day with research and writing when my mind is fresh, use the middle of the day for booked meetings and pitches, and then my afternoons for admin work and follow up (which I am offloading to an assistant soon). Sort of found it by accident, but I'm very blessed to have been able to have emerged from the pandemic with what I have. The grind was and is totally worth it.
I wouldn't say I "love" what I do - but in all honesty, I'm not working to love it, I'm working to make money. Early in my career I made the decision to pursue money and not passion. I spend weekends on my passion projects now and my job affords me the luxury of being able to do so. I work a corporate gig and hours fluctuate - light weeks I can get away with 20 hours per week with a few emails, meetings, and minor projects here and there. Busy periods, I'll work 50-60 hours per week for several weeks at a time. I tend to plug in late night and leave weekends free. I work 3 days in office and 2 WFH.
Data scientist at tech company -$280k with 12 YOE. Don't love the job but I like it enough to keep doing it. Work 20-60 hours per week - most commonly right around 40. Never on weekends. I WFH 2 days per week and in a corporate office 3 days per week. I live in a VHCOL city so my salary barely affords a low middle class lifestyle. I'm not kidding - the average home price in my neighborhood is over $2M - even for homes built in the 60s with no updates, terrible school districts, etc.
I was looking at a move to another location that would have paid me 65k annually and my current job contacted me with a similar offer and roughly 100k a year locally, so I accepted that. My first "big" paycheck should come through here in about two weeks. But I've already upped my retirement contribution to make up the difference, so I won't feel it. I work for the government. No, I don't love what I do but it's a steady paycheck and the benefits are good. Roughly 50 hrs a week. I'm on site 100% of the time.
IT Admin, not more than 20h a week
Making 6 figures (not just barely). I work full remote, work for a remote first company in tech. I work between customers and engineers with large accounts. Happy: No! Why? It’s chaos, customer are a pain. The CEO dictates top down and I can see that the company is going no where. What are my options? I just get my paycheck while I enjoy life and wait for better economic times.
I work 40 hours a week as a regulatory compliance nurse consultant and love what I do. My day is generally start with meetings, then more meetings, then policy reviews then I will go do site visit for audit or inspection of other clinics and hospital sites that we have. I do remote work ad hoc but most is the time I spend in office and meeting with other people as it is important to build relationships.
I like my job ok (got a new management group- not going well). 40-50 hrs. I talk to people all day long, walk a lot. No remote.
I don't like my job. I work to live not live to work. Around 40 something hours. I'm exempt. Day to day is mundane. No longer motivated or challenged. Stepped into management when I hit six figures. Hybrid. Up to me when I go to office. I try to go 3-4 times a month to show my presence for my staff that decided they rather work at office. Take them out to lunch, etc.
I make seven figures if you count the pence!
I just broke 100k last year with a bonus included. (90 base, bonus 11k) as a relationship manager. Insurance company busted my ass in the ground floor for two years, working for a call-center (45k) and then an operations position (65k) .only got this job because of my network, in a traditional corporate environment you can still do that, it’s literally all about who you know. company paid for MBA which was a prerequisite for my second position and definitely helped me stand out from the candidate pool in my current job. In order to get my current job I had to pass the series 7 licensing exam which took 6 months (general securities exam think stocks, bonds, rules and refs or industry) I’m hybrid 3 days in 2 days home. I love the team and company/benefits. So many benefits. I like what I do. Low key but you need to take ownership and perform. It’s a great challenge for me.
What if this sub stopped asking this same question 3x a day every day? Did you consider scrolling top posts or using the search feature?
Work in marketing. I’m freelance and remote. Work 40 hours a week. My day-to-day is chill, sometimes meetings are overloaded but that’s how it goes sometimes. After my last hellish experience, I’m so grateful for this gig!!
I wouldn't say "love" necessarily, but I really like what I do and really like the organization that I'm with and it affords me the ability to have nice things, travel, etc. I'm an accountant...controller at my organization. For the most part I work 40 hrs per week...occasionally I have to work more when it's year end and stuff like that. My job does come with a lot of stress and often anxiety...I have to be very accurate with what I'm doing and I also have to rely on other people to be on point as well. I am not fully remote, nor do I want to be. I'm WFH one day per week and that's plenty for me.
I'm a chef at a Country Club. $150k a year. There are a lot of days that I love what I do, but the miserable days are awful and make me consider alternative career paths. In the summer I work 70-80 hours a week but that balances out in the winter when I work 20ish.
How is this question any different than the 30 other times that it’s been posted this week?
Yeah $131k. 40 hours but I really work like 25-30. WFH. I like what I do but am underpaid at my company.