Originally Posted by Mad_Hatter
Originally Posted by supton
No thanks--pay not good enough for the work involved (going by what I assume, and what is related here about it).
I've held good paying salaried white collar jobs most of my adult life, at least since my 30's. One particular job I had for a multinational company doing consulting work involved extensive travel overseas to the Asia - Pacific region. At one point during the nearly 10yrs i spent with them i was out of the country (US) more than i was in it. I was literally renting a condo for my cat (was single at the time). I had a Chinese girlfriend in China and a Taiwanese gf in Taiwan.. and closer relationship's with my Asian clients than my HS buddies back home. I got tired of it all.. the pay, the benes and traveling experience just wasn't worth it. I had no life outside of work essentially. I quit that job and changed careers and started a family. I've never quite made what i was making doing the traveling consulting work but I'm much more happier and have 2 great kids now.. something i never would have done/had, had i continued on doing that.
Needless to say, I know managing a fast food restaurant is not for everyone and may be right for the right person, but $100k isn't nearly enough to get me to do it.
Yep, not for me.
I could see doing what you did, way back when I was younger, to build experience and perhaps have a bit of "fun". But eventually I'd want to cut back to a normal 40 hour per week job. Heck as I get older I wouldn't mind working even less, now that I have a nice house and the kids are nearly grown up, it'd be nice to be home a bit more.
Maybe someone doing this job could do it for a year or two, save their money, bail when they can. Or stick with it if they like it.