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Originally Posted by yarik83
Typical job out in the boonies involves working like a horse virtually 24/7 about 12-16 hours per day 7 days per week on a 1-2 year contract.
Mathematically $120K seems like a huge number that all of us want to earn. But we want to earn it working 40 hour weeks with benefits, retirement, sick days, holidays, vacation etc.
Working 12-16 hour days for example implies that you work 84-112 hours. On a 2 year contract you would earn say $240K minus taxes so say $160K after taxes or $80K per year clean. Working 7 day weeks for 2 years implies that you earn about $28 per hour before taxes.... wow that is some err... job there. Good money but you are not going to enjoy it. It will be like waking up to a ground hog day day after day after day after day.
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So first you deny that it's possible to get payed that much, then when you realize the opportunity does exist all you can do is knock it. Well, some of us don't mind buckling down for a couple of years. I'm in a middle ground. I average 60-70 hours a week and I miss some holidays, but I have good pay, fantastic benefits (401k, insurance, etc), extremely flexible schedule when we're not in a crunch, and after working for two and half years I've got two cars and I'm shopping for a house. Also, the technical people who work these high demand positions rise more quickly through their companies. You can break down the hourly pay any way you want, but I'd rather work an 80 hour week of my job than than 80 hours between two other jobs that would add up to the pay I'm getting now.