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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]sales[/quote]

lollllllll you kid

Source: PP married to the $92K engineer, I work in Sales Ops (so not sales myself, because it is an insane, brutal career)[/quote]

I'm a teacher and DH is in sales and he definitely has better work/life balance than I do. He played golf today. Sure, he has some busy times but he has so much flexibility and since he always makes or exceeds his quota he's not micromanaged at all. He does the majority of our errands and service calls, luckily. I can't even make a phone call during my day. 
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I would agree outside sales does tend to have more flexibility (certainly more than a teacher! or any other job where you're "on"), but I wouldn't call it work/life balance because in sales, you never really can leave the job at work. It sounds like your husband is in a great niche where he's always hitting his goals, but that's not really the norm in sales. Even great sales people often have up years followed by down years, and if you have an awesome year, many companies still raise your quota the next year. It's a pretty unpredictable job. For sure has perks like you mention, but it's not for the faint of heart or someone who wants a job they can leave behind at 5 PM. [/quote]

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