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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not thinking that work can only be done in the office and I said that one solution is that her husband can work at home to make up the time.  To the PP who said that it is about eager beavers.  It sometimes isn't.  If there is 100 hours of work a week to be done by two people, then why isn't it reasonable for each person to be expected to do 50 hours regardless of their other obligations?  I don't know what fields you all work in, but I have had professional jobs in several related fields and none of them have had a strict 40 hour a week limit.  There is always bleed over work when you are a professional who earns a salary and doesn't get paid by the hour.  My problem with the OP is that she seems to think that the problem in the workforce is men with SAHWs who have children.  The problem is much bigger than that, especially since many people in the work don't have spouses or children.  I do think that we work too much in this country.  However, if you take a job that has X about of responsibility, you have to be prepared to do X amount of work.  Your other choices are your choices.  [/quote]

I work in IT. I worked for 10 years at a place where it was 37.5 hours a week minimum, and I'd rarely work more than 50 hours. At this job, it's 40 hours minimum and again, rarely more than 50 hours.

The downside? I make just under six figures, and have to live in the hinterlands, keeping you DCUMers safe from the Visiginian and Fredneck heathens. But I do make enough to have a giant inflatable Santa in my front yard. Yee-haw!

OTOH, I work in the hinterlands too and probably won't need to go further in than Tysons/Rockville for the rest of my career.

Again, study after study has shown productivity slumps off after 7-8 hours of working a day. Hopefully you're making really good money, because if you're making $70-$120k a year, your work is taking advantage of you. [/quote]

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