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I have this theory about the married guys with which I work. See, I have a good work ethic I think. I do my 8 hours or whatever, and if nothing special is going on I do my 8 and I leave. But, when it's needed, like we have special projects or something, I totally stay and put in whatever hours are necessary to get the job done. I've done more 12-hours days since becoming a salaried employee than I ever thought I would. Lately, because J's out of town, I've been keeping some longer hours for the heck of it because I have lots of stuff to finish before I leave the company. For example, I came in yesterday at 7:30 and left around 5:30. No big. But I do that only when necessary or when J's out of town. My co-workers, they seem to stay at work all the time. My boss got in 1/2 an hour after I did and left only about 15 minutes before I did. I would have left before him but I was on a really long support call. Most often he gets in before me, and stays longer than me. Same with my co-worker. It almost makes me feel bad. And this isn't like my schedule, where it's special stuff only. This is more often than not, when nothing special's going on. I see PC Guy just surfing the net sometime.
So my theory is this: married dudes (or maybe it's dudes with children in particular) don't get a lot of "alone" time at home. No time for just relaxing and indulging in their hobbies like playing on the computer or anything, so their time at work, even though it's work, is their escape from home, and they prolong that time. They hang out at work. It's time that they're not watching the kids, or having to do some housework or yardwork or something. It's their only "me" time. Sad.
What's also sad is my inability to land a job. I applied for a job with this great-looking company, a small software developer, and they called me the next business day and talked to me a little. It was the HR person. She said she'd pass my resume on to the hiring manager, and shortly thereafter called me again and said they weren't going to pursue anything with me because the other candidates had experience actually working in a software development environment. Sucks. And the job was essentially a desktop support job, not even a net admin job like I've been looking for. I can't even qualify for a desktop support job!! What the hell?! I'm definitely feeling a little less than positive about my skillset and my options. I leave for Boston on a permanent basis in less than two weeks, and I have no job. I'm not psyched about it. I hope J was serious when she said she could support us for a bit, because we're gonna need it. Thank goodness I have a tax refund coming. I'm about to do some frugal living.
So my theory is this: married dudes (or maybe it's dudes with children in particular) don't get a lot of "alone" time at home. No time for just relaxing and indulging in their hobbies like playing on the computer or anything, so their time at work, even though it's work, is their escape from home, and they prolong that time. They hang out at work. It's time that they're not watching the kids, or having to do some housework or yardwork or something. It's their only "me" time. Sad.
What's also sad is my inability to land a job. I applied for a job with this great-looking company, a small software developer, and they called me the next business day and talked to me a little. It was the HR person. She said she'd pass my resume on to the hiring manager, and shortly thereafter called me again and said they weren't going to pursue anything with me because the other candidates had experience actually working in a software development environment. Sucks. And the job was essentially a desktop support job, not even a net admin job like I've been looking for. I can't even qualify for a desktop support job!! What the hell?! I'm definitely feeling a little less than positive about my skillset and my options. I leave for Boston on a permanent basis in less than two weeks, and I have no job. I'm not psyched about it. I hope J was serious when she said she could support us for a bit, because we're gonna need it. Thank goodness I have a tax refund coming. I'm about to do some frugal living.