Reply #77: We send you our deepest regrets for that killer schedule. [View All]

[Radio_Lady]

Husband is an electrical engineer who retrained as a software analyst, but now retired. The technology downturn hit Portland, OR in August 2001. The company he was working for was egghead.com, and they went bankrupt, taking our medical insurance with it. (The company, out of Menlo Park, CA, was SELF INSURED -- which means no COBRA was available or anything else!) He had to retire when that job went away just to get on Medicare.

However, I don't remember his jobs EVER having to work 80 hours. There were days and weeks when there was some overtime, and he did travel 75% when he held managerial jobs at technology companies. That was bad enough -- not as much time for family as we would have liked.

Staggering figure. 80 hour work weeks. My son is in food service with a major chain. He works more than anyone I've ever seen -- pretty much every holiday. But he's 38 years old and will be able to do it for a time, I hope.