A person was mentioning today that for the most part his job requires him to work on average 12 to 16 hour days. When it comes to sleep, everyone was wondering how he could survive doing it for so long and he mentioned that you just get used to not needing sleep eventually. Afterwards, he threw in a comment about how the overtime he gets paid really makes it worth at the end and motivates him to do so.

On one end if you are really passionate about what you do then it doesn’t really matter how many hours you put in as I’m sure it doesn’t really feel like work to you. On the other hand, going through gruesome hours like that solely for money is something that I personally avoid.

I always found that if you are over working yourself in that way mainly for money then it is time to find a way to leverage yourself. A trade off between your health and money doesn’t exactly seem like a good long-term choice.

I know this person who recently mentioned that he got about 20/hr plus bonuses in doing a job and was pretty happy about as it was a pretty decent pay for the type of work he did that doesn’t necessarily require any kind of degree to do. The interesting thing too was that people kept trying to tell him that wasn’t really true.

For example, most working days for people are about 8 hours a day. Since he is in a management position this means he is responsible for an important aspect of the business and as a result he often works off the clock to get things done. This is usually in the extreme such as working 12 hour days and only getting paid for 8 of it. After the numbers were crunched, it turned out that it was more like he earned $12 to $14 an hour even with his bonus.

Aside from the fact that you may be doing it simply because you enjoy it, you should always fully understand what you truly make to better understand if you are truly getting what you are worth.