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Originally Posted by KateL
Hey thanks for Mackman's post and the wisdom that follows. I am a college grad, (4 year university, not community college) and I can verify that getting any kind of job is darned near impossible to get. I have been making about $7.75 part time recently, and considering myself "lucky" to have any kind of job. Just to clear 20K would be great in the first year. The truth is still you get out what you put into it.
I just want to point out that in the field I studied (technical writing and editing), 70 hour weeks are also (often) required. Usually you are salaried, so they can work you as long as you want, no OT. The average office worker works long hours, weekends, holidays as well. I think that looking at what grass is greener on which side gets you into constant conflict with your perceptions. Basic principal applies. If you don't like the work, look for something else.
I was in that same boat when I graduated in 2006 (BS in psychology).
Oh, and Hobo, I do often log between 65 and 70 hours a week (this past week was 68 hours and some change).
The way I've looked at it, they don't pay me to drive the truck. They pay me to inspect it and the trailers I pull, fuel the beast and put DEF in it, unload the freight, sit on my butt at slow vendors who take forever to load our stuff, and stay away from home for 5-6 days at a time. The driving is the fun part of it, especially out in the country.