May 14, 2003

Family man

When you work at a place that admires the kind of ambition that causes you to work very long hours, there are always some people in the company that are known as 'family men' (or women) because they normally work normalish hours compared to everyone else, but it is seen as ok because their family's are very important and that takes priority. While I agree with this viewpoint, I think that it is stupid to think of this kind of devotion as an exclusive right of those with children. If I were to avoid working long hours with the excuse that I wanted to spend more time with my wife, it wouldn't make any sense based on these unwritten rules, but when we have kids it would be ok. So, no working on the garden until after something sprouts.

May 14, 2003 06:47 PM