complaining about work

[keziak]

How do you feel about the long hours you put into your online sales business? My husband the lawyer works long hours and is paid like a prince. But all week it's nonstop complaining about the hours, and God help you if you ask him to do anything but rest & recreate on weekends. 

Since I work early mornings, evenings, and all weekend I rack up the hours, too. But since covid destroyed my inventory sources and I had to change my whole business plan, I am SO grateful to have work at all. Not to mention the millions of people who have no jobs and the rest struggling to make it on low income. 

Climbing down off the soapbox now.

[southern*sweet*tea]

Try being a small farmer. You don't get paid diddly doo to begin with, and if the weather doesn't cooperate you're in the hole until the next year, when hopefully you can dig your way (literally and figuratively) back out of the hole.  I'm just thankful I have a way to make some cash online. It covers my costs, so at least if I lose all my crops I'm not in the hole cash wise.

[bonjourami]

I think everybody complains about their work..no matter what their job is.

[titipeo]

I'm thankful that my spouse and I are both working and have been able to stay afloat considering all this. The economy has suffered a lot and many are affected, business close, others without work, and the government handing out free cheese to everyone. Sure, we are getting another round of money, but in reality, how much will that do? It will only last for so long.

It's best to have a job now and not be in competition with all the other job seekers out there. I feel that salaries will stagnate for some time, since companies will have a surplus of applicants for their vacancies that will be willing to do anything at whatever cost. 

Good luck to all. 

[1grandmashope_1]

Just like a child, he feels the safest to complain to you.

Hold him close, 

Grandma 

[frodobagginskennedy]

 I used to be a go getter in my real life job as a District Manager.  Was basically on duty 24/7 and loved every second of it.  Then my boss who I was a lot like passed away at the age of 52.  Died of a heart attack.  His life was work, work and oh did I mention work?  It suddenly hit me.  There is MORE to life and I had no life work balance.  Around the same time I had my 5th spine surgery.  The stars aligned a certain way and I was able to retire.  

This was all around 2007/2008 when the market was tanking and E bay was taking a turn as well with all of the "improvements" and changes.  I hung on until 2010 then had enough of e bay as well.  Took off for 2 years and really focused on what mattered to me in the big scheme of life.

I came back in 2012 with a completely different attitude toward e bay.  I was no longer going to kill myself chasing the top rated carrot.  Decided to do what was best for me overall.  Turns out with my relaxed attitude things didn't seem as bad.  I still hit Top rated at times but no longer really care if I do or not.  As long as the customer is happy and I am making a profit that is all that matters.  2019/2020 was tough as my Dad took ill and was bedridden until he recently passed.  E bay took a bigger step toward the back seat during this time.  Things are looker better with more focus on listing my backlog.

All in all you just need to keep the big picture in focus.  Work hard but play harder!!

[releasethekraken_1]

I'm retiring from my full-time job in a month. I'm not going to complain about anything. Except the weather. Original forecast for yesterday was temps in the 50's; we got a high of 42, 40mph wind gusts, and snow showers.

[ronsam-197]

You know what they say about farming. Land rich and cash poor.

But having grown up part of a farming community I know most wouldn't live any other way.

[ronsam-197]

I don't actually have a "life". All I do is work, babysit, sleep (some) and do ebay.

But it keeps me out of (most) trouble and off the streets.

[tutwa-20]

What, for ebay, I put in a few hours a day lol

[southern*sweet*tea]

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@ronsam-197 wrote:

You know what they say about farming. Land rich and cash poor.

But having grown up part of a farming community I know most wouldn't live any other way.

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You got that right! I wouldn't trade it for the world 😊

[jayjaspersgarage]

"You know what they say about farming. Land rich and cash poor.

But having grown up part of a farming community I know most wouldn't live any other way."

What's up with dairy subsidies?  I don't know about in the depression era 1930's.  Farming subsidies probably save this country from starving.  But are they really necessary in 2021?  Seem like dairy farming is a guaranteed stream of taxpayer money even if hundred of thousands of pounds of cheese are produced only to be thrown away at taxpayer expense. 

When I retire I will do the research needed to answer my own curiosity.

[jayjaspersgarage]

So many directions this thread could go.  Lawyers are like Mondays until you need one.  Then they are the life of the Friday night party.

Sad truth about lawyers who can't keep their hours down by choice or because the Firm requires it is that many do not see the important parts of their kids growth.  

The best thing you can do is be sure is that your lawyer husband has at least 2M in life insurance dedicated to you and another million for each child's education.

[southern*sweet*tea]

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@jayjaspersgarage wrote:

"You know what they say about farming. Land rich and cash poor.

But having grown up part of a farming community I know most wouldn't live any other way."

What's up with dairy subsidies?  I don't know about in the depression era 1930's.  Farming subsidies probably save this country from starving.  But are they really necessary in 2021?  Seem like dairy farming is a guaranteed stream of taxpayer money even if hundred of thousands of pounds of cheese are produced only to be thrown away at taxpayer expense. 

When I retire I will do the research needed to answer my own curiosity.

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Oh lordy, don't get me started on some of these subsidies. Corporate ag farming has ruined so much...and they are the ones getting subsidies. The last family dairy in our area went out of business well over a decade ago, they couldn't compete with the big guys.  There is a niche dairy that sellers fresh milk in glass bottles, but they don't deliver it in our area, and I'm not driving an hour to buy milk lol

There is NO MONEY in milk. None.  Right now the price per hundredweight for fluid milk is around $15. If you are a small dairy and all you sell is milk, you're losing money before you get started. The money is in value added products like cheese, yogurt, sour cream, etc.

I'll step away now before I go off on a ten page tangent lol 

Please support a small local farmer 🙂

[iart]

It's a lot of work to keep an ebay business going. Most people think it's all fun & games.

We try to keep rough track of how much we make compared to hours worked. Years ago we made about $30 an hour. Now it's less than $20.

Same work, less cash. Yay for us!

When it matches the minimum wage, we'll retire.