Afternoon all
I work for a large city law firm. I work 09:30 - 21:30. I'm earning £50,000. I'm 25, and if my job gets anymore boring there's a distinct possibility that I'm going to fall into a coma.
Whilst I accept that your job certainly isn't 'Catch me if you can', I think you have perhaps lost touch with reality. The job security might not be as good as it used to be, but you guys get paid pretty well, and thets be honest the hours are pretty good. What do you think happens to us if we don't bill the correct number of hours or there's a partner budget cut?
You might be away from home, but I sometimes work all weekend and might work all night. Eventually I might earn £150,000 - £200,000, but hour for hour captains are earning more. You guys can choose where to work within reason. I'm chained to the city of London (£££).
I'll admit that the training costs are most certainly a ball ache, and combined with job security it is a worry. However the from where I'm sitting at 19:30 with s**t loads of work to complete, the grass not only looks greener, it looks like the Garden of Eden on a very sunny day. Then there's the view, word versus a constantly changing high altitude environment.
I'm not saying you don't have things to whine about, but I do think you need to realise that perhaps things really can be worse. Why did I do it? I made a mistake. I wonder how many pilots get to 25 and think the same? My hunch is not many.
Kind regards
A bored lawyer @ 19:50