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Could you take a job that requires 50-60% travel?
Just curious what your opinions are.
What if you've been out of work for over a year?
I'd rather be rock climbing or playing volleyball
Re: Could you take a job that requires 50-60% travel?
I wouldn't, but it's really a personal thing for me. After watching others in my office have to fly out at the last minute, all hours of the day, I decided a few years ago that it was not for me. I don't want to be away from home, I pretty much hate staying in hotel rooms for more than a night (unless it's an awesome vacation), and I don't want to be with coworkers that much in confined spaces (this might read weird, but I'm thinking of our line of business specifically that requires lots driving between places).
If the travel was flying to one other city and being in an office all day, I might be ok with some travel.
My husband travels 50-75% of the time... for right now it's great! We don't have 2 legged children yet so I told him to take it. I think my opinion would change if we did have kids (pets are hard enough!).
My parents both travel a ton for work so I'm used it also.... It's an adjustment in a lot of ways but it's doable.
Yes.
DH's job is 50% travel but he really doesn't travel that much. I think they said it as worst case scenario.
I suspect this is a real 50-60%.
I wouldn't. When I worked in logistics I traveled quite a bit, and H travels a bit as well. Sometimes I would be flying home as he was flying out. It was terrible. The only thing I would look forward to were the hours I spent on the plane that were phone call free, and could rest-it was pathetic. The partners expected me to fly home via the red eye and take a cab straight to the office to work another 12 hour day. It is stressing me out just thinking about it!
That being said I really did not like my job overall. Maybe if it was a job that I loved I would have felt differently. Is the job you are being offered an amazing job?
I haven't been made an offer yet; I have to decide whether I want to continue to pursue at this point given this new information. The job is OK and would pay really well, but I wouldn't love it. At this point in my life I highly doubt I'll ever find a job I love though.
I love the airmiles/ hotel points which we receive. Some companies are stringent about using the miles/points for company use and others let you have them. My DH has a good travel schedule-- he's usually given a travel day so he doesn't have to be at the client the same day he travels. My dad travels and goes straight to the client.
I don't know what type of jobs you are looking at but my husband's company has openings all the time.
I wouldn't at this point in my life (baby making years), but if it were 5 years earlier or 5 years later I probably would, especially being out of work for a year. Plus I love to travel in general. Do you have to sign a contract? If not, what do you have to lose unless you have another offer on the table? I guess it also depends on the type of travel. If it's driving around NE vs. trips to Europe that would make the decision a bit easier for me. Also, depends on the demand your employer would have. Do they expect you to travel over the weekend and be back in the office come Monday? The travel option opens up a whole can of worms.
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I would absolutely love getting to travel. I think it would depend on whether it was domestic or international travel, I'd love to travel to other countries. However, as much as I'd love this, we're TTC and that's not the best time to have a job that takes you away from home! Like pp- if I were 5 years younger, I'd probably take it.
This. If it was a differnet point in my life I would definitely go for it, but now, not at this point.
Good point about going to some great places. DH's work travel allowed us to go to Vegas and San Fransisco. Now he spends all of his time traveling to bases, but next year he is going to Hawaii and I hope to go with him then too. He is also tentatively scheduled for Tehran and Dubai but I am not sure if I can go.
Oh I wish my husband went to cool places! Some are great (Santa Barbara, New Orleans, South Carolina)... and some are Appalachia West Virginia/Kentucky-- no where to eat except KFC & McDonalds. He has good stories though when he comes home from those places!
I wouldn't take a job that required more than 25% travel and I LOVE to travel. I wouldn't want to be away from H and our two cats that frequently. We've both done the traveling for work thing and are at the point where we just want to plant some roots. If you're worried you might not love it, it's probably not a good idea to take it. Traveling that often wears you out, and you'll find you miss out on a lot of fun things at home, too. Plus since you're going for work, it's not like you get to relax and really enjoy the parts of the country/world you'd be seeing.
I will say that a single friend of mine traveled something like 75% for her job and she LOVED it. She traveled all over the United States and Canada, met tons of people, and racked up the frequent flyer miles. She's rare in that she does get to enjoy the parts of the country she sees because she is a night owl and can get by on 2 - 3 hours of sleep. She's still in the party stage, so she makes sure she gets the most out of it. I, on the other hand, would be asleep in my bed at midnight so it would not work quite that way for me.