Do I Leave Or Stay? Advice Needed From The Wiser :)

[Lolly123]

I work a high stress sales job. It took many years to learn how to handle it. When finally a very successful person in my company said he did this:

1. He found himself working a ton
2. He reviewed his days and found ways to reduce the number of hours he works by being more effective.
3. He stopped taking work related phone calls after hours (unless it was a number he recognized, or was critical issue)
4. He moved closer to work, this resulted in less commute time.

I think it may be case of learning how to handle it and trying to be positive even if you don't particularly feel positive, they say a bad frame of mind breeds bad experiences, so I'm going to try and be upbeat whilst I work out what to do.

 

[phoenixgsd]

Work to live not live to work is my motto

mine too, i used to work long hours like yourself and then i had a stroke, im only 40, you can work yourself into the ground you know, no point making loads of money if the only thing you spend it on is microwave meals

That is awful, I'm so sorry to hear that, are you still recovering from it, I suppose this will always have a long term affect, if not physically, mentally as well?

im fine now thanks just a bit forgetfull at times i have dropped some hours but am finding myself looking for other jobs to do

 

[Bugdozer]

This is possibly only accurate if you're in the UK, which I don't know.
60 hours a week is a hell of a lot. First question: is it written in your contract that you have to do so many hours? If it's not, they can't force you, unless you keep doing it without complaint and then they can claim it's an implied term. If you're working above your contracted hours for more than a two week period they are obliged to give you compensatory time off under EU working regulations. It's not a matter of whether they want to or not - it's the law in the UK.
Second question: is your work environment or hours detrimental to your health? This gives you a tremendously strong card to play if you want to make changes to your work hours or conditions. Because if you end up with a big problem that renders you unable to work, you can sue their asses off. Most employers don't want that. Again, look into the legislation surrounding this issue.

 

[Nik00117]

Here are solutions I found

1. I no longer clean my office, I pay a lady to do this for me.
2. I do not go pick up mail/mail stuff off. I pay a kid $10 to go do this for me.
3. I don't even do my own paperwork, I have a lady come in 5 times a week for 3 hrs a day to process my paperwork. I audit 25% of her work. She's been employed for the last 3 yrs with me never once made a serious error. I only get involved with paperwork when she's having an issue, something's not adding up, or client problem.
4. I no longer prep my products, I pay a guy to do that for me.

Those 4 steps on a daily basis has saved me 5~ hrs a day. That's 30~ hrs in a work week. So I take half of those hours off, and work the other half. My income has gone up a lot since I stopped doing all the little crap.

My Senior VP was impressed with my little army of minions. BTW it took some time to get the right kind of people.