I have no bumped my head, but do you know the PIA that job is?
No. You dont.
I do.
I have worked it, i have worked those 80 hour week, I have the physical repercussions of it.
And if you think that every single employ makes 85K then YOU have bumped your head.
Most people work 40 hours.. and make 45-50K a year. To me, that doesnt sound unreasonable. Its a comfortable living for someone who maybe doesnt have an education.
Then there are the people who chose to work those 80 hours a week all year round. Those are rare people. They are the people who are take every last bit of overtime that is offered any time.
These are also the people who are living outside of their means, bought 200K houses, 4 cars boats.. whatever..
When i started working at GM, one of the first things the UAW rep told us was DO NOT abuse the money you can possibly make here, you can count on 40 hours a week, but beyond that, OT may not always be there.
Plenty of people ignored that.
Dont be naive, and assume you know what you are talking about, in a situation you know NOTHING about.