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So why do I keep this job anyway?

I mean, this job doesn't pay very well by Bay Area standards and the benefits are pretty minimal, so why am I still here?

It's the schedule mostly. So let me explain myself.

A "normal" full time job is 9-5 Monday through Friday.

That means you would work:

5 days a week times 52 weeks a year or 260 days

If you get 10 holidays a year off then you work 250 days

If you get 3 weeks of vacation then you work 237 days

365 days in the year less 237 days worked leaves you with 128 days (4.2 months) to yourself.

Now there is my schedule here at my job. I work full time but I work an odd schedule, I work Sunday 8 hours, Monday and Tuesday 12 hours and then every other Wednesday 12 hours. So, I work 3 days one week and 4 days the next week, out of every 14 days I'm off 7.

On this schedule I start out with a base of 182 work days per year.

If I get 10 holidays that would leave 172 work days

I get 3 weeks of vacation so that leaves 159 work days

365 days in the year less 159 days worked leaves me with 206 days (6.7 months) to myself.

206 days less 128 days for the "normal" schedule leaves me with 78 more days off than most people in a year, that is an additional 2 1/2 months a year off!

And that is why I keep this job, my time is way more important to me than money is. :-)

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