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When I was working I spent net 4 to 5 months each year, on the road as part of my job at various standards meetings and such. I always considered it as something that I had chosen to get involved with knowing fully well what I was getting into and I could choose to do something else if I got tired of it. And truth be told, to some extent I did enjoy the travel too. I was of course compensated for transportation, lodging and food for the duration of the trip. I did not get paid any hourly rate. My monthly salary was it. I am not sure how that is any different from any "sacrifices" made by anyone at Amtrak.If it is a sacrifice one is willing to make for whatever reason, is it really a sacrifice at the end of the day? And if it is really a sacrifice, what is exactly forcing one to make it instead of choosing another line of work?I had honestly wondered about this even about my own work situation. I have wondered if anyone working in standards or sales involving considerable amount of travel really considered it to be a sacrifice, and if they did why were they making that, in return for what? And if nothing, why are they such fools to be making it?
When I was working I spent net 4 to 5 months each year, on the road as part of my job at various standards meetings and such. I always considered it as something that I had chosen to get involved with knowing fully well what I was getting into and I could choose to do something else if I got tired of it. And truth be told, to some extent I did enjoy the travel too. I was of course compensated for transportation, lodging and food for the duration of the trip. I did not get paid any hourly rate. My monthly salary was it. I am not sure how that is any different from any "sacrifices" made by anyone at Amtrak.
If it is a sacrifice one is willing to make for whatever reason, is it really a sacrifice at the end of the day? And if it is really a sacrifice, what is exactly forcing one to make it instead of choosing another line of work?
I had honestly wondered about this even about my own work situation. I have wondered if anyone working in standards or sales involving considerable amount of travel really considered it to be a sacrifice, and if they did why were they making that, in return for what? And if nothing, why are they such fools to be making it?
