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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)
-   Spain (https://britishexpats.com/forum/spain-75/)
-   -   Successfull in Spain. (https://britishexpats.com/forum/spain-75/successfull-spain-503973/)

twyntub Jan 9th 2008 9:18 am
Re: Successfull in Spain.
 
Originally Posted by Mitzyboy (Post 5765422)
Own your own company for 12 years, work 14 hour days, take only two weeks holiday a year, get regularly called out in the middle of the night, miss a lot of your kid growing up, stress yourself to the max ........ its easy ...... as the saying goes the harder you work the luckier you get.
I was starting to get all sympathetic until you mentioned that you managed to have a HOLIDAY! We've not had a holiday for years, although now the business has been going for about 5 years, we now have staff and I'm hopeful for this year :)

lee8 Jan 9th 2008 9:20 am
Re: Successfull in Spain.
 
Originally Posted by Mitzyboy (Post 5765422)
Own your own company for 12 years, work 14 hour days, take only two weeks holiday a year, get regularly called out in the middle of the night, miss a lot of your kid growing up, stress yourself to the max ........ its easy ...... as the saying goes the harder you work the luckier you get.
I think I`ll stick with the 6 hours of work a day, spend the rest of the time with my wife a kid and enjoy the beers at the weekend.

I could die before I retire.

It may not suit everybody, but it`ll do for me.:)

TheArmChairDetective Jan 9th 2008 9:39 am
Re: Successfull in Spain.
 
Originally Posted by Mitzyboy (Post 5765422)
Own your own company for 12 years, work 14 hour days, take only two weeks holiday a year, get regularly called out in the middle of the night, miss a lot of your kid growing up, stress yourself to the max ........ its easy ...... as the saying goes the harder you work the luckier you get.

Hmm, thats where I went wrong.
Worked for someone else for 30 years, worked 16 hours a day, took two weeks holidays a yeat and been called back from one or tweo by work, called out on a rota every other week for 3 years and every other 4 for 7 years, missed most of my kids growing up cos I was away on call, so stressed I aged.
:(

Mitzyboy Jan 9th 2008 9:42 am
Re: Successfull in Spain.
 
Originally Posted by TheArmChairDetective (Post 5765562)
Hmm, thats where I went wrong.
Worked for someone else for 30 years, worked 16 hours a day, took two weeks holidays a yeat and been called back from one or tweo by work, called out on a rota every other week for 3 years and every other 4 for 7 years, missed most of my kids growing up cos I was away on call, so stressed I aged.
:(
Working for people sucks. They hardly ever appreciate you.
Self employment is the way to go ;)

lcortez Jan 9th 2008 11:30 pm
Re: Successfull in Spain.
 
Originally Posted by Mitzyboy (Post 5765583)
Working for people sucks. They hardly ever appreciate you.
Self employment is the way to go ;)
Totally agree:D Would never even entertain the idea of working for someone else,its just as insecure as self employment these days anyway,with no pension,sickpay etc:)


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