I don’t work anymore but my husband has had the same job for 25 years. He’s happy there. He has a union and a pension. No reason to move up the ladder when that would remove his union status and he’d be no longer leaving work at work. He has no plans to ever get promoted. Raises are appreciated and negotiated by the union. We’re glad he’s able to have that balance and plenty of time to hang out with me and the dog. The only time he’s overly busy is when he chooses to do overtime but he’ll never be mandated to do so due to his seniority.
He asks me all the time if it’s a problem for me that he’s not more ambitious career-wise but I don’t think it’s worth it to trade in your leisure time for money if you can afford to get by without it. We keep our expenses pretty low so there’s no need. If he does overtime to take the load off his coworkers a bit we use that money for savings or paying down debt.
I don’t work anymore but my husband has had the same job for 25 years. He’s happy there. He has a union and a pension. No reason to move up the ladder when that would remove his union status and he’d be no longer leaving work at work. He has no plans to ever get promoted. Raises are appreciated and negotiated by the union. We’re glad he’s able to have that balance and plenty of time to hang out with me and the dog. The only time he’s overly busy is when he chooses to do overtime but he’ll never be mandated to do so due to his seniority.
He asks me all the time if it’s a problem for me that he’s not more ambitious career-wise but I don’t think it’s worth it to trade in your leisure time for money if you can afford to get by without it. We keep our expenses pretty low so there’s no need. If he does overtime to take the load off his coworkers a bit we use that money for savings or paying down debt.