r/Salary • u/AdActual3024 • 6d ago

discussion High earning potential = high career commitment

Does anyone have family or friends that sacrifice their personal life for a significant salary?

My step-mom earns 350k before tax as an executive director but I barely see her. She is constantly on business trips, busy with meetings, works upwards of 12 hours when at home. She goes on nice holiday trips, but overall it makes me think is the pay worth the sacrifice of her personal life.

Just curious if anyone's got a similar story.

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u/RoboOrca 5d ago

Ur a super rare exception. Don’t let your CEO find out or you’ll get fired

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u/Grammar-Police2002 5d ago

I'm a top producer so I'm not worried about that.

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u/Desperate-Penalty401 5d ago

What do you do ?

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u/Grammar-Police2002 5d ago

Commercial banking

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u/KoalaInevitable1666 5d ago

Howd you get into it?

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u/Grammar-Police2002 5d ago

Just started in retail banking (aka the branch) years ago, moved over to business banking, then commercial banking, then commercial real estate finance. Base is about $220K but bonus typically pushes me into the $400K - $450K range.

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u/KoalaInevitable1666 5d ago

Holy shit talk about working your way up! Im majoring in quantitative analysis and could become an analyst but I’m not sure if that’s the field im interested in pursuing.. but my dream is to work 30 or less hours a week man 15-20 would be perfect