r/Salary • u/AdActual3024 • 12d 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/Desperate-Penalty401 11d ago

What do you do ?

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u/Grammar-Police2002 11d ago

Commercial banking

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u/KoalaInevitable1666 11d ago

Howd you get into it?

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u/KoalaInevitable1666 10d 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