Hi Greg,

On 18-May-04, Greg Mayman wrote to George White:

 GW>> A friend of mine has started saying he's working 25/8  :-)

 GM> The pay must be pretty good 

I don't know about the pay, but he's chief executive of a small
building society. He does get home to socialise and sleep and see his
family, but I suspect his work time is pretty full (and extends into
the evening too).

 GM> A few years ago, news reports revealed that there were doctors
 GM> working as consultants at one of our hospitals who were collecting
 GM> more than 168 hours pay a week, and still had time for their
 GM> private practices, golf sessions, and I guess some home life.

 GM> The secret was that they were paid for 2 hours each time they saw
 GM> a patient, and an hour or so around the recovery ward of the
 GM> hospital might allow then to see a dozen or more patients....

 GM> "How is this patient progressing? Alright? Keep up the treatment
 GM> for a couple more days. Now, who's next?"

I heard of one guy who booked 169 hours one week. When the accountant
queried it he pointed out it was the summertime changeover week
(autumn). He was working on a priority project where they were paid
for all time on site, sleeping facilities were provided, and he hadn't
been home at all...

George

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