Railroad conductor
Posted By: Medtype 10 on 2006-03-03
In Reply to: Spouse's job??? - curious george
My husband is a railroad conduction for the past 38 years... only four years left until retirement. (he also can't wait to get out) It really is a LIFESTYLE job. Has worked on-call, irregular schedules, etc. so being a MT at home is a great option for me, otherwise when I worked FT in an office we could go weeks without seeing each other. $$$ used to be pretty good for awhile, but to really make it you have to give them your life.. 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, no holidays, no weekends off. You really miss out on alot of family life with his type of work, can never make any plans because you never know when you will be called to work. He feels sorry for the NEW GUYS coming in, so many changes, etc. like any other profession and less $$$ too. I'm younger and will try to keep working at MT after that.. if there are still MT jobs around... I'd like to take my work on the road and we would like to travel some when he retires.. anyone else traveled and transcribed? Paying for health insurance will be my biggest concern, have been socking away my own 401K $$$ to go towards that or maybe I'll have to give up my flexibility and find a full-time job with good benefits... who knows? I would love to find some type of business that would involve travel in the future too.
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