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Ok, everybody hears about the good side of the engineers job,k but at the same time, it's still a job. Jobs are funny in th way they can take things one normally enjoys doing and makes it decidedly less fun, because it becomes no longer your choice, rather it is your responsibility. I read about the "gravy" stories, where,..due to scheduling an engineer might get lucky and get in his entire work week in 3 and a fraction days, then has the rest of the week "off" for his week end,...but under normal conditions, how secure is that time off? How secure are your normal weekends off? Can you (barring an emergency like a train wreck or other "masters ox is in the ditch" type company emergencies etc) COUNT ON the days off you were told you'd have off, or are you always just "one phonecall away" from having to trash whatever plans you may have made? And if so, does that happen rarely/frequently? And are you in big trouble if you can't answer the bell? A possible scenario that cues my interest, suppose you were expecting Friday and saturday off. A friend is getting married and you are planning to tie one on at his reception Friday night. So, after putting in your day thursday, you go home sleep your 8 hours, spend the day at the wedding, and that night you have a healthy glow going by 10 PM. How safe can you feel you're not going to get "the call" forcing you into work, and if you did, how long would you typically have before the railroad could rightly expect to have you report brighteyed and bushy tailed?
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