When this GE job came along, David was told travel would be involved, but it would only be about 30% of the time. I knew from the beginning that was WAY underestimated.
There is no way someone can have a territory as large as this one is, and only travel 30% of the time. If you figure 5 days a week and 4 weeks a month, the 30% is 6 days a month- there is no way you could cover 7 states in 6 days.
January, he was gone about 60% of the time.
February, same- about 60%.
Now here we are, halfway through March. David has been home 3 days so far this month. THREE. And they were 2 Saturdays and 1 Sunday.
He's been in Spokane more this month than he's been home. If we lived there, we would've seen him twice as much this month! Maybe moving there could still happen.
Yes, there have been days where he has either been here first thing in the morning or last thing at night, but that's just coming and going between trips.
Being here, actually BEING here, all day, with no plans to leave midmorning for a trip or pulling in from the airport at 9 or 10 at night, has been reduced to about 15% of our lives.
I will be patient; I will be patient; I will be patient....
This is not going to work.
No comments:
Post a Comment