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My heart just bleeds for them. They "work" 6-8 months out of the year and make millions of dollars doing it. They play 16 games a year and half of those games are at home... Family is not an excuse. This is a business.
I think I'm going to tell my boss I need to be with my family for for a few months. I'm sure he would understand : )
Bottom line is that the team leader should be here especially after coming off a mediocre season for himself and the team.
Wrong on so many levels.
1) They work year-round. Intensive offseason training is mandatory, for most, if you want to stick around in the league.
2) why does it matter that half of those games are at home? I'm willing to bet that a lot more than 50% of your work is at 'home' (aka in the state that you live in).
3) Their work is a lot more than showing up for 16 games per year. There's this thing called practice that they show up for too.
4) Rather than being jealous, maybe you should develop a rare and marketable skill like they have.
7) Don't analogize your relationship with your boss to Brady's/Warren's with Belichick. Your boss doesn't respect you even 1% that much, but if he did, you'd probably have generated some trust there. Enough that if you wanted to take some time out of voluntary activities for your family, he'd be okay with it.