Transcript
A (0:00)
This is the Jocko Underground podcast number 197, sitting here with Echo Charles. We have received some questions from you all and we will provide some guidance, some recommendations, maybe in some cases some answers and at a minimum, some courses of action you can take to overcome the challenges we face in life. You good with that?
B (0:24)
I'm good with that and that's very well said. Thank you for that. Okay, first question from the Interwebs. I'm currently a sergeant at a sheriff's office in the northeast. I've been at my current department for around 10 years, but I'm thinking of transferring to another department that is closer to my home. My current department is around a 45 minute drive from my house. The department I am looking to transfer to is only five minutes away and it has a better schedule. 4 on, 4 off, 4 on, 3 off. Compared to the current department that I'm at. 5 on, 2 off. If I transfer I will be making the same amount of money I'm currently making. I would have to start over on the road as a regular deputy, although the department I'm at currently is smaller and I still have to answer calls as a sergeant because of the limited staffing. I feel like making the switch would be a better. Would be better just for the schedule alone as I have a family and I would have more time with my kids. Of course I will lose my sergeant title and I'm struggling to decide what choice I should make. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for all you do. I'm a die hard listener from day one and I hope to make it to a muster someday. Cool.
A (1:37)
Yeah. Let me just tell you my biases in this, in this situation because I think they make it a really obvious answer for me. Number one, I don't like commuting. Like you start Talking about a 45 minute drive, that's an hour and a half a day that's gone. So I don't like commuting at all. I don't mind spending time in the field. So having to go out and do the work as it going back to being a deputy. Cool. Like regular deputy get some titles don't mean very much to me if anything. So like hey, I get no joy out of being a sergeant or deputy or captain or a lieutenant, it just doesn't matter to me. And your kids are going to grow up quick and you take an hour and a half a day, right? And that's what how many, you know, that's hours and hours a week that you're not seeing Them. So with those biases, I hate to say it because normally, you know, I, you know, I'm a little bit cautious, but my biases is pretty easy answer for me. I would change apartments, I would work close to home, I'd spend more time with my family, I'd enjoy a better schedule, I would bust my ass, I would get promoted, you know, very quickly because I would be so focused when I'm on the job. The schedules better. Four on, four off and then four on three off. Like that's a four day weekends, you know. And I get it, man, you're working hard when you're out there, but still you got three day weekends and four day weekends as opposed to two day. Like this is a total no brainer to me. Especially you're making the same amount of money. Like this is a total no brainer to me. That's it, that's what I got. I mean, it's straightforward to me. I don't even see. I can't even come up with negatives.