61:14 - 61:25
"if I was going to be all in on something, I'd want to be compensated for being all in on something, not just part-time."
“if I was going to be all in on something, I'd want to be compensated for being all in on something, not just part-time.”
- Speaker
- Unidentified speaker
- Timestamp
- 61:14 – 61:25
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- North Pole
- Captured at
- September 21, 2026
From the transcript
And I said, well, no, I'd want to be retired when I did it. But the thing is, if I retire, you know, I kind of want to be all in with it, you know. I don't want to be part-time and then with the amount of hours, I think my time is worth more than whatever the salary is going to be. And I understand you want to do stuff for the community and everything else, but you know, as you're getting up in age, time's important to you, you know, family time, monetarily. So You know, if I was going to be all in on something, I'd want to be compensated for being all in on something, not just part-time.
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