Yes, with a minimal investment in a good brush and Merkur razor + blades a couple years ago, I've already saved by going the double-edged way plus the shave is way better.
Only real problem is that I still haven't figured out how to do carry-on only and keep blades on me.
I've only ever had one TSA agent realize that I didn't have a cartridge razor in my dopp and confiscate my blades. Since that happened (but before I became an enormous beardo), I've brought only the bare minimum blades needed for my trips packed edge on to the x-ray scanner and left the butterfly in my shave kit but opened to show it was empty.
I imagine a safer and less obstreperous way might be to just buy an injector razor for when you travel.
You have a beard, and you carry DE blades on board, detailing how you hide them from TSA scanners on a public forum? Had any "longer chats" with TSA in an airport windowless room yet?
I usually disassemble my Merkur before it's in my toiletry, but have a spare blade or two in wax paper floating around-- it doesn't seem to attract attention if it's not inside the razor assembly...
The leadership was able to increase their compensation 42% over the course of a year last year so, if that's what their focus is for this year, then maybe they are by cutting these folks, reducing costs, etc for whatever metrics get them more cash.
mpdehaan2 didn't use the word passion but caring too much. I've found myself in a similar situation. I didn't care about the company or work at all but, within the realm of job, I still wanted to excel at it. When you're forced to be somewhere 8 hours a day, you tend to want to make that time matter. Otherwise, what's the point. I've been through the exact same cycle and it sucks. It's worth it as a learning process though. Finding what the right balance for you, what works, what doesn't.
10 - 12 hours a day is pretty typical in the entertainment business. Most tv shows do 12s for an entire year, movies about the same for less, and VFX workers during crunch time (which is near permanent for some) 12 is usually the minimum. Plus your weekends are gone.
At least the guys in the Space Program were doing for a far more valuable reason.
Just a guess but the majority of companies in the US still depend on people showing up. Our work culture doesn't change that much (and has gotten worse in terms of some things [pensions, benefits, etc.]) even if it would make far more sense for people to work from home. Also, despite it being 2015, and the richest country in the world, our spread of broadband is pretty limited though growing. I think Google Fiber and similar companies will help alleviate this in the future.
Not everywhere is 'cutting edge', in terms of resources and managerial ideas, so it helps to think outside the SF bubble. I used to have to spend 2.5 hrs in traffic despite working for a 'tech company' just b/c the boss (late thirties) wanted it that way. And there's not much arguing with the person that cuts the check.
I grew up in a not-so-blue area in NC but of the people I knew from school that have gone onto success it's been more through parents retiring and passing down solid local businesses. Most of those who have gone onto 'bigger' things have moved out to areas with more opportunities.
I've heard the same. There's an opposing group to that: writers.
Read any interview with a novelist, screenwriter, short story writer, etc and most will say it's something they hated doing but were glad to get done.
Pushed further though, I've seen good advice in some of those interviews which is to try to learn to enjoy the process, as what happens with the finish product is usually out of their hands. I think that's pretty applicable to a lot of other fields as well.
Only real problem is that I still haven't figured out how to do carry-on only and keep blades on me.