Are most of you work normal 40 hours a week here?

[DaWhim]

I work a few months a year, precisely 3-4 months as a consultant. the rest of the time, I just go off to some 3rd world countries.

last 2 months were very busy, I probably worked 60 hours+ a week and 6-7 days a week. I should get out of work by the end of this month. with 3 more weeks remaining, I was told not to work too much so only doing 40 hours a week.

now i am doing 10-6 (suppose to be 9-5, but i told my manager i really prefer to get off at 6 and then off to the gym when there will be less people).

it is just so boring working normal hours.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

9-5 is easy. I was doing 6am to 8pm for a few weeks in January and February. Coming from that, normal working hours are a breeze.

 

[darkxshade]

I get paid for 40 hrs/week... I nef 30 of them

 

[TraumaRN]

3 x 12 hour shifts each week. My schedule repeats every two weeks and I work 11am to 11pm.

 

[DaWhim]

9-5 is easy. I was doing 6am to 8pm for a few weeks in January and February. Coming from that, normal working hours are a breeze.

during busy time, my team hour is 8-6 or later. I usually get off at 7 for gym.

 

[Bignate603]

I typically work around 45 hours. The class I'm taking adds another 10 - 15 on top of that.

 

[Rifter]

I work a wierd shift.

I work 7PM to 7AM Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, And every other wednesday.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

My weekly hours are somewhat irregular. My day runs at a minimum from 0730 to 1730, but I often have late nights where I don't finish until 2000 or 2100.

Today I clocked in at 0600 and clocked out at 2200.

Generally my weekly hours total between 50 and 65. I get OT after 40, though. ~30 hrs of OT every paycheck is pretty nice, but anything more than that and I'm usually wishing I could have more of my personal life back.

 

[mcveigh]

8p-6a mon, tue, thurs, fri.
plus sometimes 7a-5p on thurs also.
plus 6-10hrs a week whenever I can get to my other job to score studies and do reports sleep studies.

I need to cut this crap out.

 

[Baked]

I will die before I'm 40, I just know it. I sleep 6 hours a night, the rest of the time, I'm at work, 7 days a week. I've been doing this for the past 2 years straight.

 

[brainhulk]

i work 10pm-8am. m-f one week, then tu-thu the following week. I'll pick up an extra day or two if I feel like it and I don't have plans.

 

[zerocool84]

Most of my life I worked crazy retail hours so now I'm glad I work normal hours and get holidays and weekends off.

 

[KingstonU]

12-16 hour shifts (average) for 35-56 days straight, followed by 14-21 days off straight. Repeat. Won't be able to do it forever though.

 

[brainhulk]

12-16 hour shifts (average) for 35-56 days straight, followed by 14-21 days off straight. Repeat. Won't be able to do it forever though.

that's crazy. I did that for a little while in college working two jobs, I would literally sit down on the couch after work and fall asleep within 10 seconds

 

[Harrod]

I do 12:00 pm to 10:30 pm, 4 days a week and also when someone is out I cover for them.

Now college on the other hand, I'm not sure how I made it though that without dying, I worked overnights at Walmart, and would go to college in the morning after getting off of work.

 

[amish]

12-16 hour shifts (average) for 35-56 days straight, followed by 14-21 days off straight. Repeat. Won't be able to do it forever though.

if you don't mind me asking, what do you do?

 

[Soccerman06]

I dont think Ive worked a 40 in the last 6 months Im lucky to get under 50 a week right now and Im looking at the possibility of 70s in a few months. I havent had a saturday off except holidays since thanksgiving.

 

[AreaCode707]

Last night I worked til 2am, and my ex-boss (I transferred teams) called me at 5:30am this morning. From there I went to a client site, then worked in the airport, worked on the plane, came home and worked and now am taking 15 mins to nef before bed.

So... no.

 

[amish]

at what point are we as a society going to say enough is enough? it sounds like everybody just works long hours in addition to the expectation that we are to be connected 24/7.

 

[AreaCode707]

at what point are we as a society going to say enough is enough? it sounds like everybody just works long hours in addition to the expectation that we are to be connected 24/7.

In my case, I decided I was willing to do the insane corporate life for about ten years to achieve other goals, and it's been hard but worth it. I have no intention of working til 60 or 65 - I'm putting in my time all upfront, getting compensated for it appropriately, and then I'm calling it quits.

 

[TridenT]

0 hour work weeks.

The pay is ok.

I don't see the reason why people here work over 50 hours a week unless they love their job. In which case, I don't really see it as much as work. I'm guessing in the case where they don't love their job that they don't have anything significantly better to do with their time.

 

[walkur]

My contract is for 37.75 hours.
My employer uses flexible hours which mean I can work 2-3 hours less on one day and compensate it on another day, this system also extends to months (max 20 hrs range)

I would be able to earn more at another company, but things like this keeps me here.

 

[Demo24]

I'm not actually allowed to work more than 40 a week currently. Work 8-5, hour lunch and technically can take some other breaks in there. Don't always take an hour lunch so that means I can leave early one day, usually I just combine my time and leave early Friday. There's not a whole lot going on at the moment so it works out fine and the day goes fairly quickly.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

My last base I was pretty consistently working 7-4 (with an hour lunch). Still not sure what my work hours are going to be at my current one.

 

[Q]

8-5 M-F 1 hr for lunch.