How many hours a week do you work?

[yankeesfan]

Probably average about 80 per week.

 

[HAL9000]

Probably average about 80 per week.

D: What do you do?

 

[yh125d]

55-65 for the last 4 months

 

[Juked07]

My initial issue was this statement:

Not only was his meaning clear to everyone involved, this common usage of the word "salary" is also in the dictionary - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salary . Your complaints contribute nothing except to annoy some members. Is that really how you want to use your time?

Any other questions? I'll try to address them as well as I can, or perhaps another member can step in to point you in the right direction.

 

[HAL9000]

Not only was his meaning clear to everyone involved, this common usage of the word "salary" is also in the dictionary - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salary . Your complaints contribute nothing except to annoy some members. Is that really how you want to use your time?

Any other questions? I'll try to address them as well as I can, or perhaps another member can step in to point you in the right direction.

I'll guess it's just a cultural thing, if you told someone you were salary over here they'd look at you with a confused look, it's like telling someone you are pension.

 

[guyver01]

It's an oxymoron to me.

An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms

what two contradictory terms are being combined in the word SALARY

SAL and ARY ?

a perfect example of an oxymoron is British Intelligence

 

[HAL9000]

An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms

what two contradictory terms are being combined in the word SALARY

SAL and ARY ?

a perfect example of an oxymoron is British Intelligence

Saying I don't get paid salary i get paid x is an oxymoron.

You're just a moron.

Also an American lecturing an Englishmen on intelligence stereotypes is laughable.

 

[guyver01]

is an oxymoron.

 

[Fear No Evil]

Saying I don't get paid salary i get paid x is an oxymoron.

You're just a moron.

Also an American lecturing an Englishmen on intelligence stereotypes is laughable.

Laughable how? Laughable like an englishman using a toothbrush laughable or something else?

 

[HAL9000]

Laughable how? Laughable like an englishman using a toothbrush laughable or something else?

Laughable because the cliched stereotype for Americans is that they are stupid.

 

[guyver01]

Laughable because the cliched stereotype for Americans is that they are stupid.

better to be stereotyped as 'stupid' ... than to look like this

btw...

apparently you're a result of your food.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Poll fail, I work 40 hours so not sure which box I should tick.

 

[HAL9000]

Poll fail, I work 40 hours so not sure which box I should tick.

Do you every week work exactly 40 hours a week or do you occasionally leave late or go home early?

 

[guyver01]

do you occasionally go home early?

not everyone has the work ethic of a turnip

or the attention span of one

 

[gorcorps]

Average some bit above 40, with a few heavy weeks in the year getting me into the mid 50s-60 territory.

 

[Fear No Evil]

Laughable because the cliched stereotype for Americans is that they are stupid.

Oh, so you mean laughable like the British healthcare system?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/12/21/144068605/after-25-years-in-womans-stomach-a-pen-still-writes?sc=fb&cc=fp

 

[HAL9000]

Oh, so you mean laughable like the British healthcare system?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/12/21/144068605/after-25-years-in-womans-stomach-a-pen-still-writes?sc=fb&cc=fp

Not having a troll-off today.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Do you every week work exactly 40 hours a week or do you occasionally leave late or go home early?

Generally I work exactly 40 hours per week. We don't get overtime - any extra time we work gets timebanked, and we're expected to zero our timebank whenever possible. So if I work 10 extra hours one week, it's expected that I'll take 10 hours off over the next week/few weeks.

 

[FoBoT]

since i am salary and work from home half+ , i'll go with 168 - (7 * 8) = 112 hours per week
ok, let's say 0-112 hours per week, but i get paid the same, so i don't really see the difference

 

[HAL9000]

Generally I work exactly 40 hours per week. We don't get overtime - any extra time we work gets timebanked, and we're expected to zero our timebank whenever possible. So if I work 10 extra hours one week, it's expected that I'll take 10 hours off over the next week/few weeks.

Fair enough, it just surprises me that you work such an exact amount. I'd vote 30-40 then

 

[HAL9000]

since i am salary and work from home half+ , i'll go with 168 - (7 * 8) = 112 hours per week

What the fuck? What do you do?!

 

[Mike Gayner]

since i am salary and work from home half+ , i'll go with 168 - (7 * 8) = 112 hours per week

That's a bit of a bullshit formula....

 

[guyver01]

What do you do?!

Super Moderator



can't you read?

 

[Fear No Evil]

Not having a troll-off today.

I accept your admission of defeat.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Fair enough, it just surprises me that you work such an exact amount. I'd vote 30-40 then

I don't know why that surprises you. I work on a timesheet that I'm filling in all day - so if I start at 7.30am, I'm ready to stop filling in time sheets at 4.30pm (assuming an hour lunch break). I live in an area where people generally value lifestyle over their careers, so I do exactly as much work as my employer expects, and we're both happy.

Mind you this is likely to change drastically when I start my own practice, at which time I'm likely to work pretty much as much as necessary to make the business work (which will likely mean minimum 60 hours for a few years).