How many hours a week do you work?

[HAL9000]

I accept your admission of defeat.

OK.

 

[HAL9000]

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).

I'm not complaining it's just that in my experience people sometimes leave work early sometimes stay a little later to finish what their doing etc. So it's rarely exactly the number of hours you are meant to do.

 

[MotionMan]

A lawyer died and arrived at the pearly gates. To his dismay, there were thousands of people ahead of him in line to see St. Peter. But, to his surprise, St. Peter left his desk at the gate and came down the long line to where the lawyer was standing. St. Peter greeted him warmly. Then St. Peter and one of his assistants took the lawyer by the hands and guided him up to the front of the line into a comfortable chair by his desk.

The lawyer said, "I don't mind all this attention, but what makes me so special?"

St. Peter replied, "Well, I've added up all the hours for which you billed your clients, and by my calculation you must be about 193 years old!"

That's pretty much me.

MotionMan

 

[Juked07]

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.

99% of Americans won't know what you mean if you say chav. Does that mean this word is unclear, wrong, or should be irritating to audience members who are unfamiliar with the usage? Surely not..

If you frequent a US dominated forum and you're confused by US centric lingo, learn what you can and move on. Complaining about every difference you can find after you've known for ages that such cultural differences exist = trolling. So the only defensible positions are to stop or fully acknowledge that you're a huge troll. I don't much care which you choose. But if you just keep trolling and pretending to be an earnest "contributing" poster, we're going to keep calling you out.

 

[HAL9000]

99% of Americans won't know what you mean if you say chav. Does that mean this word is unclear, wrong, or should be irritating to audience members who are unfamiliar with the usage? Surely not..

If you frequent a US dominated forum and you're confused by US centric lingo, learn what you can and move on. Complaining about every difference you can find after you've known for ages that such cultural differences exist = trolling. So the only defensible positions are to stop or fully acknowledge that you're a huge troll. I don't much care which you choose.

The difference is that chav is a unique word, you guys don't use the word chav to mean something different, whereas salary does mean your pay, the world over, and yet in America you guys use it in a different context, which to non Americans using it in that context is an oxymoron, It's confusing and I find it irritating.

 

[IronWing]

The difference is that chav is a unique word, you guys don't use the word chav to mean something different, whereas salary does mean your pay, the world over, and yet in America you guys use it in a different context, which to non Americans using it in that context is an oxymoron, It's confusing and I find it irritating.

If we tried to explain exempt and non-exempt you'd probably stroke out.

 

[HAL9000]

If we tried to explain exempt and non-exempt you'd probably stroke out.

I know what the word exempt means...?

 

[SparkyJJO]

The difference is that chav is a unique word, you guys don't use the word chav to mean something different, whereas salary does mean your pay, the world over, and yet in America you guys use it in a different context, which to non Americans using it in that context is an oxymoron, It's confusing and I find it irritating.

Same could be said about you and your "chips" "cookies" "boots" and "bonnets."

Stop trolling.

 

[IronWing]

I know what the word exempt means...?

Not in this context you don't. And I ain't explaining it. I wouldn't want to be responsible for you developing irritable bowel syndrome, a common side effect of discussing exempt vs. non-exempt.

 

[FoBoT]

If we tried to explain exempt and non-exempt you'd probably stroke out.

good point, i am exempt salary worker, so i get paid the same amount twice a month.
regardless of my work hours. so the amount i work, vs. the amount i get paid to work, varies a lot

i work as many hours as my boss needs me to, some weeks it isn't much, other weeks we work late/weekends if needed to get things done

http://career-advice.monster.com/sa...ts-the-difference-between-exempt/article.aspx

So Which Is Better?

That depends on you. Some workers would rather be employed in nonexempt positions to ensure they're paid for every hour they work. Others prefer the latitude that comes with salaried positions. For example, most nonexempt employees are going to be held to a more stringent standard regarding things like casual time. Exempt employees can ordinarily spend a reasonable amount of time around the watercooler without incurring the boss's wrath; nonexempt employees' time tends be more closely monitored, and designated breaks are allowed only at certain times during the workday.

Generally, exempt employees are paid more than nonexempt employees, because they are expected to complete tasks regardless of the hours required to do them. If staying late or coming in early is required to do the job, exempt employees are frequently expected to do just that. Nonexempt employees typically work only the prescribed number of hours.

 

[HAL9000]

Same could be said about you and your "chips" "cookies" "boots" and "bonnets."

Stop trolling.

Certainly could, I've had those conversations here before swell I believe. The difference is that those all mean different things, not the same things but slightly different in different contexts.

Not in this context you don't. And I ain't explaining it. I wouldn't want to be responsible for you developing irritable bowel syndrome, a common side effect of discussing exempt vs. non-exempt.

Hmm...

 

[Brainonska511]

A lot. Probably 70-80 hours/week.

 

[Slew Foot]

I spend about 80 hours a week at work. My actual working time is 25-30 hours

 

[Dacalo]

Public accounting = many hours including weekends.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Public accounting = many hours including weekends.

Not for me. Move to a smaller town, enjoy a quieter life.

 

[Franz316]

Usually 30-35, I could make more but I value my free time and I live modestly. As long as the bills get paid and I have a little left over for fun I'm happy. Freelance multimedia work mostly, with a little web design too.

 

[Blueychan]

I will be starting a 40hr/wk job in January. I checked 40-50.

 

[JujuFish]

Let's see what the Oxford English Dictionary has to say about the word salary

1. Fixed payment made periodically to a person as compensation for regular work: now usually restricted to payments made for non-manual or non-mechanical work (as opposed to wages).

Oh, would you look at that. It means the same thing as it does here in the US.

 

[HAL9000]

Let's see what the Oxford English Dictionary has to say about the word salary

Oh, would you look at that. It means the same thing as it does here in the US.

Link?

 

[Soccerman06]

In general no.
For kids there sure is, in Minnesota it was like 18 hours a week for teens. And no more than 6 hours at one time.

For many dangerous or arduous jobs there are also limits.

Yeah thats not how it was for me when I was 16. There is a limit to how many hours one can work when your in HS, but it was definitely more than 18. In fact I worked 39hr weeks during the BF-February time frame for my first job when I was 16.

 

[MotionMan]

Link?

Link.

MotionMan

 

[shortylickens]

You guys dont even know how badly yur gettin trolled right now.

 

[boomhower]

I work on a rotating 14 day schedule. 24 hours one week and 60 the next, 84 per pay period. I like it a lot. Every other weekend is a three day weekend, work 7 out of 14 days. (12 hour shifts)

 

[corwin]

I just got screwed and moved to hourly from salary...now I have to work at least 48 hours a week to not take a pay cut...of course if I am going to go over that 48 hours I have to get pre-approval:hmm:

 

[MotionMan]

You guys dont even know how badly yur gettin trolled right now.

We're posting in a HAL9000 thread, of course we are being trolled.

Feh.

MotionMan