How many hours do you theoretically work and what do you do?

[Eeezee]

I'm a grad student, working on my PhD in physics, and I think most weeks I'm working a total of at least 60 hours per week. That's typically 11 hours of lecture, 20 hours of teaching the undergrads, and 30 hours of homework. My responsibilities are minimal, but man what a work load! Does this decrease? What's all of this talk about 40 hour work weeks?

 

[CanOWorms]

40 hour work weeks mean that we're in the office for 40 hours, but doing work for only 10 of those hours.

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: CanOWorms
40 hour work weeks mean that we're in the office for 40 hours, but doing work for only 10 of those hours.

I was looking for a more theoretical estimate I guess (ie 40 hrs in your case even if reality is 10), but good input nonetheless

 

[worthless085]

i work an avg of 44 hrs a week. 40hrs + 0-8hrs of overtime a week.

 

[drdops]

i work 84 hours a week for 3 weeks, then sit on my ass and do nothing for the next 3 weeks.

 

[misle]

I work 9 hours per day. I usually leave early on Fridays unless we have to get a project done. I would say that I usually work 43 or 44 hours, but sometimes up to 50 if necessary.

I don't screw off much at work, there's too much to get done to screw off.

 

[Raduque]

Scheduled for 56 hours a week, pretty much every week.

 

[Scouzer]

37.5 hours

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Eeezee
I'm a grad student, working on my PhD in physics, and I think most weeks I'm working a total of at least 60 hours per week. That's typically 11 hours of lecture, 20 hours of teaching the undergrads, and 30 hours of homework. My responsibilities are minimal, but man what a work load! Does this decrease? What's all of this talk about 40 hour work weeks?

You get paid to do homework?

 

[shortylickens]

I fix test equipment at Tektronix.
In theory we are not allowed overtime right now, but I usually log about 43-44 hours each week.

 

[Fenixgoon]

40-44 hours of work/week. i get off every other friday

 

[Reel]

If you do what you love, it is not work.

 

[meltdown75]

hah, my wife is working on her PhD as well. basically when she's awake, she's working. 40-hour workweeks are for 9-5ers. PhD students work & study twice as much. i feel for ya buddy.

 

[XZeroII]

Theoretically, 40 hours. Reality, maybe 41 or 42. 95% of that time is actual work, too. As was said above, there is too much work to get done to screw off.

 

[bobsmith1492]

During Senior Project (electrical engineering), the second - build - part, I'd get up around 10-11 each day, head over to the lab, and stay there until 2-3 in the morning. Every day. I guess that made about 110 hours a week. That was an interesting summer!

Now I go into work at 8 and get back around 5 so it's more like 40-44 hours/week.

 

[olds]

Theoretically, 168.

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Technically, I work from 8am-5pm. In reality, that never happens. I usually arrive at work around 7am, and head to the kitchen to grab a cup of overly strong coffee. Next, I'll head to my office where I am greeted by a line of production workers who have been standing there since 6am, waiting to talk to me about one of the following:
a.) points
b.) vacation time
c.) injury
d.) other grievance

Usually when I finish dealing with them, it's 8:00am. Time for the morning production meeting, followed by the manager's meeting, followed by either a budget review, audit review, MTP, or Corporate Directive review. Now, it's around 10:30am. I'll do my MBWA, and make sure that everyone is on schedule with the projects, and that their daily responsibilities are being done. I'll finish my MBWA and be back in my office by 11-11:30am.

Now, people are starting to head to lunch, which means I can make to the kitchen to score some coffee and then back to my office without being attacked with a flurry of questions. After I grab my coffee, it's time for about 3 hours of policy review, risk assessments, compliance audits (either conducting or analyzing), and if I'm extremely lucky, the state or Feds will show up and ruin my life for an addition 3 hours.

Pending the government doesn't show up, around 2:00, I'll make my daily phone call to Shizouka, discuss how things around going, what projects my people are working on, how new strategic policies are being implemented and their perceived benefit, etc. 3:00pm-5:00pm is usually my daily review with my team. EH&S report, current WC cases, FMLA cases, current litigation, C-TPAT progress, Security issues, etc. At 5:00, everyone is leaving, so I'll grab another cup of coffee, head to my office, and crank out two or three reports that need to be sent to Newnan, or Kennesaw, or Cypress, or Shizuoka. I'll shut down my computer, and head down to my car around 6:30-7:00pm.

This is my typical work day, though it varies greatly from day to day, with lots of little problems throw in. Of course, this doesn't account for the time I spend in class for my master's program.

 

[Rufus12]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: Eeezee
I'm a grad student, working on my PhD in physics, and I think most weeks I'm working a total of at least 60 hours per week. That's typically 11 hours of lecture, 20 hours of teaching the undergrads, and 30 hours of homework. My responsibilities are minimal, but man what a work load! Does this decrease? What's all of this talk about 40 hour work weeks?

You get paid to do homework?

Probably grading homework I'd assume.

 

[SKORPI0]

Scheduled 40 hrs, but end up working 48-49 hours. Oh, I work 4am-1pm with 1 hour lunch break.

 

[clamum]

My normal work-week is 40 hrs but lately it's been 45-50.

 

[nonameo]

I work OVER 9000!!!!!!! hours.

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: Eeezee
I'm a grad student, working on my PhD in physics, and I think most weeks I'm working a total of at least 60 hours per week. That's typically 11 hours of lecture, 20 hours of teaching the undergrads, and 30 hours of homework. My responsibilities are minimal, but man what a work load! Does this decrease? What's all of this talk about 40 hour work weeks?

You get paid to do homework?

Essentially, yes. I have a fellowship. They also pay us to teach the undergrads, but it's required for the PhD anyway.

But since most of my time is spent doing homework, yeah, that's what I'm being paid to do. That means you get paid to neff on ATOT

 

[shoegazer]

High school science teacher. Probably around 60 hours a week with all the grading and lesson planning.

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: shoegazer
High school science teacher. Probably around 60 hours a week with all the grading and lesson planning.

I don't envy your job. High school teaching sounds like a real pain in the ass, as important as it is.

 

[lightstar]

a year ago- about 80-100+ hrs per week. . . .then i came to my senses and switched jobs-- now about 40