How many hours do you work per week?

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Why is it that in thread after thread, people post about "overtime"?

Do you guys really look forward to a larger paycheck from it? Wouldn't you rather see your hard work through other forms like profit sharing or something? This might sound like an Office Space type thing, but the # of hours you work is worthless.

If a company hires some helpdesk guys, and they all work 40 hours per week, on an hourly basis, but some take 10 minutes per ticket, but one or two model employees putting in more effort can do it under 5 minutes, wouldn't you want to be rewarded for working harder? Basically, one employee gets more accomplished at the end of the day than another, but both might be paid in a similar range.

Sure, when it comes time to a review, there will hopefully be different compensation changes for them, but they're still in the same range.

I don't know how to best explain it, but it boggles my mind why you would want to work hourly. Wouldn't you rather like to work on a per project basis or just a salaried position? I see working for others as a project to project thing, not just, "I need to be inside the building and clocked/logged in by 9AM, and out by 5PM, 5 days a week, so I can get a 40 hour paycheck."

If you pay per project, who cares how long they take to handle tickets, because in the end, they complete the same amount.

Does my example make sense? Basically, I don't agree with this hourly thing for a professional job. (non professional would be more retail types of jobs like cashier or something)

 

[Orsorum]

How do you define "work"? Define it as chargeable hours and I put in between 41-45 a week, crunch times between 55-60. Define it as hours that I'm in the office, teaching staff, attending CPE, or other work-related activities, and I easily put in 50 hours a week minimum, every week, and 65-75 during crunch times.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: minendo
12-14 hours per day, 5-6 days per week. On salary with no overtime.

oh man... What do u?

Porn star? or military?

QA Manager for a start up food processing plant. We are now building a second processing/packaging line.

 

[homercles337]

Originally posted by: mjuszczak
Would you ever take a salaried job that made you work 50-60 hour weeks?

No. Are you going to answer my PM?

 

[Fulcrum]

Here's a better question: How many hours do you work a week vs. how many hours you are at your workplace a week?

 

[S Freud]

During the summer I work around 85 hours a week. I get overtime so it makes it worth it come payday.


For those curious, I work on a grass seed farm during the summer, driving various equipment. During the school year I work about 20 hours a week but sometimes as much as 40.

 

[cmf21]

For about 5 yrs, I've worked about 70 hrs a week with 1hr break. Just depends on my work load. If anyone wonders what I do, I install insulation and get paid overtime.

 

[Chaotic42]

40-85 depending on what's going on. I just got off a long run of 70+ weeks, so the 40s feel like I'm on vacation.