Poll: How many hours do you work per week?

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  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
    50-55 hours when im in the States and probably 70 hours a week when I travel internationally.

    Man youse are all lazy! Im the only real worker here.....im KIDDING...im the only sucker here lol.
  • momma3sweetgirls
    momma3sweetgirls Posts: 743 Member
    I'm afraid that if you are salaried and it's not a government job, 50-60 is probably normal. My husband is salaried in the private sector and works roughly 50 hours a week. His pay is based on 40 hours per week.
  • GetFitE
    GetFitE Posts: 247 Member
    I have two jobs and it can vary. One job is Mon-Fri 8-4pm (i'm a regular substitute teacher) and that can be from 1-5 days depending on the week & I have a more regular part-time job at a hospital on the weekends. So it can be rough at times working Mon-Fri and then Sat and Sun as well. The bonus is when school's out, I'm off. The downfall is I work so much I feel like I'm missing out on life. My life is basically get up, work, workout in the evening and back to sleep. My relationship with my friends has become thru texting and FB cause it seems I'm always at work when they're free. I would t recommend it, personally, but I (and I'm sure other people) are doing it because the economy sucks and you gotta take what you can get in order to be able to sustain life financially. So, I sacrifice & work overtime so I don't have to worry about my finances.
  • fitplease
    fitplease Posts: 647 Member
    I think 50-60 hours a week (shifts might be 8:30-6, 9-8 etc.) is the norm in corporate on the East Coast, with some people working much longer than that. 40 seems a rarity to me.
  • porcelain_doll
    porcelain_doll Posts: 1,005 Member
    Thanks for all the responses so far. I wish I knew the salary for the position, but I was afraid to ask. I was always told to never ask about money up front. The company is a mortgage lending company, but I would not be doing any banking stuff. I would be working on their marketing team in the creative dept. as a web designer.

    I find the variety in responses interesting. Keep them coming! :smile:
  • ironmanwannabe
    ironmanwannabe Posts: 81 Member
    I am a sw engineer and work anywhere from 40-60 depending on what is going on. I also check work email, respond to them and log into work as needed during my offhours. This is not required but I like to keep on top of things. Also my last mgr and current mgr are both very cool and allow flexibility in dealing with home issues. The flexibility, aside from my medical benefits, is the most attractive benefit provided to me by my company.
  • skinnyack
    skinnyack Posts: 683
    Currently 40-45. I took this job after working a 50-60 type job for 3 years, in customer service, with a huge stress load. The 50-60 was okay when I didn't have a boyfriend (who is now the fiance) and had time for myself or to work out. But the second I got a SO, no time to work out and gained weight. Sigh. However it made it very easy to leave my 50-60 after I found out they were screwing me on my paycheck. What I learned- if you are going to work that hard get compensated for it and be ready to sacrifice your health or relationships for it. You can still have a great life, but you've got to be on your A game. I love my job now- in that it's not very stressful, I actually get paid more, and I can work out before the fiance gets home (he still works that job)
  • ttaylor68913
    ttaylor68913 Posts: 320 Member
    im self employed (do daycare) and work close to 60ish or better.... my hours are 630a til 6pm 5 days a week and then i clean and get projects ready and go grocery shopping on top of that..
  • phillieschic
    phillieschic Posts: 615
    I work 10 hour days (7:30am-5pm) Monday-Friday and have off every other Friday.
    The long weeks are rough sometimes, but I love those Fridays off!
  • Wonderwoman2677
    Wonderwoman2677 Posts: 428 Member
    I work 37.5-40 and I'm hourly. I also have a mohtly job that only take 5-10 hours/month.

    I also have 3-5 kids, depending on the time of the year... I don't have time to work more.
  • Artemis726
    Artemis726 Posts: 587 Member
    I work from home, salaried for full time with no overtime (also no official personal days,sick time, vacation, etc). My actual time spent working varies quite a bit, but I am the one in the company who works until it gets done and covers everybody else. Some days I feel like I work from the time I get up until 11:30 at night, and other days I feel guilty because there isn't enough to do. :) But- I'm also the one who'll 'come in' over the weekend if something comes up without overtime pay and the one who doesn't have any time off besides weekends, so I think it all evens out. *shrug*
  • RMuske
    RMuske Posts: 271 Member
    I work weird shifts at a facility that stays open if people come in before we lock the doors at 8 at night so anywhere from 40 and 50 hours per week on average.
  • mills101
    mills101 Posts: 58
    i've never seen less than 50 hours
  • bbriscoe13
    bbriscoe13 Posts: 175 Member
    I work on a compressed work schedule so I get every other Friday off. One week I will work 45 hours and the next I will only work 36. But, I am a test engineer so if I am in the middle of a test, I will sometimes work up to 60 hours a week. I do get paid overtime though. :)
  • bbriscoe13
    bbriscoe13 Posts: 175 Member
    I work 10 hour days (7:30am-5pm) Monday-Friday and have off every other Friday.
    The long weeks are rough sometimes, but I love those Fridays off!

    DoD employee?? I have the same schedule!
  • jenj1313
    jenj1313 Posts: 898 Member
    I'm scheduled for 40, normally do 50+. Part of that's my own doing b/c I'm a bit of a workaholic. Not technically on salary, but I don't usually ask for overtime unless someone/thing else makes me stay late.

    I'm in healthcare, so if I schedule a pt for myself outside of my regular hours, I don't take overtime, but I do take "come time" which essentially works out to vacation time, but is compensated at regular time, not time-and-a-half.

    If someone else does something to make me stay late, I charge overtime.

    If I'm doing administrative work or notes, I don't count it because it's just part of the job.
  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
    48 hours a week.
  • enchantedbunny
    enchantedbunny Posts: 88
    Salaried for 40 hours a week and like some others mentioned, it still feels like too much! I can't imagine working 50-60. Too much away-from-home time, to me :(
  • phillieschic
    phillieschic Posts: 615
    I work 10 hour days (7:30am-5pm) Monday-Friday and have off every other Friday.
    The long weeks are rough sometimes, but I love those Fridays off!

    DoD employee?? I have the same schedule!

    Yes, indeed! Love my RDOs! :wink:
  • mab33
    mab33 Posts: 242 Member
    I regularly work 50-60 hours a week, sometimes as many as 80. But always at least 50. And my commute is 3 hours total.

    The biggest downside is less time with my family. The upside is it's great for my career. I come home exhausted and want to crawl into bed, but usually stay up to spend time with my hubby and dogs, which I pay for the next morning.

    I'm always tired, but hope of the future keeps me going. Plus it's partly my fault, I'm a workaholic :)

    If I didn't have the commute, the 50-60 work week would be a piece of cake.

    (This is nothing compared to when I worked two jobs and regularly worked 70 hours a week. I made a lot less then, too!)
  • jedibunny
    jedibunny Posts: 321
    To the OP: if you're going in for IT/web design or anything end-user related, you're going to be expected to work until projects are done, tweaked, redone, re-tweaked and eventually scrapped and started over. lol. It's just the nature of the industry. I'm in data management and work in generating and tweaking end-user reporting, so if something is "off" by a space here or a line there or a bit of data is faulty, it's another few hours to get it right. Generally I work 40--45 hours at the office, commute 45 mins each way, and then work another part-time job teaching online... my "work week" ends up being around 60 hours if you count the commute. And if you're wondering, I'm salaried at the first job, and that salary is based on a 40-hour week. The second job pays me a pittance but looks great on the resume.

    My advice is: if you know you're going to love what you do, the 50--60 hours might not be so bad. If you think you'll find yourself wondering why you spend that much time working -- which at times I do -- you may not want that particular job.
  • fitnessgoalie
    fitnessgoalie Posts: 23 Member
    I work 40 hours a week. When I first started as temporary employee to help run a youth program, I worked about 50 hours a week. It was intense and I found that I had not time to enjoy my day off, all I wanted to do was SLEEP. I prefer a 40 hour week job. My position doesnt pay overtime either.
  • PHS7
    PHS7 Posts: 213 Member
    I'm almost always over 50 hours per week. Kinda rough but I've been doing is so long it seems normal.
  • fiveferrels
    fiveferrels Posts: 397 Member
    I try to hit 50 a week, M-TH 5:30-4:30, Fridays 5:30- 1:30
  • summerg514
    summerg514 Posts: 6
    I'm in corporate/government construction and typically work between 45 and 60 hours a week on salary, depending on what we've got going on. Usually I'm right around the 50-hour mark, no matter the time of year.
  • tilfordj
    tilfordj Posts: 54 Member
    53 a week is my norm
  • DisneySkaGirl
    DisneySkaGirl Posts: 161
    I'm considered part time at 35 hours per week, and when 4:00 rolls around I am out of here... I couldn't do more and still work out and go to grad school, no way.
  • ImNotThatBob
    ImNotThatBob Posts: 371 Member
    I work 18 -20 hours per day seven days per week during tax season (Jan 2nd through April 17th) and then take the rest of the year off! Relief is less than a week away!!! :drinker:
  • ImNotThatBob
    ImNotThatBob Posts: 371 Member
    I'm salaried at 40hrs per week. If they're lucky, they get 26 hours out of me a week.

    A public worker in Germany sent a letter announcing his retirement to the 500 co-workers in his division. However, his note was not a fond farewell to his work pals. The 65-year-old newly-retired guy bragging, "I haven't worked in 14 years" managed to tick off the entire country!
  • porcelain_doll
    porcelain_doll Posts: 1,005 Member
    To the OP: if you're going in for IT/web design or anything end-user related, you're going to be expected to work until projects are done, tweaked, redone, re-tweaked and eventually scrapped and started over. lol. It's just the nature of the industry. I'm in data management and work in generating and tweaking end-user reporting, so if something is "off" by a space here or a line there or a bit of data is faulty, it's another few hours to get it right. Generally I work 40--45 hours at the office, commute 45 mins each way, and then work another part-time job teaching online... my "work week" ends up being around 60 hours if you count the commute. And if you're wondering, I'm salaried at the first job, and that salary is based on a 40-hour week. The second job pays me a pittance but looks great on the resume.

    My advice is: if you know you're going to love what you do, the 50--60 hours might not be so bad. If you think you'll find yourself wondering why you spend that much time working -- which at times I do -- you may not want that particular job.

    Thank you, that is what I have heard from other IT people. I know the environment has a lot to do with the enjoyment, as well, which is something I won't really know until I get there. But this company has won awards for being a great place to work, so it gives me some hope. I know at least for myself that when I get into a project, the hours seem to fly by, so maybe it won't feel like 50-60 hours (until I get out of bed in the mornings, ha ha).

    I appreciate all the input (from everyone)!

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