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Poll
Question: In the average week I work...
Option 1: 0-35: I'm underemployed, or European votes: 14
Option 2: 35-40: I'm still living as a human ought votes: 14
Option 3: 40-50: I like a little extra hooker'n'blow money votes: 7
Option 4: 50-60: I live in the 21st century votes: 9
Option 5: 60+:  OK, but I'm going to burn down the building votes: 1
Option 6: I'm Jaron 24 hours a day votes: 0
Title: How much do you work?
Post by: Ideologue on September 07, 2012, 12:28:23 AM
Queried.  50-60, averaging more toward 60 lately.  70 this week.  Don't give me any of that "lol that's what lawyers do" bullshit.  It takes 50 just to get to acceptably middle class.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Barrister on September 07, 2012, 12:33:18 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on September 07, 2012, 12:28:23 AM
Queried.  50-60, averaging more toward 60 lately.  70 this week.  Don't give me any of that "lol that's what lawyers do" bullshit.  It takes 50 just to get to acceptably middle class.

37.5 baby - government standard.   :cool:
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: CountDeMoney on September 07, 2012, 12:33:50 AM
I am underemployed or European.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: DGuller on September 07, 2012, 12:38:26 AM
Exactly 40 at work, but add 10-20 hours a week to prepare to fail actuarial exams.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Syt on September 07, 2012, 12:56:09 AM
40 hours. We start and stop pretty punctually.

Previous job had bipolar disorder. If you worked heroic hours the managers would praise you, but HR would hate you. I heard last month that an ex-colleague of mine already had clocked 200 hours overtime in the first seven months, despite having twice two weeks of vacation in between.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: katmai on September 07, 2012, 12:59:22 AM
normal work week is 60-84 hours.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Siege on September 07, 2012, 01:00:06 AM
I don;t know dude.
While deployed is 24/7, sleeping wen I can.

Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Jaron on September 07, 2012, 01:01:39 AM
40-50, sometimes 50+. Damned if my employer isn't making it difficult for me though. <_<
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Martinus on September 07, 2012, 03:35:16 AM
It really depends on my workload. Normally, I'm at work between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. on weekedays but when there isn't much to do I take longer lunches etc.

When I'm working on a transaction, it's closer to 9 a.m. until 8-9 p.m. plus about 10 hours or so during weekends.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Octavian on September 07, 2012, 03:57:57 AM
37. Any overtime (which is normal to have) gets compensated as flex time. Meaning that if I work 40 hours a week I may at any time of my choosing take 3 hours off.

Also have a weekly work at home day plus most important of all nobody keeps track off when I meet in the morning or go home or how much overtime I have etc. It's all up to me. 

FREEDOM!!!!!
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Liep on September 07, 2012, 04:45:13 AM
A little less than 35 hours, must mean I'm more European than Octavian.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Brazen on September 07, 2012, 04:55:46 AM
I'm at work for 37 hours a week. How much I work is another question.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Monoriu on September 07, 2012, 04:58:28 AM
50-60 if I am lucky.  60+ if I am not.

My boss works 80+ hours  :ph34r:
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Caliga on September 07, 2012, 05:06:21 AM
Quote from: Monoriu on September 07, 2012, 04:58:28 AM
50-60 if I am lucky.  60+ if I am not.
Pretty much the same for me. :cool:
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: sbr on September 07, 2012, 05:07:31 AM
This summer has been slow, I only worked a couple of weeks between the end of June and the middle of August.

I'm a piece of crap union blue-collar worker so it is a bit different than those that sit of their asses for 40 hours and work for a small portion of that.  Normally I work 40 hours a week very consistantly.  Anything over 8 hours a day*, or any Saturday work is time and a half; Sunday is double time; off-shift is an extra 17%..  I probably work 100 overtime hours in a year, most of that is because no one else will and I jump in to help.

*If we agree in advance we can work 4 10 hour days, but if we are scheduled for an 8 hour day anything over that is time and a half.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: MadImmortalMan on September 07, 2012, 05:51:00 AM
Technically, I'm always on call.

But I find the time to post all kinds of dumb shit here so I must be good at my job. Decent IT guys are busy. Good ones are swamped. Superb ones are bored.  :)
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Grey Fox on September 07, 2012, 06:05:30 AM
37.5 hours, not a damn more.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: The Larch on September 07, 2012, 06:18:53 AM
Right now underemployed AND European, so take that.

Before this I was oficially clocking 39 hours weekly, but reality was closer to 45-50.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: CountDeMoney on September 07, 2012, 06:25:50 AM
Quote from: The Larch on September 07, 2012, 06:18:53 AM
Right now underemployed AND European, so take that.

Before this I was oficially clocking 39 hours weekly, but reality was closer to 45-50.

Yeah, I was usually pushing 50 to 55 a week when I was working.  Glad to see it paid off.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Ed Anger on September 07, 2012, 06:33:11 AM
:whistle:
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: CountDeMoney on September 07, 2012, 06:35:47 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 07, 2012, 06:33:11 AM
:whistle:

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Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Ed Anger on September 07, 2012, 06:43:13 AM
More like:

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Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: sbr on September 07, 2012, 06:44:06 AM
:lol:
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: lustindarkness on September 07, 2012, 06:47:33 AM
At least 40 hrs a week, plus Navy stuff, closer to 50 in reality.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: clandestino on September 07, 2012, 07:17:18 AM
40h + a few bits here and there. Maybe around 41-42h average.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Martim Silva on September 07, 2012, 07:52:28 AM
Early in my career, I did 60+ hours. Damn capitalists.

Now, I can decide my own schedule. Which is sweet. Some days I only arrive at 13 PM, give some general guidance, and leave by 18 PM (including internet surfing time, like looking at Languish - you may have noticed I post on Sundays).

If I've got something that does need my personal attention, I can do 7 AM - 3 AM. Fortunately, that doesn't happen that often, as several days of that in a row take a toll on my health.

But on an average week, I'd say I do about 34 hours.

Quote from: The Larch
Right now underemployed BECAUSE Spaniard

FYP.

Quote from: Syt
40 hours. We start and stop pretty punctually.

Yes, I do love that in Germany and Austria.

Too bad that the real politics are done in the wee hours of the night over drinks... *sigh*
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: viper37 on September 07, 2012, 08:45:22 AM
50-60 this time of the year, sometimes more.  Around 30 during the winter.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Eddie Teach on September 07, 2012, 09:29:29 AM
I put about 15-20 hours a week into my school work.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Valmy on September 07, 2012, 09:40:17 AM
50-60 counting school...which I do since that is the source of most of my stress.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: garbon on September 07, 2012, 11:24:53 AM
I don't understand that 40-50 range. Unless one is being paid hourly, one wouldn't be picking up extra cash for addl time.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Zanza on September 07, 2012, 11:27:38 AM
I have to work 35 hours a week plus mandatory pauses of 45 minutes per day, so I have to be at work for 38,75 hours per week. In reality, I work more most weeks and there is also travel time when I am on business trips which is paid extra if it is not between 6 am and 8 pm on weekdays.

However, as my times are registered, I can take days off to compensate for overtime. In 2011, I took 20 days of overtime in addition to my regular 30 days of vacation. :yeah:

I have asked my boss to increase my regular work time to 40 hours, which would mean I have to be at work for 43,75 hours per week. That's still in the decision process. Which can take time.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Iormlund on September 07, 2012, 11:38:52 AM
I'm under a 30 hour contract. That will jump to 60-70 hours during weeks spent in the field (like this one). Typically I trade this overtime for free evenings when I go back to regular schedule.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Barrister on September 07, 2012, 11:48:42 AM
Now the key for me though: hours in the office may only be 7.5, but thrown in two hours for getting ready and commuting to work, another hour commuting back, and three and a half to five or more hours with the kids and I'm fucking exhausted at the end of the day.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: garbon on September 07, 2012, 11:54:24 AM
Quote from: Barrister on September 07, 2012, 11:48:42 AM
Now the key for me though: hours in the office may only be 7.5, but thrown in two hours for getting ready and commuting to work, another hour commuting back, and three and a half to five or more hours with the kids and I'm fucking exhausted at the end of the day.

How much primping do you do, Mr. Prosecutor?
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Barrister on September 07, 2012, 11:55:27 AM
Quote from: garbon on September 07, 2012, 11:54:24 AM
Quote from: Barrister on September 07, 2012, 11:48:42 AM
Now the key for me though: hours in the office may only be 7.5, but thrown in two hours for getting ready and commuting to work, another hour commuting back, and three and a half to five or more hours with the kids and I'm fucking exhausted at the end of the day.

How much primping do you do, Mr. Prosecutor?

I fixed your bold tags. :)
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Eddie Teach on September 07, 2012, 12:00:36 PM
Used to take me an hour to get ready for school. Course, half of that was spent sleeping and the other half sleepwalking.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: garbon on September 07, 2012, 12:02:26 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 07, 2012, 11:55:27 AM
Quote from: garbon on September 07, 2012, 11:54:24 AM
Quote from: Barrister on September 07, 2012, 11:48:42 AM
Now the key for me though: hours in the office may only be 7.5, but thrown in two hours for getting ready and commuting to work, another hour commuting back, and three and a half to five or more hours with the kids and I'm fucking exhausted at the end of the day.

How much primping do you do, Mr. Prosecutor?

I fixed your bold tags. :)

Yeah I noticed that after though you later say commute takes an hour so that's still 1 hour to get ready.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Cecil on September 07, 2012, 12:04:38 PM
50-60 hour weeks usually but I get overtime so I dont do it for charity. And seeing our biggest market rival just filed for bankrupsy I´m thinking I wont work less hours any time soon.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Caliga on September 07, 2012, 12:05:28 PM
I thought you wrote 'how much pimping do you do' :blush:
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Legbiter on September 07, 2012, 12:07:52 PM
35-40 hours usually, but more when crunchtime comes in December and May.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Grey Fox on September 07, 2012, 12:14:21 PM
Quote from: garbon on September 07, 2012, 12:02:26 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 07, 2012, 11:55:27 AM
Quote from: garbon on September 07, 2012, 11:54:24 AM
Quote from: Barrister on September 07, 2012, 11:48:42 AM
Now the key for me though: hours in the office may only be 7.5, but thrown in two hours for getting ready and commuting to work, another hour commuting back, and three and a half to five or more hours with the kids and I'm fucking exhausted at the end of the day.

How much primping do you do, Mr. Prosecutor?

I fixed your bold tags. :)

Yeah I noticed that after though you later say commute takes an hour so that's still 1 hour to get ready.

He has 2 kids.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: The Brain on September 07, 2012, 04:13:51 PM
Enough to put food on the table.
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: 11B4V on September 07, 2012, 09:47:28 PM
4 ON, 3 OFF
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: The Brain on September 08, 2012, 01:46:54 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on September 07, 2012, 09:47:28 PM
4 ON, 3 OFF

What about wax?
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Iormlund on September 08, 2012, 01:48:31 AM
Quote from: Caliga on September 07, 2012, 12:05:28 PM
I thought you wrote 'how much pimping do you do' :blush:

I only realized he hadn't when I read your post. :P
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on September 08, 2012, 03:20:19 AM
Quote from: Legbiter on September 07, 2012, 12:07:52 PM
35-40 hours usually, but more when crunchtime comes in December and May.

Cal wasn't talking to you Legs  :huh:
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Liep on September 08, 2012, 07:36:11 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 08, 2012, 03:20:19 AM
Quote from: Legbiter on September 07, 2012, 12:07:52 PM
35-40 hours usually, but more when crunchtime comes in December and May.

Cal wasn't talking to you Legs  :huh:

:lol:
Title: Re: How much do you work?
Post by: Ideologue on September 08, 2012, 11:12:51 PM
Quote from: garbon on September 07, 2012, 11:24:53 AM
I don't understand that 40-50 range. Unless one is being paid hourly, one wouldn't be picking up extra cash for addl time.

I guess that's so.  I forgot about salaries.  Though unlike most hourly workers, I'm in a weird area where I'm both non-salaried and professional, so I don't get time + 1/2.  But if I work a 60 hour week I still make more than if I worked a 40 hour week.  That's gotta be a really annoying feature of salaried work.