How many hours a week do you work

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  1. Xarick

    Xarick New Member

    Just went full time at one of my jobs and it is pretty much going to be 45-50 hours a week. Plus the hours are going to be kinda wonky.
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    I guess I am not happy because I really just want a 40hour monday-friday dayshift job.


    Just curious how many hours the rest of you full time employees wok.
     
  2. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    50-70 depending on the week and I work 5, often 6, and at times 7 days a week. 45-50 is like a part-time job.

    Oh, plus I teach online - 3 hours a day!
     
  3. JoAnnP38

    JoAnnP38 Member

    Contratulations! I didn't realize that you have found a teaching gig. Good for you!

    For the most part I work 45 - 50 hours a week. The only exception is when there is a push due to a conference or making a deadline. Then I might work 60+ hours in a week.
     
  4. scubasteveiu

    scubasteveiu New Member

    My first three years at my current company - around 55 a week.
    My high at 79.5 hours for one week, and 28 hours straight another week - minus a 30 min nap under my desk.

    One might work 9 - 6PM then 9-10:30PM and then 12:15 - 1AM then 5 - 5:45 AM... and then be expected to come back into work the next morning. : )

    FYI - I was doing web infrastructure support. The job was great, you learned a lot, but don't expect a healthy lifestyle. It was fun for awhile and a little seasoning never hurt anyone.

    I was doing my MBA then.

    Now I work around 45 a week, and I am still a full time grad student (soon to be done).
     
  5. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    At Southeastern, I work 9-6 weekdays except 10-7 on Wednesdays. I also work every third Saturday 10-2, and after doing that twice take off a weekday to make up for it.

    When I was at Keiser I worked 12-8 Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, and 8-5 Wednesdays and Fridays.

    Having a family and being a fulltime student, I wouldn't be able to work longer hours than that. Besides, I think that absent special circumstances, if you're working 70 hours a week and don't get overtime, you're getting seriously ripped off.

    -=Steve=-
     
  6. Xarick

    Xarick New Member

    Wow.. so what you guys are saying is this is just normal work life. I have been underemployed for 4 years. My last two jobs were 8-430 with a half an hour unpaid lunch break.
     
  7. RollaMissouri

    RollaMissouri New Member

    0800 to 1630-
    Sounds like a Federal Employee (that's my same 'official' Federal schedule too.) However, we must come in an hour before and stay a couple of hours afterwards off-the-clock/weekends to conduct other tasks for the department.

    I really don't know of anyone of my friends/neighbors/coworkers who's ever worked a '40 hour work week'; even the exempt employees work more than forty hours and get 'comp time'.

    40 hours-would be sweet! 55 hrs/week is the average for our Federal department.

    Rolla
     
  8. mbaonline

    mbaonline New Member

    Let's see...

    50 per week is about it. But I telecommute 2-3 days a week so that helps. The time I would spend commuting I work (and sleep) and put in some hours at night and on weekend.

    Plus I teach online at night. This is my first quarter teaching so I'm putting in a lot of hours writing my syllabus and course work but I think it will be 5-10 hours a week after this first class, assuming I teach the same class for the same college. I may even be able to teach two classes at a time.
     
  9. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member


    40 a week.


    Abner
     
  10. PhD2B

    PhD2B Dazed and Confused

    I work 40 hours a week; however, my past jobs required more hours.

    Just be glad that you are full-time. ;)
     
  11. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    You had it easy...
     
  12. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member



    True! 40 hours a week is fine with me. Work is necessary, however, I have time left over to do the truly important things in life.



    Abner :)
     
  13. mattoneil

    mattoneil New Member

    About 7-8 hours of work. I am there 40 hours a week minimum, but I really only put in about seven hours of real work a week in the aggregate.
     
  14. gkillion

    gkillion New Member

    Finally... someone who's honest.;)
     
  15. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member


    :)



    Abner :)
     
  16. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    I used to work 50-55 hours a week but I spent about 80% of teh time traveling...I would harding consider that "work". Now I got promoted and am working a lot more actual work time.
     
  17. gdnurse

    gdnurse New Member

    I work m t w f 8-5 with no breaks or lunch hours. I am a Nurse so no way do I get those. I come in early when I can so sometimes 730 am and a lot of days I don't get to leave until 6 or so. Long day with NO lunch break or few minute breaks in there. Because of that, I work 1/2 day on Thursdays. HOWEVER, many days, I don't get to leave until 2 or 3 because we are so busy! And on top of that, back in school, have 2 kids in sports and school functions and my huband and I both play softball and volleyball. I am hardly home and always on the go. But my work stays in my head of what I need to do and what I have to work on the next day. It's hard! :confused:
     

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