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45+10 hours commuting contracted 40 but something always crops up I work 5 over 7 so time off midweek & every second weekend off helps with the childcare for our youngest, looks like it might all be changing soon though and not in a good way


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 1:51 pm
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contracted to do 36 a week , but as I get all school holidays , I do 41.5 per week .

nice to have 14 weeks off though .


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 1:58 pm
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Sorry, civil servant here,37 hours a week and flexitime, so I can build up hours and do short days when I need to cover school runs.

Probably work 40 hrs most weeks if I do a "full" five days.


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 2:02 pm
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30ish I think.

Thursdays off to look after our daughter. I can totally recommend anyone with kids trying to move down to a 4 day week. One whole day of bike rides, swimming, trips to the park, it's a really fun thing to do.

Joe


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 2:34 pm
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No idea to be honest, just tend to play it by ear. I probably average 35-40 hours per week. When the kids came along I chose to go from 60+ hours per week to whatever gets me home at a reasonable time.

Fortunately the company I worked for was bought out at about the same time, and my new employers appear to have quite low expectations of their workforce 🙂 For quite a while I was working at about 25% capacity and my new bosses were amazed at my productivity. I haven't seen the need to put them right and life is much better for it.


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 2:38 pm
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How many hours am I AT work, or how many do I actually work?


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 2:41 pm
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Typically 40 hrs. It goes up when we have a backlog in the weeks before a deadline. But that has not happened recently due to some big improvements in planning i.e. we actually do some. Since we don't get paid for any over-time, it's a big disincentive to working yourself into the ground. Just how I like it.


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 3:51 pm
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3.5 12 hour shifts per week.
lots of time for riding, family etc. 😛

I would hate to go back to 5 day week, it makes so much sense to condense hours....


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 4:08 pm
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normally i do 8am - 4.30pm - ride 1 hour each way commute so out from 6.30am till 5.40pm.

Occasionally i work abroad where i do 12 hour shifts 7 days a week for up to 6 weeks (currently offshore nigeria but previously been in Equatorial Guinea,norway , several californian locations , houston ,holland)- but its made worth my while. ive deliberately tried to not commit to a job requiring 100% office work as i enjoy the travel and the hands on side of the job so these trips just mean i can pump money into my mortgage / getting my house how i want it and take in the worlds sights.

Eventually ill pull back into the office though - no kids yet you see....


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 5:17 pm
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Two weeks i work 36 hours a week and the other two i work 48 hours a week. 2000 -0800. Work in a Nursing home. Be glad to get back to the Nhs.


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 5:25 pm
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My normal hours are 10 hours per day, longer if I take a break. Five days a week and every other Saturday for three hours.


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 5:25 pm
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contract says 37.5. anything more than that is flexi that can be taken off anytime i want in the future.

and im a geologist so i dont really do any real work at all


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 5:29 pm
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i work 8:30 to 5, 1hr for lunch, in theory, reality is not quite the same,

tend to be out of the house from 7am till 6pm.


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 5:30 pm
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Usually about 50-60 hours, but I work from a home office so that does take in the occasional stroll out to water something in the yard, play with the dogs, quick trip to the store, etc.--realistically actually "working" about 45 hours.


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 5:31 pm
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Varies a lot. But currently 18-20.


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 5:34 pm
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36 hours over 4 days a week, different day off each week and no commuting time at present...my wife on the other hand does more like 50hrs over 5 days with another 8hrs commuting, plus she is not eligible for OT or Flex 🙁

I feel very lucky but I still manage to waste a fair bit of my time off!


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 6:21 pm
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70 something last week, grafting hard and I was knackered. Normally around 45 though.


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 6:32 pm
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At the mo 48 hrs a week.

But when I am in the dessert I work 12 on 12 off every day for 4-6 months


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 8:31 pm
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50+ is quite usual. Sometimes I can do 80+ hour weeks, but they're not good for the Soul. Work a mixture of at home and out in the field.


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 8:38 pm
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Around 40- sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less.


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 8:40 pm
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18.5. 8)


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 8:42 pm
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Some people work too hard!


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 8:44 pm
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Some people work too hard!

I know, I tried to get it down to 16 hours but they wouldn't have it.


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 8:45 pm
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Get paid for 39 but it rarely takes that long to complete , I usually make about 4 hours back a week sometimes more if workload is low. Travel is 15 minutes each way 🙂


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 8:48 pm
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About 45 hours a week as standard, can be 37.5 but can be 60, 1 day wfh and I'm self managing mostly. Half the time I'm bored, half the time I'm so busy I don't know where the time goes. I don't hate my job but I don't love it either, but the boring times, which I can manipulate for family / riding advantage, good salary and good benefits gives my family a better life and opportunity than I grew up with and much to be grateful for, so I deal with it.


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 9:11 pm
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[i]But when I am in the dessert I work 12 on 12 off every day for 4-6 months [/i]

I'd just crumble if I had to work that much...

They tried it, and I said 'Don't trifle with me'...

They asked me and I said 'Just Sago'...

Ice cream when they asked me to work that much...

Sorry, I'll get my coat...


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 9:16 pm
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Quite happy at the moment only working about 80 hours as that leaves me plenty of time for other stuff, the days are happily behind me when I was made to work 6am-2am 7 days a week, only to get mg first morning off. Ideally I love a job where I could just make a decent living working 80-90 hours in a mon-fri job.


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 10:26 pm
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Average about 10h a day so 50h weeks, sometimes I can drop that down to 40 sometimes it baloons to 60 or 70. I was offered more dosh but asked for time off or 4 day week. That confused them, they are still pondering an answer as normally people want the cash ! There was a suggestion that my doing so showed a lack of 'commitment'. I pointed out that if i wasn't committed I wouldn't have asked I would have simply gone to another firm! I have asked for 80% of what i am on for 1 day a week off and leave all targets the same i.e at the 100% scale. Measure output not input. We shall see....


 
Posted : 30/07/2012 10:43 pm
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@saleem I have to ask, what do you do?


 
Posted : 31/07/2012 8:22 am
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Some people work too hard!

+1, no wonder there are so many miserable people on here! Work to live and all that..


 
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