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Totally NWR.... but I was having a conversation with a close friend and she thinks that anyone how works more than a standard work week (+/- 40 hours depending on where you live) works more than average.
I disagree, I think that nearly all full time, salaried people work more than a 'standard work week'.
So vote! Tell me how much you work! Everyone welcome - part time/full time, salary/hourly.
Thanks!!
I work full time, strictly 40 hours. We are not allowed to work more than that, because the company won't pay overtime.
FI works 40 hours most weeks, but lately he has been doing 4 hours OT a week to pay for the honeymoon. It's optional for him, though.
ETA: I am an admin at a utilities company, and FI is a machinist.
I average about 45-50 hrs a week. Sometimes its more, sometimes its less.
I'm salary, too. So no overtime! Although, my boss is pretty flexible with me coming in later when I had a long day the day before.
I'm a salaried engineer (a.k.a no overtime pay) and I work 10-12+ hours a day, five days a week, plus get called in on weekends (oh the joys of working in manufacturing!!)... the future hubs is a mechanic at the same place, isn't salaried (yay overtime pay!), and works 11-14 hours a day five days a week, plus gets called in on weekends.
c'est la vie.
As little as possible. I'm self-employed for now and I can usually only manage about 25-30 hours before I feel overworked:)
im salary staff and management so i work whatever hours it needs, 40-60hrs per week on average. example i will be working this weekend and public holiday monday because its our end of financial year and there are things that have to happen but i can also take off early/half days if i need that too
I answered 50-60+. I am a school nurse full time at about 38 hrs. Then I work anywhere between 5-15 hrs for my per diem home care job. Now, I work around 10 hrs/week seasonally at a flu clinic. The amount of hours does suck but right now I see $$$ to save.
As little as we can possibly afford :D I work from home and I'd much rather be doing other things haha! No, but seriously, probably 25 hours a week.
45+ depending on the week. I'm in salaried and in IT so I'm always on call and work on many things afterhours. Often times it's more, very rarely is it less.
I'm currently doing about 15-20, because it's an intern position and I can only work if they have work for me to do. It sucks, but it happens.
Honestly I think 40 hours a week is the average, at least everywhere near me, because most companies have policies in place that don't allow workers to go into overtime. Neither of my parents can work more than 40 hours a week, and although I'm still part time and in college, every job I've ever had has had people working "full time" alongside me and they usually worked about 30-40 hours and couldn't go over.
@yrret107: I'm in the same kind of situation as you.
I work 9-10 hours per day normally, salaried, no overtime pay. But my boss is flexible. if we're not busy we can leave early etc etc.
@heather25: I know the hours, previously, I was in investment banking. I quit. It felt like it was eating my life! It's beaable if you have a good boss though (my old one was not). Now I'm down to 50 ish and every day feels like a vacation!
I think it makes a big difference whether you're on yearly salary or not...and what sort of work you do. When you work at a 24-hr-a-day, 7-day-a-week manufacturing facility I think it's expected that you're around a lot more (50-60-70hrs) than at some other types of jobs.
Depends on your industry and location. If you work in law, medicine, or entertainment, labor laws don't really seem to apply.
@galloway111: I think that 36 - 44 hours per week usually is considered full time. And I also agree that most employers don't pay overtime. But I think that most people who work full time are expected to work more than the standard work week. And just not get paid for it.
I don't really have a problem with this. I'm just curious to see how much all you gals work, and what's normal... everywhere :)
@justelope: Labor laws (in the traditional sense) don't apply to any salaried position. When I was clerking though there was this case winding its way through the courts about stockbrokers and entitlement to overtime. I wonder what happened with that.
Right now I'm working 20-24 hours a week. If I were full-time I would be working 40 hours a week, flat. My company doesn't allow you to work over 40 hours.
@WestCoast: Wow, that is incredibly illegal and wrong!! I've never heard of an employer expecting work beyond what the employee is paid for. Salary employees can work more than the full time week I suppose, but at least where I'm from most people are paid per hour and are not allowed to work (not get paid, but physically work) because the company can get in huge trouble if someone works overtime and isn't paid, and the companies won't pay overtime.
Then again, the economy is pretty much dead here, so that might make a difference by location I guess? I would NEVER work without getting paid though.
@galloway111: It's not illegal. http://www.dol.gov/elaws/esa/flsa/screen75.asp
@Aure: Most people don't fit into those categories though, and that's mainly referring to salary workers, and a lot of jobs that are more self-owned or self-employed. A typical full time employee that isn't salary couldn't legally work without overtime pay.
I work my regular paying job 40 hrs/week but when I'm stage managing a play (unpaid but more work than my real job) it's an additional 20-25 hrs/week. I think next show they're giving me a stipend thank goodness!
@WestCoast: Haha that's funny. I have long days sometimes (~14+ hours a day about 1 or 2 times week). I joke to my coworker who has the same schedule that an early day for us is leaving before 5 or 6pm at night and a late night for us is anything past 9 or 10pm at night. Haha.
I'm an attorney (actually a federal judicial law clerk at the moment). I work 30-35 hours a week on a yearly salary. It's wonderful.
@Boston Bee: Lucky! I pulled firm hours at my clerkships :( (or damn close to it)
@heather25: I'm in private banking now. So I invest money for high and ultra high net worth clients. It's really interesting. So was investment banking. But I really think the difference is that when you're dealing with companies as clients, they executives are expected to be there every second for their company, so they expect you to be there every second for them. Now that I deal with people and families, they are FAR more flexible. Never do I get calls outside of office hours. I still have a lot of work to do, and I still get to do fantastic things, it's just a lot more laid back. I love it. I made the switch earlier this year, and I've never been happier (plus I think my hourly wage went up hugely becasue I have always been salaried, but now I work 50ish hours as opposed to 75ish and get paid the same).
I work around 25 hours a week, but I am also a full time student. I don't know how I would manage working more hours then I already do with a full class load.
@WestCoast:That's awesome! Good for you.
@Boston Bee: and extra lucky because you are in FL! I woulda loved to clerk for Barkett and hung out on the beach.
I'm salaried, I work in an office 5 days a week 7:30-6, and usually one day per weekend, but I do have the option of working from home.
My entire building is on 7 hour work days (supposedly...almost everyone is there longer though, mostly salaried employees). Hourly employees get OT above 40 hours a week, but the standard "full time" week is 35 hours. I love having 7 hour work days and find that I get just as much done as I would in 8 hours, 95% of the time. The other 5% I just end up staying an hour or two later.
At this job I get paid for 40 hours but might work 3/4 of that. However in past jobs I have worked 60+ a week and was salaried at 40.
P.S I am waiting to give birth any day now so busting my butt is not top priority right now. I hate my job...maybe there should be a spinoff on how many hours you actually work while at work...lol
I'm a part time teacher, and I technically am contracted to work 20 hours a week, but it usually is closer to 30 between paperwork, meetings before/after school hours, lesson planning/prep, grading, and recording.
I also come in to school about a half hour before I am required to be, and leave about a half hour after. I also NEVER have a formal lunch break -- I always eat between my groups of kids. In a sense it's nice because I always have 4.5 day weekends, but in another sense it sucks because it's hard to schedule parent meetings, plus I'm not in the district much so it's hard for me to get to know everyone.
@galloway111: I'm pretty sure she was referring to salaried employees...
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