Choosing your own work hours

KingBrian2

So if you could chose your own work hours what would they be. Now at the moment i'm not currently employed or in self employment but my perfect hours the time that I would feel comfortable working would be between 10:00 am to 1:00 am & 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Break up the day like that. My question is what would your hours be regardless of the type of work your doing?

Spanish Eyes

When I did work full time I chose an 8am start and a 4pm finish with half an hour lunch break. It was brilliant.

Up early, in early, beat the traffic, and still lots of time to do things in the evenings.

Now that I have gratefully accepted a severance package, I don't have to do it anymore, but that kind of pattern really worked for me at the time.

There were other options that those with children chose. A later start and a later finish. Each to their own.

KingBrian2

KingBrian2 wrote: »

My question is what would your hours be regardless of the type of work your doing?

I'd work from 7 - 11 and from 2 - 5. Only because I live right where I work though, otherwise the 3 hour break would be more of a burden than a boon.

Spanish Eyes

Candie wrote: »

I'd work from 7 - 11 and from 2 - 5. Only because I live right where I work though, otherwise the 3 hour break would be more of a burden than a boon.

It's a personal thing, I know that, but I would never be able to go back to work after a three hour break! You must be in Spain or France with their Siesta!

Spanish Eyes

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

It's a personal thing, I know that, but I would never be able to go back to work after a three hour break! You must be in Spain or France with their Siesta!

I'm not, but I'd love a long break in the middle of the day.

KERSPLAT!

Currently work 9-6 5 days, would prefer 8-7 for 4 days with 3 off

KERSPLAT!

I wouldn't be able for that long break either. I did it while working in a bar years ago with 2-3 hours between shifts, absolutely hated it. Each to their own though

I live 5 minutes from my work, I'd love a snooze mid-day. I love snoozes, I'd plan the day around them.

Xaracatz

Worst part of my day is getting up. I couldn't do it twice!

Xaracatz

Xaracatz wrote: »

Worst part of my day is getting up. I couldn't do it twice!

I bounce out of bed before dawn, no problem getting up. I do flag a bit by lunchtime though, so my ideal day is early start and snoozes after lunch, best of both worlds.

failinis

Only a student but with flexible days - I like to get up and in by 9am (like is the wrong word, but if I did not get up I would be in bed all day)
So 9am -12, hour for lunch, 1pm-3pm, have an hour doing other things, go home get dinner, then 7pm-9pm working (can be up to 2am) then bed.

stampydmonkey

Do 9-4.30pm with 30min break. Plenty of time to do something in the morning and also the evening. Never get out a 4.30pm mind you 😭

callmepetardu

Kind of enjoy my 4am-12pm shifts in work. It's a pain getting up at half two but you can have a decent nap and still have the evening to do stuff.

I'm at my most productive at 7 am until around lunchtime.
Unfortunately the job I'm in, there's not all that much work at those hours!

Captain Chaos

4 10 hour days with 3 off is what I'd do. 7-5pm with no break as I'm just sitting at a desk all day, and I take my break at my desk as it is because there is no where to go to for 15 mins.

I am not a morning person. At all. Anything before 9pm and I'm grumpy and quiet without any appetite or energy.

11am to 4pm would be perfect. I can choose my own hours but at the minute I'm not really doing that because I'm putting my work first.

Oh edited to add that I would only do this three days a week.

Sheep in a field

I've heard of people like accountants with so much work to do they work from 9am to at least 10pm every day.

9-5 sounds like a dream to be, I've been rewarded with hours of 7-5 or 8-6 most my life (the minimum expected)

I should pack it in and try get a 9-5 somehow

Sheep in a field

Captain Chaos wrote: »

4 10 hour days with 3 off is what I'd do. 7-5pm with no break as I'm just sitting at a desk all day, and I take my break at my desk as it is because there is no where to go to for 15 mins.

Isn't all that sitting back for your back and general health ?

Permabear

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I would be at my most productive from 4pm to midnight. Long ago I used to work night shifts from 8pm to 8am and I loved it.

FizzleSticks

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Skylinehead

We have flexitime in work, so I do 10-6.30. (5.30 on Friday). Can't do early mornings at all.

OldMrBrennan83

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rainbow kirby

Was doing roughly 8:30 to between 4:30 and 5 just before I finished up for maternity leave. Ideally I'd like to do 7:30-4 when I go back so I can avoid the worst of rush hour public transport on the way home and have more evening free time.

Morning all the way. 8am start is perfect.

Story Bud?

I work varying hours, and I am a morning person so 7-2:30 would suit me overall, even though you can become tired enough from doing those early mornings all the time.

At the minute, I work 7:30-3 some weeks and they're ideal. I love being finished early and would hate the thoughts of a split shift. I'd be fairly early to bed in comparison to most people (10pm week nights - 12pm if I'm not out at weekends) and on the very rare occasion I lie in until 10am on a Saturday, I consider the day half gone. So working until later in the evening wouldn't be for me as standard. Sometimes I have no choice, that's just the nature of the work I do, but overall start early and finish early would be best.

The perfect situation would be 7-4 with a 3 day weekend and I could probably do that really, but it's grand the way it is at the moment.

I usually work 9:30am to around 6pm (hour for lunch) but it varies depending on how busy I am (start finish times are flexible within reason) given the choice there would be definitely no starting before 12 noon anyway as I can't start getting up early after that there are variations that I'd try before settling on one I liked.

12 noon to 9pm.

6pm to 3am

9pm to 6am (all include an hour for lunch)

Or variations around them working 12 hour shifts to work less days would definitely be another consideration but again not stating before 12 noon and would be better if it was night shifts. I know someone who work is 7x12hour nights in a row and then has 7 days off in a row one very long week and then one week off. Definitely something that would appeal very much to me.

Agent Smyth

When I was working fulltime I started between 5/6am and finished around 3/4pm it suited me at the time but killed off any mid week social engagements due to going to bed early.
Now I work 10+ hours 7 days a week for Sep, Oct, Nov, and then about 1 day a week for the rest of the year.
It suits me much better as I now have a lot more time to enjoy my life.

Titzon Toast

I'm self employed, if I'm under pressure I'll start at 8 and work till 6.
Most days though I start about 10 and finish about 4.
It usually depends on what time in the AM I switch my damn Playstation off at!

Speedwell

When I worked in Houston, I worked from home four days a week. I was in IT and responsible for support for international locations in Europe and Singapore. Because of the time overlap, and because it got me out of having to worry about extreme traffic jams at rush hours, I would often start work at 6:30 Houston time and work till 2:30 or 3, with a half break at 8 and a half break at 12. That translated into being available for a half day for the UK, nearly a half day for Germany, a small but consistently available window for Singapore, and the best part of the day in the US (and no last-minute support calls for which I needed to stay after hours).

Now I work from home doing IT support work in Ireland for an employer in the UK. Since we work closely with a few consultants in India, it still suits me to work early hours, 7 to 4 with a full break at 11:30. I'm just a morning person anyway, I suppose. My boss would just as soon work 10 to 7; he thinks Americans are crazy.

Speedwell

Titzon Toast wrote: »

I'm self employed, if I'm under pressure I'll start at 8 and work till 6.
Most days though I start about 10 and finish about 4.
It usually depends on what time in the AM I switch my damn Playstation off at!

Boss?

The Backwards Man

I'd work in my sleep if I could figure out a way to make money out of it

Badly Drunk Boy

I'm fairly happy with m y current work hours. I do 2 shifts but even where I work, they are regarded as 'non-standard'. One week, I'll work 8am-4pm, maybe with a bit of overtime, and on the alternate week, I work 11am-7pm or 10-7 or 8.30-4.30. It usually starts off with 11-7 and by Friday, I'm back to the standard early shift of 8-4.

So basically eight hours shifts where one week is a fairly strict 8-4, with the second week a flexible later start.

MarkAnthony

Id's work from 10:05am to 10:25am with a 10 minute break in the middle.

Barry Badrinath

Id rather do:

Monday / Thursday and Saturday as a 24hr shift then days off Tuesday / Wednesday / Friday and Sunday.

Hire me please.

Lovely Bloke

I work 7.30-4 with a half hour break.

Loads of time in the evenings

Titzon Toast

Speedwell wrote: »

Boss?

Nope, just me, myself and I.

RiseToMe

Work for myself, I don't set an alarm so start ranges from 7am to 10am depending how tired I am. But I always leave by 4pm.

I do try to avoid the rush hour tho, so if I'm ready to leave about 8.30 I tend to hang on, nothing worse than waiting time in traffic to get to the office.