how many hours a week do you work?

joe stodge

as it says,

I normally do 39 but that's all I'm contracted for, but there are other I've worked with previously who would blast their hours through the roof.

I worked with a girl from Monaghan who would rack up 12+ hr days 6 days a week despite being on a salary, her contacted Hrs were 43 a week. She would drive to and from work in Dublin every day.

c68zapdsm5i1ru

About 38, when you factor out a lunch break.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Zero now that I'm retired. When I worked I was contracted for 35 per week but usually worked about 40 to 45 at busy times of the year. I rarely paid much attention to the clock or what my hours were adding up to, to be honest.

ELM327

over 50 generally.
Salaried for 40 hours per week, optional overtime offered and paid at double time.
1 hour commute each way (based in a couple of sites but generally all of them are around an hour from the house)

kielmanator

ELM327 wrote: »

over 50 generally.
Salaried for 40 hours per week, optional overtime offered and paid at double time.
1 hour commute each way

Nice one lad....im doing 55 a week, no OT or extra

SusieBlue

I generally work 40hrs a week, not including breaks, on a salary.

I dream of a day where I can afford to work part time.

Lucyfur

Full time yummi mummi

LollipopJimmy

40-45hrs. My commute is about a 6 minute round trip. College is another 6 hours a week and then study time another 8hours

uch

I'm a Civil Servant, I don't work

zl1whqvjs75cdy

About 40 hours of actual work (when I'm not on boards)

amcalester

Contracted for 37.5 and wouldnt usually do much more than that.

If we're busy then I'll happily do the extra hours as its rare enough that that happens, usually at quarter end or coming up to management meetings.

Once I get my work done, then my boss is happy enough for me to keep my own hours.

I've worked in places where bosses checked what time people clocked in at (office jobs) and I wouldn't go back to that. If it was introduced I'd only ever do my contracted hours while I found a new job.

andekwarhola

37.5 excluding lunch. Sometimes do that, sometimes more depending on how busy I am but rarely much over 40 or 41.

ChikiChiki

Usually between around 40 - 50 but it can vary with project workloads and upcoming deadlines. I invoiced for 96hrs one week towards the end of the financial year. I've no problem doing mad hours as downtime between projects can be a couple of months spent travelling or in the case of the current period of downtime, farming!

gifted

Plumber ....39 hrs.....drinking coffee...talking....scratching head......about 16 hrs I actually work...lol lol

TallGlass

Zahir Nervous Sprite wrote: »

Zero now that I'm retired. When I worked I was contracted for 35 per week but usually worked about 40 to 45 at busy times of the year. I rarely paid much attention to the clock or what my hours were adding up to, to be honest.

Would much prefer a job where times seems to fly, the work is enjoyable and reasonably paid. Than some mental job paying mad money for crazy hours and work commitments.

Job 1 40.59 hours / week from Aug 16 to last Friday........... that includes some long days travelling and a Saturday or three.

Job 2, a labour of love, probably spend 5/10 hours a week at it currently.

Cina

I work in IT - currently pretty much 35 - 37.5, our office is pretty good for that.

Back in the days of consulting it could be anywhere from 50 to 100, depending on the project. Felt like my life revolved around work. If we weren't working, the partner's had us out on the sauce.

All I can say is if you're working the sort of hours I was, there's no substitute for having a personal life (I used to justify it with money, experience etc) and you should try to get something else!

Butterface

We have flexible hours so I'll work a shorter week sometimes, then make it up the following week.

I try to be out the door by 3.30/4pm, but during busy periods I'll bring the laptop home and spend another hour catching up on something. Or checking emails later that night. It still wouldn't push me over the 40hr mark though. Fup that.

job seeker

uch wrote: »

I'm a Civil Servant, I don't work

So jealous. I'd love that job.

job seeker

50-55 hours per week. Minimum wage.

CIP4

Its not something I have ever really thought about but working it out on average I do 45 hours a week excluding breaks on a bad week as high as 50 hours. Salaried for 39 hours. However that doesn't consider the weeks I am rostered on to do weekends thats a whole other ball game start Monday morning work though till Friday evening the following week 12 days straight and no extra time off. I get paid for it but its really not worth it.

ELM327

CIP4 wrote: »

Its not something I have ever really thought about but working it out on average I do 45 hours a week excluding breaks on a bad week as high as 50 hours. Salaried for 39 hours. However that doesn't consider the weeks I am rostered on to do weekends thats a whole other ball game start Monday morning work though till Friday evening the following week 12 days straight and no extra time off. I get paid for it but its really not worth it.

I hope you get OT payments or overtime, because working 12 days straight is not fun, and if you are salaried for 39 hours it's possible that you are working for free.

I've done 60-70 hours per week in my last job where I was on a per hour basis and paid double the rate for anything above 40 hours a week. In that job I did 12-14 days straight, then 1 day off, then another 12-14 days. the pay was great but it's not possible long term youll burn out.

smurfjed

I'm legally limited to 100 hours per month in my movable office, however for the last 3 weeks i have done zero

realdanbreen

About 30. But I could give another 12 hours a week giving grinds and that can be tough going-although the fact that it is cash in hand is great.

CIP4

ELM327 wrote: »

I hope you get OT payments or overtime, because working 12 days straight is not fun, and if you are salaried for 39 hours it's possible that you are working for free.

I've done 60-70 hours per week in my last job where I was on a per hour basis and paid double the rate for anything above 40 hours a week. In that job I did 12-14 days straight, then 1 day off, then another 12-14 days. the pay was great but it's not possible long term youll burn out.

I meant on a normal week I am salaried for 39 hours on those weeks where I do the weekend I get time in lieu (2 days each weekend I work) which I am payed them days as I don't take them as I get a lot of holiday ever year and don't need any extra. Then overall I get a 15% shift allowance ever week which is a bit of a sweetener for doing them. So ultimately I am paid for them but what I mean is its not really worth it as by day 10-11 you would be sick of work and longing for a day off.

Steve F

CIP4 wrote: »

Its not something I have ever really thought about but working it out on average I do 45 hours a week excluding breaks on a bad week as high as 50 hours. Salaried for 39 hours. However that doesn't consider the weeks I am rostered on to do weekends thats a whole other ball game start Monday morning work though till Friday evening the following week 12 days straight and no extra time off. I get paid for it but its really not worth it.

Indeed
Have yet to hear of someone on their death bed saying they wished they had spent more time working and less with their loved ones
Other way around maybe.....

backspin.

Contracted for 37 and work 37.

Boom_Bap

I never stop really.

CIP4

Steve F wrote: »

Indeed
Have yet to hear of someone on their death bed saying they wished they had spent more time working and less with their loved ones
Other way around maybe.....

For me its a case of I only finished college last year so am still new to the working world with no wife or kids or commitments so ok that way. Really I will work whatever extra weekends I have to, too make a good impression and get up the ladder. I worked 7 weekends in a row last year now had days of during the week but still that was an experience I wouldn't like to repeat.

But the older guys with wife and kids you see for them doing the weekend and 12 days straight is hardship.

CIP4

CIP4 wrote: »

............ Really I will work whatever extra weekends I have to, too make a good impression and get up the ladder. I worked 7 weekends in a row last year now had days of during the week but still that was an experience I wouldn't like to repeat..............

It can take more to get up the ladder than working whatever weekends you are asked to............. of course in some companies that'll do. Some places love yes men.

c68zapdsm5i1ru

CIP4 wrote: »

For me its a case of I only finished college last year so am still new to the working world with no wife or kids or commitments so ok that way. Really I will work whatever extra weekends I have to, too make a good impression and get up the ladder. I worked 7 weekends in a row last year now had days of during the week but still that was an experience I wouldn't like to repeat.

But the older guys with wife and kids you see for them doing the weekend and 12 days straight is hardship.

No wife or commitments shouldn't necessarily mean that you can give all of your spare time to work. You need a work/life balance regardless.

Salaried so paid for 40 hours a week regardless of what hours I actually work. Sometimes it could be 50 hours working if busy though its normally probably closer to 30 hours a week actually working. Commute is about 25 to 30 mins drive on average each way.

In ways it's a hard one to say really as I'm sure people's definition of what constitutes working varies. For example, if I headed home at lunch on a Friday but kept an eye on emails for the afternoon I'd consider myself working even though I could be half way across the country in the car. But if something needed doing (rare on a fri afternoon) I could pull in, get out the laptop and deal with it.

callaway92

job seeker wrote: »

50-55 hours per week. Minimum wage.

That is grim. No chance of a change?

lolli

I work 37 hours a week but im also driving 10-12 hours a week. I live in hope that a job will come up closer to home soon and maybe cut down to a 4 day week when I'm not spending so much on travel costs.

drake70

37.5 not including lunch breaks. Also a 3 hour daily commute.

KERSPLAT!

Contract states 39 but I do about 45/50 On average. I get overtime and time back so I don't mind too much and my manager is sound for taking time at short notice etc.

Skuxx

I usually do around 50-55, contracted for 39 and every minute over that is paid at least time and a half and more the later it gets. Have the option to take the overtime as pay or holidays! Had about 12 weeks off this year so far!! That would be the biggest thing I'd miss if I moved job!

sbsquarepants

39 hours is a standard week here, we're quite at the moment so no overtime requirements but due to a quirk in starting / finishing times I get stuck to do 5 extra hours every week anyway. I don't mind too much though because basically it means I get 6 days pay for 5 days work.

The place I work for is very feast or famine though - when we're busy we're very busy and when we're not it's like a morgue. So I vary from nice languid 40 odd hour weeks to absolutely frantic 60 plus.

Right now I'm enjoying the break - the last busy spell lasted way too long. Once my bills are paid and there's food in the fridge - I value my time a lot more than money.

Money is nice and all, but if you're too tired to spend it, you may as well be broke!

drake70

Skuxx wrote: »

I usually do around 50-55, contracted for 39 and every minute over that is paid at least time and a half and more the later it gets. Have the option to take the overtime as pay or holidays! Had about 12 weeks off this year so far!! That would be the biggest thing I'd miss if I moved job!

I'd say you'd get destroyed for tax if you took the payment

pauliebdub

39 which is required by my contract, very seldom work late if possible. Working long hours is a mugs game in my opinion. You'll never get any thanks or recognition for it.

Skuxx

drake70 wrote: »

I'd say you'd get destroyed for tax if you took the payment

Absolutely, holidays all the way! I'm lucky too that I work in an industry where I can use my holidays to take time off and go work on a contract in Europe somewhere to boost my pay a little!!

47 per week, used to be over 60 but quit that place!

Hoping to get in on this public sector lark, 39 per week mon - fri 9-5

job seeker

callaway92 wrote: »

That is grim. No chance of a change?

Extremely! Well, working such hour has effected my health. So I'll pack it in soon.

corner of hells

amcalester wrote: »

Contracted for 37.5 and wouldnt usually do much more than that.

If we're busy then I'll happily do the extra hours as its rare enough that that happens, usually at quarter end or coming up to management meetings.

Once I get my work done, then my boss is happy enough for me to keep my own hours.

I've worked in places where bosses checked what time people clocked in at (office jobs) and I wouldn't go back to that. If it was introduced I'd only ever do my contracted hours while I found a new job.

I worked on a building site where a project manager put in a clock in machine , it lasted a day before an apprentice poured sand into it and hit it a few belts of a hammer.

Wanderer2010

about 39 hrs sometimes a bit more if there is a deadline but never ever 12 hour days and weekends on a regular basis, anyone who does that really needs to have a long hard look in the mirror. Companies have no loyalty to workers, its about the cold hard cash at the end of the day and they would bin you in a flash when it comes to cuts. Work to live not the other way round.

jamesbere

39.1 hours. Friday Saturday and Sunday off

michellie

39, my contract is 17 though.

39 according to my contract; 20 according to my boards.ie postcount.

Martina1991

I'm cringing here at the people working 50+ hours. Are those of you who do it doing it for promotion prospects or necessity? I never work later than I have to. I'd never be thanked for it.

I work 37 hours per week (salary) but I also do on-call nights and weekends and get paid extra for that.

SEPT 23 1989

60-70 hours a week

making hay while the sun shines

Penny Tration

37-42 depending on the shift patterns. Paid breaks, too.