Work Too Hard?

[tdiplc]

What do you do to earn your crust, and how many hours a week do you work?

I think everyone knows what I do, and I work at least 54 hours a week.

Mark

[Rob]

licenced aircraft engineer, 80+ hrs a week( for a while) :duh:

[simonskippy]

Recruitment Manager generally 50 hrs week

[Steve]

Everyone seems to be on part time work!

I do Travel services

Web design

and I work on the club

Approx 80 hours a week. :(

[JOHNNY-BOY]

Facilities Manager, 45 - 50 hours per week average.

[Matthew_McNally]

ahhh - the beauties of being self employed

:D

tend to work really, really hard when in contract - eg last week was *** knows how many hours, nearly 1000 miles travel, being in Warrington, Newcastle and Nottingham.

This week is Birmingnham, Warrington back to Brum Thursday, then Warrington Friday.

BUT

when I finish the contract, tend to take a really good amount of time off - three or months at a time.

Sometimes mean I only work 9 months out of the year.

Makes it all worth while.

[DaveEllen]

mmmmmmmmm <_<

37 hours a week !! for firm of local govt consultants.....

getting ready for retirement

My days of loads of hours have long gone......BUT if I was s employed it would be diferent,,,,,,,,my lot charge £72.50 an hour for me...........I get nothing like that

Its having the b*lls to go on my own.........

[Dobbin]

Technical Design Authority for an IT outsourcing company

They pay me for 40 hours so that's what they get !!!

I'm kind enough to travel for a minimum of 20 hours a week to work for them :P

[javadude]

For work 37.5 hrs officially (as a Java Developer) but I do more at home when dead-lines are approaching or I'm working on something especially interesting. I don't know why when there is no overtime, bonuses or payrises!

For the church (I'm an elder of an independent baptist church) it varies but some weeks it can be 7-10 hrs if I'm very busy. That's unpaid though.

:D

[spike]

As an Engineer for Rolls-Royce I get paid for 37 hours a week but usually do just over 40. I also have my own business, about 20 - 25 hours a week on that I suppose so somewhere in the region of 60 -70 a week.

You can never do too much for a good company

:D :D :D

[Red]

Training Centre Manager for an IT Training company, averages about 48hrs a week........excluding time spent on here of course

[dark_is200]

30% Trading

70% Software development

Hedge fund in the city.

60 - 80 hours / week

[tdiplc]

Now come on chaps - you KNOW you know you're not allowed to work more than 35 hours per week - just wait until the Fun Police in Brussels gets ya.

[spike]

They'd have to catch us first!!!

[dark_is200]

Now come on chaps - you KNOW you know you're not allowed to work more than 35 hours per week - just wait until the Fun Police in Brussels gets ya.

everyone where i work has to sign a form agreeing to waive their rights for the 35 hour work week

[Wallace]

OK :D BT Engineer 36hrs ( if you can call it work)

The European Workingtime Directive is for no more than 47 hrs over an 18 week rolling period. The slip you sign to opt to work longer hours;runs out soon, and we will all be tied to the maximum 47hr week. Funny that Britian is the only country that makes you want to work longer hours!!!

[Monster-Mat]

Army........lol

24hrs a day...365 days a year.....lol yeah,thats what your tax goes to pay at a measly £2.50 an hour.........

however run my own business/Workshop/garage after work..always work from 6:30 till whenevr the jobs done...normally 22:00 hrs or later

do alot of custom work but most is either accident damage or sericing minor engine/g-box repairs

built 3 feature cars...building another at the mo

[brn7y]

About 5 to 6 months out of the year, you can do the math!

[Claire G]

Marketing Manager for an IT company (surprise, surprise!). I work a minimum of 35 hours, but if it's busy that flies out of the window until the jobs get done

[Chris.S]

Lexus Parts Advisor

Standard working hours a week = 40hrs

Overtime per week = 15hrs approx

[Brian Berry]

I have come out of retirement and I am working as a planning officer for the County Council doing 15 hours a week which is 2 days. I can cope with this as it gives me plenty of time to do other things.

[Zee007]

IT Controls and Governance in the US - work approximately 7am to 7pm... well if you call this work...!

[dazzab69]

Information Security Manager for a city company. I'm in the office for about 40 hours a week, though I manage to get home by 5.30 most nights so I feel like a complete slacker compared to most of you guys !

Do the people that do huge hours get paid hourly or get overtime ?

[tdiplc]

Do the people that do huge hours get paid hourly or get overtime ?

It seems to me that (excluding Europe) people tend to work until the job is done regardless of pay. I know that in my firm and in many others that there is a culture of responsibility towards the customer, and an awareness that if the customer is not happy and walks away - you're history.

[dazzab69]

Do the people that do huge hours get paid hourly or get overtime ?

It seems to me that (excluding Europe) people tend to work until the job is done regardless of pay. I know that in my firm and in many others that there is a culture of responsibility towards the customer, and an awareness that if the customer is not happy and walks away - you're history.

Which is absolutely right in a customer focused environment, although I think that you should be rewarded for that performance. Are you on a bonus related to customer sales/resales/retension ?

I've always understood that the European attitude to people working excessive hours is that either they are not performing their job adequately, or they are being badly managed (i.e. un-realistic demands).