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How many hours do you work per week? (and are you paid enough for it?)

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Gutter Snipe, Oct 17, 2007.

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How many hours do you work per week on average?

  1. 0 - 30

    17 vote(s)
    13.1%
  2. 30 - 40

    27 vote(s)
    20.8%
  3. 40 - 45

    37 vote(s)
    28.5%
  4. 45 - 50

    13 vote(s)
    10.0%
  5. 50 - 60

    19 vote(s)
    14.6%
  6. 60+

    17 vote(s)
    13.1%
  1. weslinder

    weslinder Member

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    84 hours a week for the past month. Normally around 50 hours a week. I think I'm paid pretty well.
     
  2. JeeberD

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    I'm usually around 38 or 39 hours. Management gets b****y if I hit overtime...
     
  3. Bobblehead

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    Probably 40-50.....sometimes weekends...travel......Paid enough??? HELL NO!!!!! 2 years...NO raise!!!! But a fun job I will say.
     
  4. Harrisment

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    I'm at work for about 45 hours a week, but actual work is about 20 hours. If you haven't guessed already, I work in I.T.

    I'm paid well compared to most people my age, but I do feel I'm a bit under paid. That will hopefully change this Friday when i'm due for my annual salary increase.
     
  5. DonnyMost

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    I work about 25 hours per week at one job. Making about 500 per week.

    I work about 5 hours per week at my second job. Making about 250 per week.
     
  6. rimrocker

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    I have a great, fun job that is occasionally interspersed with periods of drudgery. Typically 40-45 hours per week, but vacation time is good... 8 hours every two weeks. I'll only work about a week total between Thanksgiving and New Years.


    Of course, I also have chunks in the summer where I work 16 hours a day for 14-21 days straight, but that's the best part of the job...

    [​IMG]
     
  7. RocketManJosh

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    I think a lot of people here are counting time posting on ClutchFans.net as "working" time ... haha
     
  8. redefined

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    Same here. My work averaged 92 hours a week. Interns are low maintenance and LOVE overtime!!! I had nothing better to do over summer so I didn't really care. Paychecks were great
     
  9. weslinder

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    The joys of a maintenance job. When it's all running, you get paid for being there. (My job moves from maintenance to improvement as necessary.)
     
  10. firecat

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    I "work" about 15 hours/week but I'm actually at work for about 25 hours/week. I work 3 hours per night with 2 hours in breaks. I get paid way more than what I would probably do the same work for in other circumstances.

    I'm a musician (piano/singer) and I consider myself very blessed. Had I to do it all over again, I would not change jobs, but I would have learned to do what I'm doing now sooner in life.
     
  11. Uprising

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    Well, I work for an EMS service. We are 911 in 2 counties...we are over worked, and under paid for what we do.

    It's why i'm back in college...gotta get some kind of degree.
     
  12. Gutter Snipe

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    I agree with you completely Isabella. I'm another one of the .Net programmer types on here and I work exactly 40 hours a week as a contractor for the Harris County Flood Control District. I think that I am compensated well for what I do, and it's definitely the lowest-stress job that I have had so far.

    Some part of me says that I need to work harder so that I could retire earlier, but I figure that I'm going to want to keep working for a long time anyway. I enjoy what I do and I spend most of my spare time working on my golf game, so I have to watch the burnout on that end too.

    Ironically, if I had kids I think I would have to find a consultant job where I could get paid at a similar rate per hour but work about 20 hours more per week to support our lifestyle and retirement.
     
  13. RocketMan Tex

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    40 flat.

    No significant raises here, no bonuses, and no chance of promotion, so I do the bare minimum, and that's why I've been looking for a new day gig.

    I'm sick of the public sector and want to get back into the private sector.

    IT
     
  14. RocketRaccoon

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    Easily 50 hours a week.

    But I enjoy every minute of it. The money is good but not near as important as loving my boss, the company and especially my work environment. Hell, it's 8:30 and I'm still in my pjs.
     
  15. glad_ken

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    40 hours a week, and the pay is good.
     
  16. Lady_Di

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    40-45 hours. We don't have overtime for our positions here in the company. BUMMER!!!!!
     
  17. SWTsig

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    did you take that picture? because it is awesome.
     
  18. kokopuffs

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    Doesn't sound like much of a business proposition.
     
  19. rimrocker

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    Nope. It was taken by John McColgan in 2002. It's perhaps the most famous wildfire photo ever.

     
  20. hotballa

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    i'm at work 40 hours of the week.

    i "work" about 15-20, maybe less.
     

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