How many hours do you work?

[Stralem]

I work tech support for my university.

But because I also attend classes, the university restricts me to 25 hours per week. Basically my status as a student trumps my status as an employee. They do this in part because they don't want me to bomb academically because of work demands, but more than that, they just want to save on labor costs.

I work 40 hours during breaks, though. Summer breaks tend to be quite lucrative.

Of course, I also do tech jobs on the side. They tend to fall somewhere in the 5-to-15 hour range.

Re-install Windows here.

Unb0rk a router there.

Scrape peanut butter and candle wax from little Timmy's Macbook Pro every now and then...

It's not a lot of money, but it fattens the wallet just enough.

[Roarmeister]

I'm supposed to only work 38 hrs a week but since I'm out-of-scope mgmt, I work until my job is done. That means about 45 hrs a week. AND I never take work home with me.  The office is the office, my home is not.

[juggalo9er]

40-65 hours a week as a service tech for a cable company.....going for my mba, two kids, wife, just bought first house.....i sleep around 6 hours a night

[Shogun]

Oh crap, bet I'm gonna lose this one.  Mine varies.  This week? 120 hours, and no that's not a typo.  I work 24 or 48 hour shifts usually 24.  So this week I am working 5 24 hour shifts.

[DarkMoonLily]

Currently at about 26 - 28 hours a week. I'm a part time Cashier. 

[meehan22]

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@Shogun wrote:

Oh crap, bet I'm gonna lose this one.  Mine varies.  This week? 120 hours, and no that's not a typo.  I work 24 or 48 hour shifts usually 24.  So this week I am working 5 24 hour shifts.

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how in the world...

[youdontkillmoney]

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@meehan22 wrote:

A good discussion I think. How many hours do you work, are you the strict 40 hour work weeks. Or perhaps a wall street person working 60-70 hours a week. Do you work a full time and part time job? 

Most importantly, is it worth it? Do you have a goal in mind if you are working more than 40 hours? 


I work a strict 40 hour work week myself currently. Have been for just over a year now. Prior to that between 20-24 i was working 3 jobs 7 days a week and raking in a bunch of money till I got burned out. Recently I have been approached a part time opportunity that would double my current take home pay for about 20-25 hours a week. Putting me up at 65 hours a week between 2am-5pm daily between the two. Something I am considering short term. My long term goal is to own rental property like my parents and that would provide enough to get my feet planted. 

So do you work more than the average 40 hour week, is it worth it to you? 

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40 hours a week tops.

[Ridewithme38]

Do you guys who work 60+ hours a week find it 'worth' the loses to personal and family time?  At the end of the day, is cuddling up with a slightly better paycheck worth not really knowing who your kids are?

This is something i'm working on figuring out now.  I'm at a transition...Been a typist for 5-6 years working 38hrs, leaving everything behind when i leave the office, simple no stress job.  Recently a job has been posted that i would be perfect for, I've been recommended for it by some of the top bosses....Big promotion, but, i know people who do it now...it's 24hr 7day a week work....Provided a work cellphone and laptop i'd have to carry with me everywhere i go.

I'm not sure if it's worth giving up my life to (more then)triple the amount of money i'd be bringing home a week.  This is nearly an impossible choice for me....Money is tight right now, but i don't know if it's worth giving up family time to make things more comfortable.

[meehan22]

I think for the people who are single, or married without kids if they can work extra there is no reason why you shouldn't. Save for the future! Which is why I posted this therad, as I been burned out in the past adn considering doing a round two again for a while to put money away for a home, a ring and marriage with a nice home in a year perhaps. 

Understandably its different with a family. I grew up in a family with a father who owned multiple bussinesses, I'd see him at dinner time most nights and that was about it. Didn't have much of a relationship till the last few years when he had to retire somewhat. One hand it was tough, other hand I understood why it had to be done. Be hard to tell if I had a family and the opportunity came for great pay to provide more for my family if I would or would not do it. 

[youdontkillmoney]

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@meehan22 wrote:

I think for the people who are single, or married without kids if they can work extra there is no reason why you shouldn't. Save for the future! Which is why I posted this therad, as I been burned out in the past adn considering doing a round two again for a while to put money away for a home, a ring and marriage with a nice home in a year perhaps. 

Understandably its different with a family. I grew up in a family with a father who owned multiple bussinesses, I'd see him at dinner time most nights and that was about it. Didn't have much of a relationship till the last few years when he had to retire somewhat. One hand it was tough, other hand I understood why it had to be done. Be hard to tell if I had a family and the opportunity came for great pay to provide more for my family if I would or would not do it. 

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These are good ideas. Generally I like to make the most amount of money and working the least to have more leisure time. This becomes more important as you age. Nothing wrong with working  more to earn more, especially when you're young. I suppose as you age the idealism fades and you just want to earn enough (whatever that amount is) to enjoy life. And of course if you're single it is different than if you have a child or a family, assuming you want to spend time with your family, then you'd likely want to work less and possibly get paid less to have that time. Where I work we have a new hire coming in who was traveling 2-3 days a week, earnign $145K, but wants to start a family, etc so he joined us, and will now only make $100K instead but enjoy a 40 hour week instead of his 60+ hour weeks.