How long is your day?

[gymgurl]

Just curious what the average is, what time do you leave the house for work and what time do you normally get back home? (including travel time)?

I recently accepted a job that involves a lot of travel time and I'm looking at 11 hours a day, and am a little scared about this. Oh and go figure, the day I accept this job which has me driving 2 hours a day, the day that gas prices skyrocket to 1.10 a liter! grrrrrrr!

[pure_potential]

My job varies significantly from week to week.

About half of the time, I fly out to a client site. That adds about 10 hrs/week of travel time for the flights, but I generally stay in a hotel that is 2 or 3 minutes away from the office. For these weeks, I probably average 50 - 52 hrs total (including travel).

The rest of the time, I work from my home office. This makes the travel time exactly 0 minutes, and I generally put in 40 - 45 hours.

[inmediasres]

I am generally at work or travelling to/from work from just before 7am to 6pm, though meetings and other tasks can make this longer. But usually, 11 hours a day.

[wordsmith]

An average of 10 hours a day.

Some aren't that long, the day I'm on deadline is typically more like 12-16, and days that I have evening events to cover can get pretty long, too, esp. if I don't go home in between.

The standard for me the past few years has been a 50-hour workweek, give or take.

[ukulelechango]

holy crap...1.10 a liter is insane.

[gymgurl]

My job varies significantly from week to week.

About half of the time, I fly out to a client site. That adds about 10 hrs/week of travel time for the flights, but I generally stay in a hotel that is 2 or 3 minutes away from the office. For these weeks, I probably average 50 - 52 hrs total (including travel).

The rest of the time, I work from my home office. This makes the travel time exactly 0 minutes, and I generally put in 40 - 45 hours.

just curious, what dou work as? I'd love to have this type of job, where some of it is travelling and some is working from home.

[Deni81]

Hmm I get paid for 7.5 hours of work. But I work that plus a few more hours at home grading papers and lesson planning. Oh and all the classes I have to take after a long day at work.

[capella]

Same. 7.5 paid hours. Reality, about 9 hours a day, plus commute time (2 hours) plus an hour or maybe more of grading/planning. Plus weekends. Plus classes. I am so ready for summer. That's the only reason to work the way I do. Vacation time. :googly:

[jdt141]

depends on the day. I'm usually at work by 8. its a 15 minute commute to/from work. Some days i have class though, which is a 45 minute commute each way.... i'm either home by 5:30 or 10:00... maybe 10:30, depending.

You can sleep when you die. :huge:

[yankeeyosh]

So far, I catch a 7:39 bus to the subway and get to work roughly 8:30...and work till 5:30. Then, it takes about an hour to get home. Happily, so far, I don't see too much pressure to work 80 hours a week...a good chunk of the office actually leaves at 5 (or even before!). I'm just busy all day long...which I guess is a good thing...

[cheshrcarol]

My day is 9.5 hour max, usually. Leave between 8:05 and 8:15, depending on whether I stop for coffee/breakfast. Get out at 5, should be home around 5:15.

[Fashionista]

16 hours and thats if i can afford to take a taxi from the bus stop to my job. if i can't the day becomes a 18 hr day.

my job insists that we work 12 hr shifts since this place has to run 24/7. then since i don't have a car and live in a different county the buses do not match up. :googly: so i spend alot of time waiting for the buses to get home

[gymgurl]

holy crap! that is insane, and you work 5 days a week like that?

[winneythepooh7]

At least 10 hours if you average in the commute. And it may get longer...............I'll keep you guys posted on that one.

[Fashionista]

holy crap! that is insane, and you work 5 days a week like that?
when i was doing 8 hrs i used to have to do it like that cause there is no bus from where i live to the city where my job is. so basically i would sit around for 5hrs until 11 when my shift started. the sad thing i was only making 9.93 an hr

now i have what is called an alternate weekend schedule. so if i work 3 days i have 3 days off, when we have to work 4 days we get 4 days off. but since i have been working an extra day for the past month i am doing that for 4-5 days, heck sometimes 6 if i am working 72 hrs.

people are probably wondering why won't i move closer to my job. besides the fact that the rent is insanley high (at least 780 for a 1 bedroom) i couldn't get the money together quick enough especially when you need 2 months rent for a deposit. i did find a rent controlled place which was just built but now they aren't letting us move in even though the place has been finished for over 2 months now

[pure_potential]

just curious, what dou work as? I'd love to have this type of job, where some of it is travelling and some is working from home.

I work as a technical consultant for a medium sized software company. I'm a consultant, so I spent a lot of my time onsite at clients (hence the travel), but I also do a significant amount of coding that can be done at home.

[Cole]

it SHOULD be about 9 hours with travel and work.

But I often arrive late and leave early, :redface: so I'm guessing it's about 7-8 hours a day for me. Today I left my house at 9:30, got in at 10, and will probably leave around 4:45 and get home around 5:15. Yeah for my bike.

My personal opinion is screw giving up my waking hours to do things for the man. As long as I get my work done why do you care if it takes me 35 or 40 hours in a week?

[Kitty]

I get here around 8:15 and I leave around 4:30. I have a 15 minute commute.

[spokes]

first off I think that it is not the size of my day that matters, I just need to learn how to use it.........

Anyways I am out of the wrapper at anywhere between 5.45 a and 6.20.

If I was to drive to work it would be a 20 minute drive early in the moring, the bus takes me about 45 minutes, while the train takes me about an hour. In the summer I ride to work and it is an hour each way.

I usually hit the rack between 10 to 11.30 pm.

[wordsmith]

I could never go to bed that early...half the time, I don't even get HOME until 9 or 10 p.m. I'm not content to only have an hour or so of waking time at home.

[lonestar]

I like to get in to my office at about 7:30. I live about ten blocks from my office so I don't take my car and either walk, bike or bus it (on rainy days...UT employees get to use the Austin city bus system for free so its a nice deal). I am ussually the first or second person in. I generally finish my all my work by noon, go to lunch (1 hour) just chill for the rest of the time, leave by 4:30 and go swimming in the pool at my apartment or bike down to Town Lake. I am supervised by an office on the other side of campus (purchasing department). So I guess you could say I am here for 8.5 hours a day, but I really only WORK like 4 of those hours.

As an employee of the purchasing department, my supervision is located in another building on the other side of campus...and I report to them regarding purchasing for the department I am assigned to once every month or so...But I get along well with the senior buyer in the department...I used to work as her assistant. So, supervision is kind of lax...

[wordsmith]

I have never worked a job where I am supervised, period. Post-college, anyway.

[lonestar]

I actually think having a supervisor is an asset if you get along with them...Everytime I have had one I try and go outta my way to be a great employee so I can use them for references, recommendations, performance reports, raise requests and promotion requests.

Who do you report to if you don't have a supervisor? Who grants your pay raises?

[J-girl]

ETA: Sorry I meant 11 hours not 13. Miscalculation lol.

[wordsmith]

I actually think having a supervisor is an asset if you get along with them...Everytime I have had one I try and go outta my way to be a great employee so I can use them for references, recommendations, performance reports, raise requests and promotion requests.

Who do you report to if you don't have a supervisor? Who grants your pay raises?

No, no, you misunderstand. I have a boss I report to. I just am not supervised, in any way, shape, or form. It's a "supervisor" in title only.