Did/Do you work more than 40 hrs on a regular basis

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Originally Posted by xxch4osxx
Originally Posted by jongies3
70 hours a week, driving truck.


This is around what I do per week. I'm not paid by the hour, so no such thing as overtime. I get paid percentage of the gross of what the truck makes. If I only worked 40 hours a week, I would feel like I'm only part time lol

Same! I wouldn't know what to do with all that spare time! Haha
 
When both your parents die by the time you turn 30 it puts things into perspective. I used to work all the time 17 days in a row almost, now I work until I don't want to anymore then take a day off. Live your life away, don't work your life away. Now while I still don't do that many fun and adventurous things, a relaxing day off is still better than another day slaving away.
 
As a gas tech for a utility OT and 24 hr call went with the job. For the last 25 years our 8 man shop had 4 to 6 people meaning brutal OT in winter. Last 5 or so years health took a hit so bailed early. The OT is what made it possible. Worked part time for a while then gave up the gas license and CDL from a previous job. There is so much work in this area that there should not be anyone unemployed .
 
Originally Posted by Dinoburner
There is so much work in this area that there should not be anyone unemployed .


Probably most areas of the country!! Most businesses I deal with are understaffed.
 
Originally Posted by ecotourist
When I was a resident on an "on-call rotation" (which was most of the time) I averaged 76 hours/week (range 72 - 82).

When I was a GP, the federal government tracked me (as part of a national manpower survey) over a 6 month period and I averaged 70 hour/week.

I kept track of my vehicle use for 3 months for tax deduction justification purposes and during that period used my personal car every single day for some business-related reason (labour and delivery, hospital work, office work, nursing home visits, house calls, picking up office supplies, and on and on).

When I became a Specialist my work hours became 36 1/2/week, and then as a department head around 40 hours/week.

Is it any wonder young physicians didn't want to be a traditional GP? As I understand it, the current work load for most physicians is much lighter.


How the heck you charge for driving to work? Call out, I get...but driving to the hospital? Jeez. I've put 19k miles on my car in the last 8mo (most of it to work). Tell me how you dont get audited for this!
 
Originally Posted by clinebarger
Originally Posted by Dinoburner
There is so much work in this area that there should not be anyone unemployed .


Probably most areas of the country!! Most businesses I deal with are understaffed.



That's because they're cheap.
 
Originally Posted by madRiver
I actually get physically and mentally ill working more then 9 hrs in a day.

Same.
I've tried several times when younger (20's etc) to work longer than 8 hours.
Started to get a fever, eye sight diminished, stomach problems, lashing out on GF needlessly etc.
That's all it took for me to realize it's not worth my sanity and health!
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In western society it's seen as abnormal NOT to work yourself into the grave early.
I'm sorry, but there's nobody in my life that I feel I need to impress through my suffering.
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Originally Posted by Lolvoguy
Originally Posted by madRiver
I actually get physically and mentally ill working more then 9 hrs in a day.

Same.
I've tried several times when younger (20's etc) to work longer than 8 hours.
Started to get a fever, eye sight diminished, stomach problems, lashing out on GF needlessly etc.
That's all it took for me to realize it's not worth my sanity and health!
crazy2.gif


In western society it's seen as abnormal NOT to work yourself into the grave early.
I'm sorry, but there's nobody in my life that I feel I need to impress through my suffering.
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Meh. I prefer my 12 to 16 hour work blocks in exchange for having the rest of the week off. I suffer none of your illness, though.
 
Originally Posted by Lolvoguy
Originally Posted by Ws6
I suffer none of your illness, though.

Lucky you

I'd say more "unlucky you", as I've never before met anyone who suffers your particular maladies.
 
My wife and I never saw our fathers, they had left for work before we got up for school, and came home after we went to bed, both died before they were 40. So when we had kids, my wife stayed home to bring them up, and I never worked over a 40 hr week. That changed for the 11 years I had my own shop, then back to 40. My kids know who their father is.
 
i worked home improvement/remodeling most of my life , still do just part time now (age 64 now )but back in the day I worked with a boss who only worked us 40 hours a week ,no more, always weekends off...his thinking was when guys get to tired they mess up a lot and also family time is important..always made a good living and I was happy working those hours
 
I was just talking about this subject yesterday...how long I've been getting up and going to work each day. It's 30 years now (I'm 47 and graduated high school at 17).

When I was younger I'd beg for overtime...I needed it...house, kids, car payments. If I ended up with 55 hours I'd be thrilled. Now it's a different story. Now I'm a school teacher and I'm out by 2:15 everyday. Summers off.

But I absolutely suffered when I was young, all the way up until I was 34...6-7 days a week, ten hours a day, out in the cold, out in the hot. Didn't matter. But with my job now I get a different kind of tired - you really wouldn't understand unless you did it - it's an exhausting/stressful feeling being on display all day, never being allowed to kind of have that "off" day where maybe you're not feeling well, or you're tired and you're just not into it. If you do that while you're standing in front of 25 high school kids, they'll eat you alive. They actually like it when you're sick, they sense weakness and go in for the take down.

But man it's been a long 30 years...that's 30 years of commuting, putting myself through college, changing jobs without missing a paycheck, going to work sick, hurt, injured, tired. Waking up everyday at 5:20, making that coffee, making that lunch...running out the door, jumping in that freezing cold car and driving down those dark roads. We all do it. We should get some medals for this crap. I swear we're all part of some government or alien experiment (and they're all just laughing at us).
 
40 hours a week. Work from home 2-3 days a week. Commute is 7 miles one way.

I did work during college part time.
 
Sadly, yes. Nights, weekends, holidays included, and I'm not in any sort of life-or-death position. This from a company that crows about its work-life balance.

And my coworkers wonder why I play the lottery.
 
Originally Posted by opus1
Sadly, yes. Nights, weekends, holidays included


Me too. Worked every shift and worked weekends and holidays regularly.
 
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