How many hours a day do you spend at work?

SIMMO SAYS · Mar 13, 2014

Goldstone1976 said:
I spend about 2-3 hours each day in the office and am at home or travelling to clients the rest of the time. My hours vary dramatically, from 4-5 through to 18-20; the latter occurring when we close a big deal, an acquisition, or around the time we announce our results. I guess I do about 70 hours a week spread across all days.

If I worked 70 hours a week I would be on £14000 a month

-----that isn't ever going to happen - life's to short to work yourself to death.
That would just about keep me in Guinness for the month anyway :drink:

As my Dad taught me: what we can't do today we will do tomorrow

sully · Mar 13, 2014

SIMMO SAYS said:
My son & I work on average six hours a day.
We don't stop for food or drink in that time.
At the age of 57 I'm still waiting to become a millionaire plumber like that bn9 bha bloke from Newhaven

I don't think many millionaires got there working 6 hours a day!

I generally get to the office between 7.30 and 8 and don't often leave before 6, quite often up to 8 and occasionally 10 or 11!
Trying hard to shorten my working days, though. I need to live a bit, too.

Deleted member 18477 · Mar 13, 2014

Average about 9 hours a day Mon to fri. Usually eat lunch whilst working.

Probably average 3 hours extra either in evenings or at weekend.

So all in all about a 48 hour week not including travelling time which is usually roughly an hour a day.

I get paid to do a job rather than working specific hours.

Uh_huh_him · Mar 13, 2014

Varies day to day but I average about 50hours a week in the office and about a further 4-8 from home in the evening/weekend depending on what's going on.

SIMMO SAYS · Mar 13, 2014

sully said:
I don't think many millionaires got there working 6 hours a day!

I generally get to the office between 7.30 and 8 and don't often leave before 6, quite often up to 8 and occasionally 10 or 11!
Trying hard to shorten my working days, though. I need to live a bit, too.

sully--I forgot to mention two/three hours in the evening doing bills (good thing) & estimates (nightmare)
Also halfway through TV stuff someone will ring me about their plumbing problems and I never find out WHO DUNNIT!!!! :drama:

Goldstone1976 · Mar 13, 2014

SIMMO SAYS said:
If I worked 70 hours a week I would be on £14000 a month-----that isn't ever going to happen - life's to short to work yourself to death.
That would just about keep me in Guinness for the month anyway
As my Dad taught me: what we can't do today we will do tomorrow

I take a small salary (for the job level), but take a large bonus, calculated on EPS growth against the sector average for my industry. However, most of the cash comes from share price growth, which I draw down once a year on an as-needed basis. We're listed, so I need to not spook the shareholders too much, but I can usually find an institution to pick up whatever I want to offload.

Your point about work/life balance is spot on. Unfortunately, I'm wired that way - if something needs doing, I do it.

SIMMO SAYS · Mar 13, 2014

bn9 bha said:
Do you like my new van Simmo?

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Wot the Feck :ohmy:

That van isn't as new as all the pikey ones parked up in Wild Park at the moment.

John Bumlick · Mar 13, 2014

Up at 6am, at work by 7am, leave at 3:30pm, usually home by 4pm. As a contractor at a company who are really arsey about contractor hours (i.e. no overtime, not allowed to work on national holidays and not even allowed to make up time if you work a short day for some reason) I have really got into the habit of working 8 hours per day and not a second more and absolutely zero after hours work. If they want me to care, they can bloody well employ me and give me benefits.

Of course, I work in IT so in reality I probably do two or three hours of real work per day.

BN9 BHA · Mar 13, 2014

SIMMO SAYS said:
Wot the Feck That van isn't as new as all the pikey ones parked up in Wild Park at the moment.

I would like that on my van though instead of 'Millionaire Plumber of Newhaven' :lolol:

SIMMO SAYS · Mar 13, 2014

Goldstone1976 said:
I take a small salary (for the job level), but take a large bonus, calculated on EPS growth against the sector average for my industry. However, most of the cash comes from share price growth, which I draw down once a year on an as-needed basis. We're listed, so I need to not spook the shareholders too much, but I can usually find an institution to pick up whatever I want to offload.

Your point about work/life balance is spot on. Unfortunately, I'm wired that way - if something needs doing, I do it.

Goldstone 1976 to be honest all that industry stuff went straight over my head

Iv'e been self employed for forty years--- If I do not find work and do it to the clients brief I die tomorrow.
We are both in the same boat tho---keep paddling :thumbsup:

SIMMO SAYS · Mar 13, 2014

bn9 bha said:
I would like that on my van though instead of 'Millionaire Plumber of Newhaven'

We both know we are init for the love of PLUMBING at the end of the day

Customers are just a PAIN generally ----- but I love em

Blue3 · Mar 13, 2014

07:00 until 16:00 cannot remember the last time I had a break of any description then on call one week in seven 24/7

Barrel of Fun · Mar 13, 2014

Do you want a poll [MENTION=600]Bry Nylon[/MENTION]?

I hear they work long hours *boom tish*

I can add one. Give me the parameters.

Herr Tubthumper · Mar 13, 2014

I work 37-40 hours a week. If I am busy and work more I work less the following week(s). I'm keen ton work/life balance so try claw overtime back as time off and ensure I work 37-40 on average.

SIMMO SAYS · Mar 13, 2014

Bry Nylon said:
You're good at what you do though.

Other than the fake blonde wig that could be me and my son 'Wrong Direction' NSC.
Since Iv'e been drinking Guinness I think my BELLY has got smaller

My eyesight is completely fecked tho :drink:

MissGull · Mar 13, 2014

8 hours a day with 1.5 hours breaks. I don't take my work home.

StonehamPark · Mar 13, 2014

0830 - 1700 Mon-Fri.
4-5 Hours overtime on a Saturday morning if/when I want the extra pay.

5 minute walk from work so not too shabby.

Herr Tubthumper · Mar 13, 2014

As an aside are people able to switch off from work when they're finished? I'm generally good at this. I run in the morning so if something does need thinking about outside of the office I mull it over whilst pounding the streets. Knowing I have this me-time in the morning enables me to totally switch off in the evening.

Cian · Mar 13, 2014

8 and a half hours. Rarely take more than 15mins for lunch though. First two and last two hours of the day generally have NOTHING happening and virtually nothing to do but it does get busy occasionally.

Today will be >12 hours but I'll get the difference back and more tomorrow; then 6 hours on Saturday which will get me about ten off on weekdays.

Herr Tubthumper · Mar 13, 2014

StonehamPark said:
5 minute walk from work so not too shabby.

The Frau is the same. I have a 10 min cycle.

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