If you work in the office, how many hours do you actually work?

[Anonymous]

I work as a nurse.. 95% of my shift is spent on a relevant work task, either clinical or admin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Some workers seem to have gotten used to thinking working in the office means they can actually only work a couple hours per day. No one actually works the full 8 hours.

How many hours do you actually work in a day if you work out of the home?

Not everyone, only the 20-somethings who seem to be allergic to actual work. I work 9-6 in the office (including working through lunch at my desk), and several hours on site with clients a few nights per week. Not infrequent emails for work over the weekend as well

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I try to not do any work when I go into the office. It’s pointless for me to be there. I consider it as being paid to be in the office building. I talk to people and attend Teams meetings but I don’t accomplish anything.

When I WFH is when I actually work. Others I work with have shared the same thing. We are in a hoteling office layout and it’s too chaotic to work. Going into the office is for talking to other people in-person, grabbing lunch, getting coffees etc. Basically networking.

Curious why you don't consider talking to other people work? I spend a lot of my in office days either in meetings or talking to people one on one about projects and clients. I consider all of that work.

Because we are in a hoteling arrangement and the talking isn’t about work. It’s about the weather, sports, commute etc. The people I sit around don’t work on any of my projects or know anything about my work. The people on my projects are located in other cities. We are all being forced to go into the office to hold Teams meetings and prove that the expensive real estate is being used.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I work as a nurse.. 95% of my shift is spent on a relevant work task, either clinical or admin.

I have had jobs where I have spent all the time working, and ones where I did an hour or two of actual work. I’m not sure the latter are preferable. When you are busy the time goes by much faster…

[Anonymous]

In the office 3 days a week. Get in at 8:30 and leave at 3:30 for school pick up. About 7 hours. Most days don’t take a a full lunch hour and eat at desk. If I have something lingering, I will work at home, after hours.

[Anonymous]

Lately 9-10 hours with a few bio breaks and maybe a walk around the block. Manager, doing the jobs of several people at once because of turnover (before I arrived), lots of meetings and then need time for actual tasks. At my old job it was not like this because management had completely checked out and wasn’t driving the bus anymore…. And now they have a new manger who is in my same situation lol. Wish there was a happy medium!

[Anonymous]

I literally work about 9-10 hours a day in the office.

[Anonymous]

During COVID I forgot how tiring commuting was. I work at a slower pace just because the commute is a grind and I have less energy than on days I TW.

I also work fewer hours because of socializing with co-workers which I do much less of when TW. A lot of that is before/after meetings as the substantive part of the meeting gets started later in person and there's a lot more after meeting socializing unrelated to work.

[Anonymous]

I don't work at all in the office nor do I socialize as no one on my team is at my office location. I badge in, file my Uber expense, check my email and leave. I go in 3 times a week for about 3 hours total. It's a total charade I have to perform to keep my job but entirely unrelated to actual work, which I do at home.

[Anonymous]

I’m a nanny and threads like this are why I no longer feel bad being on my phone at work. I am now guilt free, scrolling on company time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a nanny and threads like this are why I no longer feel bad being on my phone at work. I am now guilt free, scrolling on company time.

But your job, and the nurse PP's job, are actually important, unlike office work. Then again it's bizarre that you are being paid to watch kids and scroll on your phone so that the parents can sit in an office and scroll the internet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a nanny and threads like this are why I no longer feel bad being on my phone at work. I am now guilt free, scrolling on company time.

But your job, and the nurse PP's job, are actually important, unlike office work. Then again it's bizarre that you are being paid to watch kids and scroll on your phone so that the parents can sit in an office and scroll the internet.

The kids are older and the parents now work from home. Well, the dad does at least. The mom just does yoga, goes hiking, shops, redecorates, and makes messes for other people to clean. I’ve been with the family for many years so I’m not going to leave, but seeing how little my boss does at her job made me feel like I don’t need to organize their pantry while the kids have a play date. I just supervise and scroll on my phone.