How many hours a week do you *actually* work?

[Anonymous]

I recently started my first “real” job of really my entire life. Before I did freelance work where I could adjust my hours as necessary.

I cannot do 8 hours a day. I go crazy. I can handle maybe 4 hours of actual work. Then I’m ready to get out of the house, go do *something*, anything other than staring at a screen with a fried brain.

How many hours a day are you actually working?

[Anonymous]

Assuming you include meetings, I work about 5 on a good day, and TBH I think that’s much more typical than people let on (and always has been).

[Anonymous]

Like 9 or 10.

[Anonymous]

3-4, unless it's a day with a lot of meetings

[Anonymous]

7? I too take a few breaks to read the news or dcum. But I work longer hours to make up for it.

You have to have a schedule and switch between hard and easy things. Like email for 15 min, then the hard project for a full hour, then writing a document that needs to get done for 30 min, then back to hard project. I actually set a little timer on my desk. It's a visual timer that doesn't have sound.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Assuming you include meetings, I work about 5 on a good day, and TBH I think that’s much more typical than people let on (and always has been).

Agree! If I do 3-4 hours of highly focused work in a day, plus a meeting or two, that’s a good day. I get a lot done when I focus on work, but I’m not a focus for 8+ hours everyday kind of person.

When my work required different things that didn’t need absolute focus, I technically worked more hours but still had the same quantity of focused hours per day.

[Anonymous]

My work is physical. I can easily do 8 hours with only few quick bathroom breaks.

[Anonymous]

0. I'm a SAHW.

[Anonymous]

I bill 55 hours a week (yes, it sucks). And a chunk of that is on the weekend. So I bill around 10 hours per weekday on average. Then I have a 40 min commute each way. It’s awful.

[Anonymous]

I average 20 hours per week but that is what I am paid for.

[Anonymous]

I think most people are answering per day, not per week.

[Anonymous]

I am paid for 40 and probably work closer to 32.

[Anonymous]

I’m underemployed and work, on average, maybe 2-3 hours a day.

I still got a raise and a bonus last year.

[Anonymous]

8.5 to 9.5 most weekdays. 2 to 6 total hours every weekend. I hate it.

[Anonymous]

8-9 a day non-stop