Anonymous
08/10/2022 19:07
Subject: What do you do for a living and what does you typical day look like?
Anonymous wrote:Customer service; taking calls for customers using our accounts
Wake up around 7 with the kids
Make breakfast, clean up, get them dressed
Clock in at 8 and wfh, nanny comes
Talk to people, pace around my office, snack, maybe some impromptu workouts or laundry folding
Off at 4:30, relieve the nanny and hang with the kids
Dinner, playtime, bath, reading and bedtime for kids at 8
Go for a quick run
Shower
Evening snack and trash tv time or reading
Asleep by 11ish
Serious question but how do you make enough in customer service that it makes sense to hire a nanny ?
Anonymous
08/10/2022 18:49
Subject: Re:What do you do for a living and what does you typical day look like?
GS-15 IT specialist. Haven’t done much at work for the last five years. Typical day is to surf the web and watch Netflix. Still get good performance review from management.
Anonymous
08/10/2022 18:42
Subject: What do you do for a living and what does you typical day look like?
Anonymous wrote:I just want to say, I don't know how all you guys are doing it. Your schedules are so tight - so hard! My hat's off to you for pulling it off, day after day. I know I don't have it in me.
It’s something to see how many people are absolutely done after about 8 hours and have some down time during the workday.
Anonymous
08/10/2022 16:48
Subject: Re:What do you do for a living and what does you typical day look like?
Anonymous wrote:
NP but similar sounding nonprofit role. Mine are external and internal and mostly pre scheduled. I often work for an hour between 6-7am, end at 5:30, and lately have been working 8:30-10pm as well. It’s rough.
Blech…everything I say on this site always comes off as so snarky.
I’m the one who asked what the calls were about. I see how it came off as accusing the pp of lying about how hard she is working. I’m genuinely curious what they are about. I’ve never worked for a nonprofit or known anyone who has worked for one.
I'm the one who originally wrote that - didn't find it snarky, just didn't return to the thread until now!
Most are prescheduled but in the slots that aren't pre-scheduled, I get a lot of requests just to talk for a sec. My role is very much to be an overseer and ensure that the work of the organization is coordinated across different divisions, plus doing business development and talking to potential funders. Today's calls include one bi-weekly check in with a direct report, one monthly call with someone in a related department to make sure our teams are aligned, a progress review on an ongoing initiative involving people from multiple teams, an emergency call to figure out what to do about a big funder who is threatening to pull out, and a call with a potential outside partner who wants to collaborate on a book.
We definitely have some staff who are head down in their work, but at upper levels of management we wear a ton of different hats and the communication demands are relentless.
Anonymous
08/10/2022 10:47
Subject: What do you do for a living and what does you typical day look like?
Psychologist in private practice
6am wakeup with kids x2
7:30am bus stop dropoff
8am quick coffee with DH
Drive to my office (most patients in are in person)
10am-1pm patients
1-2pm lunch/walk
2-4pm patients
4:30pm pickup (on alternate days I see patients til 5 or 6 and DH picks up)
Dinner prep
6pm family dinner, time with kids
8pm start kid bedtime
8:30pm TV/DH time
10pm bedtime
6am wakeup with kids x2
7:30am bus stop dropoff
8am quick coffee with DH
Drive to my office (most patients in are in person)
10am-1pm patients
1-2pm lunch/walk
2-4pm patients
4:30pm pickup (on alternate days I see patients til 5 or 6 and DH picks up)
Dinner prep
6pm family dinner, time with kids
8pm start kid bedtime
8:30pm TV/DH time
10pm bedtime
Anonymous
08/10/2022 10:42
Subject: What do you do for a living and what does you typical day look like?
Customer service; taking calls for customers using our accounts
Wake up around 7 with the kids
Make breakfast, clean up, get them dressed
Clock in at 8 and wfh, nanny comes
Talk to people, pace around my office, snack, maybe some impromptu workouts or laundry folding
Off at 4:30, relieve the nanny and hang with the kids
Dinner, playtime, bath, reading and bedtime for kids at 8
Go for a quick run
Shower
Evening snack and trash tv time or reading
Asleep by 11ish
Wake up around 7 with the kids
Make breakfast, clean up, get them dressed
Clock in at 8 and wfh, nanny comes
Talk to people, pace around my office, snack, maybe some impromptu workouts or laundry folding
Off at 4:30, relieve the nanny and hang with the kids
Dinner, playtime, bath, reading and bedtime for kids at 8
Go for a quick run
Shower
Evening snack and trash tv time or reading
Asleep by 11ish
Anonymous
08/10/2022 09:34
Subject: Re:What do you do for a living and what does you typical day look like?
HR consulting, WFH, no kids.
6:15 Wake up and work out
7:15 Shower, get ready for the day, take dog out
8:00 Catch up on emails from west coast clients, prep for client meetings
9-11:30 2-3 Mix of leading internal trainings, team meeting, and 1-2 client calls
12-1 Eat lunch, let the dog out and read in the backyard while he plays.
1-4 Heavier on client calls (3-4 most afternoons) and working on deliverables
4:00 Wrap up any follow-ups I didn't get to during the day, usually log off by 4:30
5:00 DH and I alternate nights cooking. On his nights I'll do random things around the house like weeding or cleaning while he cooks
5:45 Eat dinner together
6-7:30 Downtime - read or watch TV
7:00 Family walk with the dog
7:30-9:30 More downtime
9:30 Wipe down kitchen
9:45 Take dog out before bed and get in bed. Usually asleep by 10:30 at the latest.
6:15 Wake up and work out
7:15 Shower, get ready for the day, take dog out
8:00 Catch up on emails from west coast clients, prep for client meetings
9-11:30 2-3 Mix of leading internal trainings, team meeting, and 1-2 client calls
12-1 Eat lunch, let the dog out and read in the backyard while he plays.
1-4 Heavier on client calls (3-4 most afternoons) and working on deliverables
4:00 Wrap up any follow-ups I didn't get to during the day, usually log off by 4:30
5:00 DH and I alternate nights cooking. On his nights I'll do random things around the house like weeding or cleaning while he cooks
5:45 Eat dinner together
6-7:30 Downtime - read or watch TV
7:00 Family walk with the dog
7:30-9:30 More downtime
9:30 Wipe down kitchen
9:45 Take dog out before bed and get in bed. Usually asleep by 10:30 at the latest.
Anonymous
08/10/2022 09:31
Subject: Re:What do you do for a living and what does you typical day look like?
NPO/Grants/Program Officer
6 a.m., wake up and take a walk
6:30 a.m., drink coffee, check email, hang out with kid while he eats breakfast & watches a show or two
7:15 a.m., DH gets kid dressed and drives to school or camp
7:30 a.m., shower, get dressed, go upstairs to office, more email
8-9, quiet work
9-2, usually back-to-back zooms or phone calls (internal & external partners, grantees, etc.). If I have a very slow day, I may go out for a long lunch or do some meditation or take a nap.
2-3 p.m., close out day, plan for the next day, one more e-mail check
3:30 p.m., pick up kid from school or camp
4-5 p.m., dinner prep
5 p..m. dinner
6 p.m., sometimes a quick work task or check-in, usually read/relax while DH handles kitchen clean up & kid bath
7 p.m. we all read together in bed
9-10 p.m. guided meditation / fall asleep
6 a.m., wake up and take a walk
6:30 a.m., drink coffee, check email, hang out with kid while he eats breakfast & watches a show or two
7:15 a.m., DH gets kid dressed and drives to school or camp
7:30 a.m., shower, get dressed, go upstairs to office, more email
8-9, quiet work
9-2, usually back-to-back zooms or phone calls (internal & external partners, grantees, etc.). If I have a very slow day, I may go out for a long lunch or do some meditation or take a nap.
2-3 p.m., close out day, plan for the next day, one more e-mail check
3:30 p.m., pick up kid from school or camp
4-5 p.m., dinner prep
5 p..m. dinner
6 p.m., sometimes a quick work task or check-in, usually read/relax while DH handles kitchen clean up & kid bath
7 p.m. we all read together in bed
9-10 p.m. guided meditation / fall asleep
Anonymous
08/10/2022 09:04
Subject: Re:What do you do for a living and what does you typical day look like?
Government attorney with 2 kids in preschool
5:30 wake up. quick workout at home
6:15 coffee, make lunches and breakfast
7:30-8:30 get kids ready, fed, and too school
8:30-4:30 Work, take some calls while out for a walk, take breaks and depending on the day will do laundry, pick up whole foods grocery order. Squeeze in a quick home made lunch in between calls
4:30-5 Cook dinner
5-8 spend time with kids, dinner, sometimes activities, kids get baths and put them to bed
8-9:30 watch tv, read, or do some dinner prep for the next day
9:30 unwind and fast asleep usually by 10.
I typically work from home. When I do go to the office, the housekeeping/errand breaks don't happen and the workout might happen late at night.
5:30 wake up. quick workout at home
6:15 coffee, make lunches and breakfast
7:30-8:30 get kids ready, fed, and too school
8:30-4:30 Work, take some calls while out for a walk, take breaks and depending on the day will do laundry, pick up whole foods grocery order. Squeeze in a quick home made lunch in between calls
4:30-5 Cook dinner
5-8 spend time with kids, dinner, sometimes activities, kids get baths and put them to bed
8-9:30 watch tv, read, or do some dinner prep for the next day
9:30 unwind and fast asleep usually by 10.
I typically work from home. When I do go to the office, the housekeeping/errand breaks don't happen and the workout might happen late at night.
Anonymous
08/09/2022 20:12
Subject: Re:What do you do for a living and what does you typical day look like?
Professor (tenure-track) During academic year
Work 5 AM-7 AM -- data analysis/writing/research
7-9 AM kids up at 7 AM for school. we all get ready, get to school etc. Come back, breakfast exercise.
9 AM--12 depending on the day of the week this is filled with faculty meetings, advising meetings, research team meetings, committee meetings course prep, reading articles, grading or teaching.
Lunch (sometimes meeting, sometimes working)
1-6 depending on day of the week is filled with faculty meetings, advising meetings, research team meetings, committee meetings course prep, grading or teaching. Sometimes there are opportunities to write. 1 day a week this is a full-time research day checking in on projects and managing research assistants. Every other day (often including weekends) I check in on research for about 1-2 hours. 2-3 days a week I do pick up after school, but then work from home on research and have lots of zoom meetings with students.
I teach a 3 hour grad class 1x a week in the late evening in person.
I try not to work as much on weekends, but I do need to work on research/writing and sometimes when there are grant proposal deadlines, publications, presentations, I will pull very long weekend work sessions--sometimes overnight to meet deadlines.
During summer--it's full-time research/writing and working with graduate students, advisees and research assistants and course prep for the upcoming semester but I schedule the time as needed.
I do a complete shutdown of all work for 2 weeks in the summer and 1 week at Christmas.
Work 5 AM-7 AM -- data analysis/writing/research
7-9 AM kids up at 7 AM for school. we all get ready, get to school etc. Come back, breakfast exercise.
9 AM--12 depending on the day of the week this is filled with faculty meetings, advising meetings, research team meetings, committee meetings course prep, reading articles, grading or teaching.
Lunch (sometimes meeting, sometimes working)
1-6 depending on day of the week is filled with faculty meetings, advising meetings, research team meetings, committee meetings course prep, grading or teaching. Sometimes there are opportunities to write. 1 day a week this is a full-time research day checking in on projects and managing research assistants. Every other day (often including weekends) I check in on research for about 1-2 hours. 2-3 days a week I do pick up after school, but then work from home on research and have lots of zoom meetings with students.
I teach a 3 hour grad class 1x a week in the late evening in person.
I try not to work as much on weekends, but I do need to work on research/writing and sometimes when there are grant proposal deadlines, publications, presentations, I will pull very long weekend work sessions--sometimes overnight to meet deadlines.
During summer--it's full-time research/writing and working with graduate students, advisees and research assistants and course prep for the upcoming semester but I schedule the time as needed.
I do a complete shutdown of all work for 2 weeks in the summer and 1 week at Christmas.
Anonymous
08/09/2022 15:43
Subject: What do you do for a living and what does you typical day look like?
super interesting thread!
I'm a non-fiction writer and involved mother. typical day when both kids are in school:
7:30-8:30: wake up, give kids food, stream-of-consciousness writing for 20 minutes, shower.
8:30-9: school drop off
9-12: write towards current book (may be writing, may be transcribing an interview). daily goal of around 1,000 words
12-1: lunch with my husband when he's working from home
1-2:30: read books that relate to current work
2:30-3: meditate and nap
3:00-4:30: pick up kids and hang out at the playground
4:30-5:30: schlepping kids to activities
5:30-6: dinner
6-8: my time. sometimes go conduct an interview, sometimes take a long walk, sometimes go swimming
9-9:30: do yoga
9:30-10:30: read or have sex with husband
I'm a non-fiction writer and involved mother. typical day when both kids are in school:
7:30-8:30: wake up, give kids food, stream-of-consciousness writing for 20 minutes, shower.
8:30-9: school drop off
9-12: write towards current book (may be writing, may be transcribing an interview). daily goal of around 1,000 words
12-1: lunch with my husband when he's working from home
1-2:30: read books that relate to current work
2:30-3: meditate and nap
3:00-4:30: pick up kids and hang out at the playground
4:30-5:30: schlepping kids to activities
5:30-6: dinner
6-8: my time. sometimes go conduct an interview, sometimes take a long walk, sometimes go swimming
9-9:30: do yoga
9:30-10:30: read or have sex with husband
Anonymous
08/09/2022 15:22
Subject: Re:What do you do for a living and what does you typical day look like?
Anonymous wrote:
Grade 3 Teacher here. I am a few posts before you. I need to do more of the part in bold.
Where do you work that you are still having to monitor the wearing of masks?
This was my schedule last year... don't know about this year, our district says they are going mask optional. But it is PGCPS.
Anonymous
08/09/2022 12:30
Subject: Re:What do you do for a living and what does you typical day look like?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way the boss can't see me, and, uh, after that I just sorta space out for about an hour. Yeah, I just stare at my desk; but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch, too. I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work.
You have management material written all over you.....I predict you'll get promoted by the Bobs
That would be greeeeaaaat.
Anonymous
08/09/2022 12:24
Subject: Re:What do you do for a living and what does you typical day look like?
Anonymous wrote:ESOL Elementary school teacher
Typical Work Day:
7:15 wake and morning stuff
7:45-8:15 commute
8:15-8:45 prep for the day; check email
8:45-9:15 hall duty (stand in hall, greet kids grades K-2 with smiles and hugs and reminders to pull up their masks)
9:15-9:25 more prep for lessons as needed
(5 min to walk to and from each classroom to gather kids)
9:30-9:55 Grade 2 ESOL (lower) (Teach lesson, supervise activity, try to grade or assess on the fly. repeat for all classes)
10:00-10:25 Grade 1 ESOL (lower)
10:30-10:55 Grade 1 ESOL (higher)
11:00-11:25 Grade 2 ESOL (higher)
11:30-11:55 Grade 3 ESOL (higher)
12:00-12:30 LUNCH DUTY (supervise Grade 2 in lunch)
12:35-12:59 Grade 3 ESOL (newcomer)
1:00-1:29 MY LUNCH (microwave, eat, rinse dishes and repack in my bag. Bathroom break)
1:30-1:55 Grade 4 ESOL (lower + higher)
2:00 - 2:25 Grade 5 ESOL + Grade 4 ESOL (lower - extra time)
2:30-3:14 My planning. Sit at desk, drink water. Score rubrics, enter grades, update lesson plans, use copy machine, set up lessons. Complete any necessary paperwork. Call or email parents.
3:15- 3:45ish. DISMISSAL HALL DUTY
If students are all gone by 3:30 I can also use that time for planning, calling parents, paperwork.
I am always out the door by 3:45. I do not ever bring work or grading home. If it doesn't get done between 8:15 and 3:45 it doesn't get done.
3:45-4:30. Often errands or grocery shopping.
5:00 home. Care for disabled family member; household chores like laundry or kitchen clean up, recycling etc.
7 PM dinner and clean up
8 PM help disabled family member get to bed.
8:30 - whenever -- Netflix, read, bed
Grade 3 Teacher here. I am a few posts before you. I need to do more of the part in bold.
Where do you work that you are still having to monitor the wearing of masks?
Anonymous
08/09/2022 11:39
Subject: What do you do for a living and what does you typical day look like?
Economist:
7 wake up. catch up on emails, read news in bed.
7.45 get up, clean up, breakfast.
8.30 cycle to work.
9.30 get to work, shower, start work. reviewing documents, meetings with staff, external stakeholders, writing reports, browsing web, depending on how busy things are
12.30 lunch at desk.
1.30 more work, same as above.
5.30 cycle home
6.30 get home, shower, make dinner if i haven't had kids or wife do it
7.30 go for evening stroll with one of kids if I can convince them
8.30 glass of wine and crappy tv
10 bed, check emails again.
7 wake up. catch up on emails, read news in bed.
7.45 get up, clean up, breakfast.
8.30 cycle to work.
9.30 get to work, shower, start work. reviewing documents, meetings with staff, external stakeholders, writing reports, browsing web, depending on how busy things are
12.30 lunch at desk.
1.30 more work, same as above.
5.30 cycle home
6.30 get home, shower, make dinner if i haven't had kids or wife do it
7.30 go for evening stroll with one of kids if I can convince them
8.30 glass of wine and crappy tv
10 bed, check emails again.