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I should actually be working 8h a day, but most of it is spend not working. If I'm honest I'm probably working more like 3h a day even though I enjoy my job.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I spend maybe 30 minutes doing actual work on average. Then once a blue moon I get off my ass and finish my assigned projects in like 3 hours and continue to do nothing.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

6-8 hours each day, but I don't think my situation should be the standard for everyone.

But who says you "should be" working the full 8 hours?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

most days i work 3 hours then slack off for 5

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I start working the moment I come to work and finish work when the place is closed, 6-12h. I work in a kitchen. Only times there might not be work is during the quiet season when we've managed to do a deep clean already the day before. But mostly I only work and then rest on my days off these days.

Only time I have for even thinking about my hobbies and friends are when I get two days off in a row once a month. Probably going to have to look for a new job before I burn out. These comments about only working for a couple hours a day are really making me envious.

[–] Waldemar_Firehammer 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kitchens are always a grind, but you should be getting more time off than that. Freaking owner/operators get more time off than two days a month.

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[–] Kecessa 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Am the most productive in my team, probably a third of my time goes to doing stuff unrelated to my tasks, but a lot of that time is spent answering the questions of my colleagues even if it's not my role... And posting memes to our chat groups!

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Factory work for me, so ~12 hours per day, 4 or 5 days per week

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

From my daily 7,5h Iβ€˜d say about 3h of meetings and 2h of work

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I work in the LTL freight industry in the US so I'm supposed to be working about 8 hours but lately it's been about 10 and change

Good news is I get time and a half whenever I pass 8 hours on a shift

Bad news is my sleep quality has gone to shit

As an aside the reason for all the OT is because of YRC going under, suddenly all the freight they were hauling is getting off loaded onto other companies.

The boss today said that the mandatory OT is, "Only going to last for the foreseeable future." He has such a way with words, the moment he speaks he just kills the vibe.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

It really depends. I do catering so some days there just isn't a job. When I have a gig it's usually 8-10 hours, but only maybe 2-6 of those are actually cooking and serving, the rest is logistics, prep and cleaning.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Most days, honestly, about 2-3 hours. I'm not working at all today. Although, some days come by and I put down a solid 10-12 hours without asking for overtime.

Everyone at my job thinks I'm overworked and doing a great job though. But I think it's just a balance. I work hard some days without complaining and I get to mostly chill the others. Best part is that I work remotely, but I'm not working in tech so I don't collect those fat checks. That's another trade. Great work-life balance, but not much money. Worth it though.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I've been at work an hour and haven't done anything. I have some things to work on but they aren't due for a week or so and I can finish them fairly fast so no point rushing.

I usually spend the morning catching up on news and relaxing until 10 then work until lunch, depending on whether I get my tasks done for the day I'll continue working after lunch or go back to nothing. Some times I get to go out for site visits so that's fun and eats up part of my day. Spent 40 minutes talking to some old lady named Flo about her garden yesterday on a site visit.

When we're busy we're busy and I work hard but summers are always slow and my boss is wfh today.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Technically 0 hours a day. Anyone wanna hire an unemployed mediocre programmer?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

11-13 hours total. I average a six-anna-half hour shift waiting tables, an hour-anna-half active commute, and about four hours of housework.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Really depends on the day, tbh. Sometimes I'm on calls and training all day. Sometime shit really blows up and needs to be repaired.

But many days, not much. We could easily go to a four day workweek and I'd still get all my shit done.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I set aside the first 3-4 hours of the day for creative work, things that require intense focus. Sometimes that's exhausting and I might not do anything else except replying to messages or meetings. Total work time is around 6-7 hours. That's a sustainable cadence.

I'm rejecting meetings in the morning because those golden hours are far too precious to squander on conversation.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

0-8 hours, really depends on the day and projects on my plate.

I’ve been on the upper end of that for the last 4 months because I got suckered into planning a conference. πŸ™ƒ

[–] TheRealLinga 7 points 1 year ago

I work somewhere between 1-5 hours a day... I love my job

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

11.. typically no breaks lunch. Often 9 hours of meetings day..making under 6 figures in a business role

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Well yesterday I was on the clock for 12.5 hours, 7 hrs was spent operating equipment, ~3hrs on prep and clean up and the rest of the time was spent waiting for the next task. A pretty typical day for me. Today is my last day of my 5 days on and I have 4 days off.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

8-10 hours a day. I have my own company so there's always something to do. Sometimes I play Cities when it's real slow and I'm caught up on paperwork but that's not really that often.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

barely 10 mins a day, im 17 and on summer so just gettinf fucjed up honestly

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

maybe 2 hours max. most of my job is sitting and waiting and playing games on my phone. its tough hard work but it pays the bills

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I've had days of maybe 15 minutes of actual work, and 10 hour days. very variable. I used to have a job paid 8 hours with literally 45 minutes of work a day. loved it, despite the low pay. way before WFH times though so it was a lot of time looking busy

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I do design and tech support for industry. Official hours are 7,5h/day (lunch is off-duty). 3 days in office 2 days remotely. My actual workload varies a lot. If everything works and all resources are in use, I might not have anything to do for weeks on end. If shit hits the fan, I'm on overtime working 10h days, using every second.

I might quess that on average 2h/day of actual work and varying part of this are communally beneficial activities I invent for myself to keep myself busy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Depends on how you define work. I do my dayjob for maybe 2 hours a day at most and then freelance with the rest of my working day. so I'd average 5 hours of work a day betwen the two jobs.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Entirely dependent on the job I’m working. I work in film, so sometimes we’re on a prelight and the day is 12hr, I could work anywhere from four to maybe 10. Then some days were on 10hr shoot days, and I could work maybe 30 min. And then there are days like this week, working a documentary on multiple locations, and I worked a collective maybe 40 min/day (with a 9:30 call and me leaving by 2-3 while getting paid for 12hr).

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