Education & Work How many hours a week do you "work"?

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How many hours a week do you work on average?

Poll closed 23rd Jan, 2020.

  1. 0

    14 vote(s)
    6.0%

  2. 1-10

    9 vote(s)
    3.8%

  3. 11-20

    10 vote(s)
    4.3%

  4. 21-30

    17 vote(s)
    7.2%

  5. 31-40

    59 vote(s)
    25.1%

  6. 41-50

    70 vote(s)
    29.8%

  7. 51-60

    28 vote(s)
    11.9%

  8. 61-70

    10 vote(s)
    4.3%

  9. 71-80

    6 vote(s)
    2.6%

  10. 80+

    12 vote(s)
    5.1%
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  1. Steven Ryan

    Steven Ryan Well-Known Member

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    On average, over the past 12 months, whether you love or hate what you're doing.

    Include job(s) and business(es).

    Feel free to give details (particularly if business owner or employee), boast about being retired, tell us about the most ridiculous period of your working life, confess how few hours you actually "work" at work or whatever you wish to share.

    I'm really curious.
     
    Steven Ryan, 9th Jul, 2015
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  2. Sonamic

    Sonamic Well-Known Member

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    56 hours. Employee. Wheel Aligner. Don't really love it. Sole bread winner. Parent.
    Invest to improve the future use of my life time.
     
    Sonamic, 9th Jul, 2015
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  3. flygo

    flygo Member

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    I have been working 0~4 hours / day for the past year, feeling myself semi-retired.
     
    flygo, 9th Jul, 2015
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  4. wombat777

    wombat777 Well-Known Member

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    Average around 40 hrs a week in my day job depending on what needs to be done. Have put in some very long hours at times working on tenders (worst would be a 60 hr week).
     
    wombat777, 9th Jul, 2015
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  5. Jess Peletier

    Jess Peletier Mortgage Broker & Finance Strategy, Aus Wide! Business Member

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    Does PC count as work?
     
    Jess Peletier, 9th Jul, 2015
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  6. Tim86

    Tim86 Well-Known Member

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    I average about nine to ten hours a day 7 days a week for the past couple years. No holidays.

    But the 32 hrs a week I work for my employer I get to sit down at a desk. I classify desk work as a day off.

    Worked from 7:30am to 8pm today.

    I probably should have a whole day off sometime this year.
     
    Last edited: 9th Jul, 2015
    Tim86, 9th Jul, 2015
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  7. Sonamic

    Sonamic Well-Known Member

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    PC is classed as compulsory OT. :p
     
    Sonamic, 9th Jul, 2015
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  8. wylie

    wylie Moderator Staff Member

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    That sounds funny. Want to reword that? :p:D
     
    wylie, 9th Jul, 2015
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  9. Gockie

    Gockie Life is good ☺️ Premium Member

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    I say 41-50 but that's a full time job and ~3 part time jobs for fun.
    I pretty much enjoy all my work. Well, actually, now I think about it, maybe the volleyball refereeing is the least fun job of them all, and that's not terrible...
     
    Gockie, 9th Jul, 2015
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  10. freyja

    freyja Well-Known Member

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    47.5 hours on average, not including the second shift I do each day raising three kids :p
     
    freyja, 9th Jul, 2015
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  11. JDP1

    JDP1 Well-Known Member

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    My boss could be reading these forums...I'm not gonna say Im productive for 15 hrs a week when my boss pays me for 40....:)
     
    JDP1, 9th Jul, 2015
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  12. Tillie

    Tillie Well-Known Member

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    Paid work from 8am to 6pm 5 days a week plus a couple hours on weekends
     
    Tillie, 10th Jul, 2015
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  13. Bran

    Bran Well-Known Member

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    About 40 hours, but will increase soon.

    Over the past ten years I've routinely done a minimum of 80, and frequently well over 100 (and 130+, that is 12-14 hour days mon to thurs, then another 90 hours fri to mon with 6 hours sleep...)

    Thankfully those days are over as they were soul destroying.
     
    Bran, 10th Jul, 2015
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  14. Bayview

    Bayview Well-Known Member

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    25 hours a day, get up before I go to bed, walk five miles through snow to get there- and then home for lunch and back again, and pay my boss half my wage for the privilege.
     
    Bayview, 10th Jul, 2015
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  15. Random Username

    Random Username Well-Known Member

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    I start at twelve, knock off at one and have an hour for lunch if that helps.
     
    Random Username, 10th Jul, 2015
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  16. EN710

    EN710 Well-Known Member

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    Real full time job? 40 hours week excluding travel
    Doesn't include hobbies :p
     
    EN710, 10th Jul, 2015
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  17. Sashatheman

    Sashatheman Well-Known Member

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    Try to keep it at 45 hours a week. But then I also study part time, and have to help with two kids under three when I get home, so leaves little time for anything else.
     
    Sashatheman, 10th Jul, 2015
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  18. citystar

    citystar Well-Known Member

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    38 hours per week on average.
     
    citystar, 10th Jul, 2015
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  19. sonofthewest

    sonofthewest Active Member

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    No kidding - that's terrible. What industry was that (so I can avoid it at all costs)?
     
    sonofthewest, 10th Jul, 2015
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    380 Well-Known Member

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    in my case,it will be a case of how many hours i dont work in a day!

    6 hours (Give n take)
     
    380, 10th Jul, 2015
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