How long is your average work day?

[MichaelP]

How long is your average work day?

 

[geezer]

When I still worked at my pace of work before going on early retirement, eight hours was my official work day. But, I mostly worked closer to nine hours per day, only leaving work when I was completely satisfied that everything was in place and that i will not be called after-hours for some inane reason.

On my last day at the company, I built up a total of exactly 30 hours of overtime for the 3-month accumulation period. I was inundated with work in the period before leaving, the company tapping my expertise as much as possible before my exit.

 

[Sarg3_ZN]

[X] Other - Too long

 

[Zuner]

My standard contractual day is 8.5h.

 

[thestaggy]

Contract is 8.5 hours and you are allowed 3 start/leave times; 07:30-16:00, 08:00-16:30 and 08:30-17:00. I leave early to avoid traffic and get to work before 7, so I fall in with the 07:30-16:00 and spend ~9 hours at work on average.

 

[Pax]

Worked for the worst boss....myself. Workdays varied from nil to 18 hours or more, depending on timeframes and outcomes required.

 

[Lupus]

Contract is 8.5 hours and you are allowed 3 start/leave times; 07:30-16:00, 08:00-16:30 and 08:30-17:00. I leave early to avoid traffic and get to work before 7, so I fall in with the 07:30-16:00 and spend ~9 hours at work on average.

And in those 8.5 hours how many are you actually working . Taking into account coffee breaks, strolls to the canteen, meetings and such. This is probably more what they mean by how long is your work day.

 

[bwana]

Probably an hour today, maybe more tomorrow, too early to tell.

Six on Thursday, so that's going to be brutal.

 

[Neuk_]

With my official employer it is normally 6 - 8 hours at the moment, with my two unofficial free loader employer's it is 24/7/365/tillIdie.

 

[warrenpridgeon]

Depends on the day. There's no average for me. Some days it's 18 hours... some days it's 2.

 

[JabiRider]

An "official" work day, for me, is 07h00 to 16h15, and on Fridays it's 07h00 to 12h00, but I rarely get to leave work at the "official" time.

The directors and other senior managers has this cute thing where the schedule meetings at 16h15 or on 12h00 on Fridays, so as not to "interfere" with our normal duties. Very considerate of them. There are also certain times of the year where I put in a lot of extra hours, normally January to April.

 

[Tomtomtom]

And in those 8.5 hours how many are you actually working . Taking into account coffee breaks, strolls to the canteen, meetings and such. This is probably more what they mean by how long is your work day.

As far as I can tell, the emphasis on time & attendance is inversely proportional to the average productivity (or productivity trend) of workers. Where productivity is high, nobody really cares how long you're actually working.

 

[Lupus]

As far as I can tell, the emphasis on time & attendance is inversely proportional to the average productivity (or productivity trend) of workers. Where productivity is high, nobody really cares how long you're actually working.

Precisely, people only really are productive in bursts, not over extended periods of time. That's why even with Japan having that mentality of long work hours, their actually productivity isn't any higher than say Spains.

Japan’s Labor Productivity Remains Low

A report on labor productivity found that Japan was ranked 29 out of the 38 OECD nations.

www.nippon.com

 

[Moosedrool]

Trend in modern times is to brag about how little you do for how much you earn.

I care about what people achieve rather than how few or many hours you had to spend on achieving it.

 

[Tomtomtom]

Precisely, people only really are productive in bursts, not over extended periods of time. That's why even with Japan having that mentality of long work hours, their actually productivity isn't any higher than say Spains.

They're a bit odd. If they wanted to raise their hourly productivity figure all they'd need to do is shorten the workday. But that would mean having more "leisure" time to sit alone staring at their phones. So, they won't.

 

[PhireSide]

Precisely, people only really are productive in bursts, not over extended periods of time. That's why even with Japan having that mentality of long work hours, their actually productivity isn't any higher than say Spains.

Japan’s Labor Productivity Remains Low

A report on labor productivity found that Japan was ranked 29 out of the 38 OECD nations.

www.nippon.com

Pomodoro for the win

 

[Lupus]

They're a bit odd. If they wanted to raise their hourly productivity figure all they'd need to do is shorten the workday. But that would mean having more "leisure" time to sit alone staring at their phones. So, they won't.

There would be less suicides, more kids and general well being . Over working doesn't make more productivity.

 

[Tomtomtom]

Precisely, people only really are productive in bursts, not over extended periods of time.

This is true for knowledge workers, but the problem is that time & attendance were set up for factory workers, and modern-day factory workers are unfortunately the maintainers and defenders of these systems now.

 

[Lupus]

Pomodoro for the win

Still imagine having the work ethic of Japan, but Spain beats you.

 

[Lupus]

This is true for knowledge workers, but the problem is that time & attendance were set up for factory workers, and modern-day factory workers are unfortunately the maintainers and defenders of these systems now.

Exactly 9 to 5 works when you're busy on a production line, but when it comes to other things, 9 to 5 doesn't even make sense. There should be shifts as well and there would be more employment.