How many hours a week do you work???

**JimO** · 13th February 2007, 19:19

im self employed so i work my own hours so if the kids have something on i will go to that the only down side is when im not working im not earning

**k14** · 13th February 2007, 19:22

Mine varies cause I'm on a shift roster. Some weeks can be 50+ others can be 10-20. It averages out to 40 though and so thats sweet. If I wanted I could probably work another job and constantly do 70 hours a week but neither have the motivation or need for it. Happy as things are.

**maybe** · 13th February 2007, 19:23

Do approx 50 hours a week so I guess it could be worse

**Mrs Busa Pete** · 13th February 2007, 19:29

after 60 hours the tax is counter productive

**dawnrazor** · 13th February 2007, 19:30

Every week is different....some weeks can be 5am - 7pm daily inc. weekends and other weeks can be an hour or two a day....by the end of the year it all pans out more or less pretty reasonably and I get paid salary so its kinda crunchy with the smooth...

**Mumbles** · 13th February 2007, 19:39

When I was contracting (till October of last year) I would average 12hr 6 days a week, but was known to do the odd 90hr .... got to make it $$$$ while its there!!
Now on wages so average 9.5hr a day 5 days a week, and get this .... I now get paid if I'm sick

and they even pay me to go on holiday

4 weeks every year... (Pay is half of what i was bringing in ... but if you take away the tax, ACC and non paid holidays I'm only slightly worse off... but now I get to see my daughter grow up

Did I mention that I get paid to go on holiday? oh and no stress

on wages

**NinjaBoy** · 13th February 2007, 19:43

Originally Posted by Oakie

37.5 standard for the salary but probably an hour or two more than that. Good news is that the extra hours are given back as time in lieu. Good employer, mine.

37.5 hours... must work for the govt

**doc** · 13th February 2007, 19:58

Originally Posted by Sniper

Not unusual for me to do 80 hour weeks. Shows a damn good work ethic in my opinion, you soon weed out the wimps

What's this out on the range waiting for the call ? Didn't you get the call to got to Nth Korea to sort that retard out. Juba is waiting, heard he left his last calling card at christmas. Only 80 metres from the perimeter too.

**COP_B8** · 13th February 2007, 19:58

17hrs of lectures
5hrs of tutorials
20hrs of Community Service
24hrs at Job A
11hrs at Job B

and meant to do 10hrs per week study per paper, so with no study I do
77 hours with the study I should be doing is about 133 hours

Not that bad though I enjoy it all, my old job at the bank often saw me
doing about 100 hours per week, but being a commission job it made it worthwhile

**MotoGirl** · 13th February 2007, 20:15

Originally Posted by Oakie

37.5 standard for the salary but probably an hour or two more than that. Good news is that the extra hours are given back as time in lieu. Good employer, mine.

I'm on the same wicket as you... If I do overtime and it's chargeable to the client, I get paid half of what we charge out. This usually equates to $50 an hour.

**RC1** · 13th February 2007, 20:25

im a full time dad to three kids under 4yrs old, my day usually starts around 5.30-6 when they wake up and they usually in bed by 8 ish so 98+ hrs and no pay

**Oakie** · 13th February 2007, 20:40

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

37.5 hours... must work for the govt

No. A non-profit organisation that cares for adults with intellectual disabilites. http://www.hohepa.com/canterbury.html
They used to work all sorts of hours but decided that it was not good for people in that industry to work excessive hours so restructured everyone's hours to a sensible limit.

**Ghost_Bullet** · 13th February 2007, 20:55

Over the years my job has allowed for flexibility which is great, when I have needed time off, holidays or otherwise then things have worked everytime, but it is all give and take, sometimes I may do 9-10 hour days for the week, and others maybe slightly less, as long as the job is done with nothing left unfinished then there is rarely any problems. For 14 yrs of my job I worked 12 days on and 2 off, hard to get used to, but hard to get used to having more weekends off since my change in division. I think I might have ramble a little off topic here.... ha ha ha

**Sniper** · 13th February 2007, 21:05

Originally Posted by doc

What's this out on the range waiting for the call ? Didn't you get the call to got to Nth Korea to sort that retard out. Juba is waiting, heard he left his last calling card at christmas. Only 80 metres from the perimeter too.

You been drinking doc?

Im long out of that scene mate.