How many hours a week do you work and commute

How many hours a week do you work and commute

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dieseluser07

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2,452 posts

115 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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What is your combined hourly working week if you include in your travel time for the job on average.

How many days do you work per week?

Just curious to see how many people actually work 40 hour weeks mon-fri 9-5. It seems people are doing overtime more and more these days and weekends are becoming commonplace.

bigandclever

13,750 posts

237 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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You first, nosey wink

S70JPS

619 posts

219 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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40 hours plus per week at work plus about 14 hours commuting depending on traffic.

mr_spock

3,340 posts

214 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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I work at home, so usually start around 8am, take an hour to walk the dog instead of a lunch hour, finish at 5 or 6 but often carry on after dinner, especially if I have to have a call with another time zone. And emails on weekend days too. I guess that averages about 50 hours.

miniman

24,827 posts

261 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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Have recently significantly reduced both. Gone from 50+ hours down to circa 40, and commute is now 20 minutes across country lanes. I'm not afraid of putting in the hours, but it certainly makes a nice change for it to be the norm to do 40 hours instead of feeling guilty for "only" doing 50.

Mike29

822 posts

110 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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37.5-40hrs. Commute is total around 2hrs a week

TheAngryDog

12,394 posts

208 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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48 hours work
8 hours 15 mins commute approx.

On a normal week.

Jasandjules

69,825 posts

228 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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I work from home 80-90% of the time.... So my commute is reasonable.

I used to work 7am to 7/8pm with a 1.5 hour each way commute....

Bullett

10,873 posts

183 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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40hrs a week. Normally 9 - 6ish but do jobs/lunch/gym so it averages lower.
Home based so still 40 hrs.
Any meetings/site visits are in hours normally.

I'll do more if I have to, early and late calls or working to a deadline, late or early travel but it's rare.

PurpleTurtle

6,940 posts

143 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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37.5hrs a week, on a flexible basis, working from home when I want, basically my contract is budgeted for an annual number of hours, as long as I do those over the year everyone is happy. Commute is 45 mins each way by motorbike, can be 1.5hrs each way by car if traffic bad.

I tend to only do one day a week at home, I like the discipline and sociability of going to the office, the cross-country commute by motorbike is great fun Spring -> Autumn, but miserable and a tad dangerous in Winter.

Just having had a kid means that motorcycling for fun has had to take a back seat for a little bit, so I get my kicks on the commute rather than at the weekend.

tvrforever

3,182 posts

264 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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15-20hrs a week commute, depending if i fly anywhere.
50-60hrs a week working.

no it's not worth it, yes it needs to change.

mikal83

5,340 posts

251 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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hacksaw

748 posts

116 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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35 hours a week, commute is about 20 mins each way. Also expected to travel as and when required and to cover problems arising out of hour but these are reasonably rare.

BigMon

4,155 posts

128 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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In around 8 leave around 5. Commute is 1-1.5 hours in total daily.

Could be a lot worse. Plus my commute is driving around South Devon rather than trundling through a city so it's not too bad.

snoopy25

1,858 posts

119 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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40 hours a week 1.25 hours commuting each way. (45min drive and 30 min walk)

Podie

46,630 posts

274 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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Leave at 6am, home at 8pm - Mon-Fri. So 70 hours / week.

Occasional weekends and late nights.


brickwall

5,192 posts

209 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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When I'm working in London:
~65 hrs a week work
5-7 hours a week commuting

When I'm working abroad (like now):
~50 hours a week working
~8 hours a week commuting locally
15-20 hours a week on a plane

0000

13,812 posts

190 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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37.5 hours work. Commuting typically 0, sometimes more.

chilistrucker

4,541 posts

150 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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Currently doing 6 or 7 days a week and average about 10/11 hours a day at work.
Commute is interesting, but a good run at the right time of day takes 65 minutes, average is about 90 minutes each way, and the worst was 4 hours once trying to get home.

okgo

37,859 posts

197 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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