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I read that the US has the longest average work week, at 47 hours. My question is how many hours do you work, as well as what industry/position? Is the 40 hour work week a pipe dream in the US? Edit: Quick overview at 304 votes so far  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hW3lH95EL5e2jNTRaP5kjXXggJBOuLOe4iLvcPsSVQI/edit?usp=sharing editable spreadsheet if you'd like to add your information as well Main Points so far: Software devs generally stay very close to 40. Oil & gas, logistics, medicine, finance, non-software engineering, and management work a ton of hours. As of 11/9/2014 Avg hours for Americans by spreadsheet was ~48. N.N. Ashe fucked around with this message at 16:20 on Nov 10, 2014 |
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Oct 16, 2014 04:18
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40 hours, software industry, technical consultant role.
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Oct 16, 2014 04:23
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20-40 hours a week at my day job managing a test prep center. I negotiated like hell thanks to BFC and we ended up with performance-based metrics and 10-20 average billable hours a week tutoring, plus unlimited paid vacation as long as I got the work done. Working for a small company rules  Fight for your vacation time!edit: but then I spend all that extra time working on my side business, lol. god bless murica!
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Oct 16, 2014 05:06
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40/wk, developing and Linux'ing.
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Oct 16, 2014 05:07
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Software Developer. ~41.25 hours on a normal week, but up into the 60s if we're travelling (which I've only done twice in 1.5 years with the company).
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Oct 16, 2014 05:13
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Economic consulting. Average about 50, can go 80+.
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Oct 16, 2014 06:01
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40-45 in pharmaceutical development. This is a huge area of contention with my bosses, who think I should be doing 80+ regularly, but they haven't fired me yet so whatever.
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Oct 16, 2014 13:20
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I'm at work for about 42hrs a week. IT for a booming company in a podunk town.
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Oct 16, 2014 13:29
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IT in a large managed service provider. We're expected to book 45 hrs/week. Most of the time its around 45-50 hours, but there is usually a few weeks a year of 80+ hours.
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Oct 16, 2014 13:46
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edit: wrong thread but might as well answer. 40, hourly pay, no overtime, as strictly said by our managers. Software/hardware testing. Eight-Six fucked around with this message at 14:03 on Oct 16, 2014 |
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Oct 16, 2014 14:01
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40, unless I'm approved for overtime. I don't stay one moment longer than I'm contractually obligated to. If something runs late one day, I spend less time in the office the next. Ain't nobody gonna fleece me!
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Oct 16, 2014 14:20
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45-55 typically. If you count travel time, that can go as high as 80.
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Oct 16, 2014 14:41
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I'm supposed to work, and get paid to work 40 hours a week, but I'm probably only here 35 or so hours a week. If you want to count time actually work, I probably only work 10 hours a week.
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Oct 16, 2014 14:59
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Usually between 38 and 45 hours per week. I can always volunteer for up to 4 hours of overtime per day and get played time-and- a-half after 8 hours each day, so it doesn't matter much if I get dobe early a day or two.
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Oct 16, 2014 15:03
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Jhoge posted:Economic consulting. Average about 50, can go 80+. Corporate tax accountant, same for me.
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Oct 16, 2014 15:30
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Software engineer in the aerospace industry, 40 hours, 15 hours commuting  I probably do about 30 hours of actual work and 10 hours of independent study. If I send my boss and email after my core hours, he'll tell me to go home. My gf is a Hollywood financial analyst and works about 50 hours/week with up to 80 at quarter's end.
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Oct 16, 2014 15:42
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Always at least 87.5 hours a week as a Mariner, sometimes more. Then again, I do usually get three weeks off for every three weeks I work.
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Oct 16, 2014 15:44
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Defense industry engineer. 40 hours of work generally. I take professional development classes 4 hours a week so you could include that I guess.
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Oct 16, 2014 17:54
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40 hours a week, maybe a little less some weeks. Work/Life balance is a big thing for me. How much actual 'work' is accomplished during those 40 hours? Maybe 12 to 15 hours worth.
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Oct 16, 2014 18:39
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50-55 hours a week, time and a half overtime for anything over 40. Coordinate metrologist in precision machining.
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Oct 16, 2014 19:27
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37.5  (I'm a programmer)My commute is a 15 minute walk.
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Oct 16, 2014 19:58
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It's extremely rare that I work more than 50 hours per week. Anything over 40 I generally do from home, which isn't quite as work-like as being in the office.
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Oct 17, 2014 00:30
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Can vary a lot, but will end up averaging to 42 hours a week including 5 hours of breaks. I work in the UK government. I work shifts and I would basically never have to work more hours than this (on average). nozz fucked around with this message at 00:55 on Oct 17, 2014 |
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Oct 17, 2014 00:53
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Teacher, contracted for 35, routinely work maybe 2 - 5 extra hours a week which is sometimes paid hourly extra, sometimes not. Depends on what I'm doing.
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Oct 17, 2014 01:04
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N.N. Ashe posted:I read that the US has the longest average work week, at 47 hours. My question is how many hours do you work, as well as what industry/position? Is the 40 hour work week a pipe dream in the US? 50+ here as well. Corporate compliance. I can also assure you that the US does not have the longest average work week. Vietnam, Korea, China, and Cambodia are much higher. The average US numbers are closer to mid 30s with PRC being mid 40s. It's not unusual for factory workers in Asia to work 60+ hours a week.
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Oct 17, 2014 01:40
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Software engineer, industry, 35-45 hours / week (usually under 40)
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Oct 17, 2014 01:52
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Work in public policy. 40 hour standard workweek. Have been regularly putting in 45-50 hours per week.
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Oct 17, 2014 14:01
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Engineer. 38 hours a week, with a flextime system. If I do site work I'll generally do 10-12 hour days which racks up a bunch of flex for later use if I so desire. Flex is really informal and managed by section managers with most erring towards the 'you manage it so long as you deliver'. I can get overtime but the company really prefers flextime instead. 
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Oct 17, 2014 14:30
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Software engineer. I work precisely "40 hours a week" via flex time, so my only requirement is (# of days in pay period * 8) across however many days are in the pay period. Some people work 4x10, some do 4x9 and every other Friday off. I do whatever, whenever, as long as I hit my hours.
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Oct 17, 2014 15:28
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Civil Engineer designing power lines for a major utility. Typical week is 9 hour days Mon-Thursday plus I answer email on the bus ride to work (30 min). Friday is kind of a crap shoot, anything from 4-8 hours. I usually spend an hour on email at night. On the weekends I work about 4 hours but possibly much more. When I travel (about once a month) I work 10-11 hour days because I have nothing else to do really. All in all I probably work about 50 a week. Salary though so paid for 40 but paid well. Also I usually work from home or the mountains on Friday's. My boss is super flexible. In reality though I could work 40 and no one would care but I have things to get done and I really like and care about my job.
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Oct 17, 2014 18:12
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Finance, 65~ usually, can and often does go over
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Oct 17, 2014 18:54
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Like 6-10, and I work from home so there is no commute.
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Oct 17, 2014 18:55
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Postdoc research fellow. I would say I usually work around 30-35 hours a week--I have a super flexible schedule, but it also means if I poo poo around one day I'll usually get some work done on the weekends. I'm in the UK for my postdoc (US citizen) which has been an absurdly awesome experience--30 days of vacation a year (before holidays) what??
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Oct 17, 2014 18:56
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I'm in residential social work as a caregiver, 40 hours/week. I have an hourly wage, so we don't go over 45/week much and staying late is discouraged in this position.
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Oct 17, 2014 19:33
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Lawlicaust posted:50+ here as well. Corporate compliance. I'm seeing Vietnam, Korea, etc are higher. Gallup is saying average is 47 though. http://www.gallup.com/poll/175286/hour-workweek-actually-longer-seven-hours.aspx. Not sure what your saying with the PRC bit? Thanks to everyone who has answered so far!
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Oct 17, 2014 20:08
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It depends on whether you're looking at all workers, or only full-time workers. That link uses the latter.
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Oct 17, 2014 20:12
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40  with a 1 hour paid lunch (so actually 35 hours), and we regularly get told to go home early on Fridays. Boutique immigration law firm. I love my job and office. My former employer was a larger immigration firm, headquartered in the US, and they brought in an overseas partner to try and 'murricanize our Canadian office, which went over swell, with over 100% staff turnover in the the last 18 months. Things they messed with: hours, lunches, office supplies, mat leave (what, hello), walls (they knocked them down for 'open concept'), and general decency. I feel like Canada works too much compared to Europe (vacation, mat/parental leave, hours etc), but then I look at what's standard in the US and feel a bit better.
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Oct 17, 2014 20:19
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I would slay a man in cold blood to work 35 hours a week and make the money I'm making now lol
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Oct 17, 2014 21:45
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Spadoink posted:I feel like Canada works too much compared to Europe (vacation, mat/parental leave, hours etc), but then I look at what's standard in the US and feel a bit better. quote:Canada has seen its average working hours shrink slowly but steadily for the past decade, according to data from the OECD, with the average number of hours falling from 1,775 in 2000 to 1,702 in 2010. The U.S. saw a similar decline, from 1,836 hours to 1,778.
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Oct 17, 2014 21:50
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40, librarian at a state university in the US so university management is very scrupulous about enforcing the 40 hour week for non-faculty staff.
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