If you could set your own hours, what would you do?

[LndnGrl]

20 hours a week. After a month of 5 hours a day, mon-fri, I can set my own days/hours.

Curious how everyone else would work it, just because I'm nosy.

Monday 7.5 hours
Tuesday 7.5 hours
Wednesday 5 hours
Thurs/Fri off

Monday: off
Tue-Fri: 9.30-15:00 with half an hour lunch

4-8am x 5.

Monday and Friday off
T/W/Th 6.5hrs ish 8.30-3 (or whatever fits best with childcare arrangements)

Depends on what I was doing. Generally I’d like to get it out of the way, so 3 full-ish days. But, if it was a job where I wanted to stay connected with colleagues or track work through a cycle, then 4x 5hrs.

I’m not sure that it really helps you? You’re the one who knows whether you hate working all day, or prefer more days off?

It depends on both family circumstances and the nature of the job. I split my hours over 5 days because if I miss a day, the chaos builds up and makes the job harder. Basically, I fake a full time service on part time hours. If the nature of the job were different, I’d prefer a day or two free.

@EdgeOfSeventeenAndThreeQuarter

4-8am x 5.

That's a fantastic idea, but I assumed it does still need to be in others working hours, although, they haven't specified that.

This is me OP! I do 9.30 to 2.30 Monday to Thursday but occasionally start a bit earlier eg 8.30 til 1.30 if there's something I need to do earlier in the afternoon. Due to the short hours I'm never exhausted at the end of the day, but still get a long weekend .

I do 9.30am-2.30pm which fits perfectly around school hours.

I worked this pattern when DS was young to enable me to do school drop-off / pick-up, and more recently as I had to help my parents each day . Now I just use the time for hobbies / relaxing / socialising .

@livyaz

Monday 7.5 hours Tuesday 7.5 hours Wednesday 5 hours Thurs/Fri off

Similar to this but I'd have Monday and Tuesday off and Friday as the 5 hour day.

If you can arrange childcare and you don’t need to be in every day - 20 hours in 3 days.

In the past I did 8-2:30 over 4 days - worked around school. I now do 4 days 8-4:30 (increased hours)

9.30am-1.30pm Mon-Fri so I could do the school runs and have a free hour in the afternoon to tidy the house.

I don’t have school runs so I roughly do between 8 and 9 to between 12 and 1. This gives me the full afternoon to do what I want. If I have plans I might do a full day one day to get a full day off, but generally I have no need of it. I do approx 15-20 hours a week. I find it’s a nice balance.

10-5 Tuesday to Friday. I would love that. Currently do 40 hours out of the home (I manage care services) and it knackering trying to do that and fit the rest of life in too. I've been doing those sort of hours for 20 years and I really fancy a break

I’d be seriously tempted to do - 7am-6pm (with an hour for lunch) on Tuesday and Wednesday and have the rest of the week off.

Obviously only works if you have a DH/P for childcare cover those two days.

I opened to respond to the title, to which the answer was going to be 0!

But for you, it depends on your circumstances / commitments & whether you are an early bird or not.

I'd do Monday 12-5 then Tuesday and Wednesday 9-5.

I'd do the hours between Tuesday and Thursday, probably evenly split.

Wed 10 hours
Thursday 10 hours

I'm thinking 10-2 Monday to Friday. No children/school runs, but I have an exercise class 8-9 m,w,f. But they proposed 9-3 with an hour for lunch. Why I'd need a lunchbreak, I don't know, but maybe they don't want me to work while others are on their lunch.

I want to get another job around this one though.

I do Mon and Tues 8:30-4:30 with half an hour lunch, 9-2 (if wfh) or 9:30-2:30 (if in office, to allow commuting time) wed. Works great for me, helps I have a flexible boss who is happy for me to work around health appointments. Works the same way, if it's better for my role to swap a day occasionally and I can accommodate with childcare, then I do. I LOVE 2pm Wednesdays, work done and an hour before the school run 😁

I do 22.5 hours and do 3 days 8-4. I thought about 5 shorter days but I have an hours commute (can't wfh full time) so couldn't fit it in school hours anyway. The days off let me catch up on housework so I have the weekends free.

8.15-2.15 (6hr so no break needed) x 1 day
8.15-1 (4h 45m) x 3 days (total 14h 15m)
Weekday off (always a Monday) x1 day

That way I could do all school runs and not have to work when the kids were home.

I'd not choose a job with a set 1 hour lunch.