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How many hours a week do you work?

169 replies

itsallaboutthedollar · 18/09/2023 21:52

Just this. How many hours a week do you work?

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PurpleButterflyWings · 18/09/2023 22:22

Paid hours = 22.5 a week. The nature of my job mean I can pretty much pick and choose my hours though. I often do my hours over 2-3 days, and sometimes start 6pm and work til 11pm or midnight or even 1pm. Then I will do 2pm til 11pm another day. Then 8am to midday, or 2pm another day. Also do weekend days occasionally. That's what I love about it. I can totally pick my hours. (Work from home.)

I have been part time since my first child - nearly 30 years ago... DH works 27 hours over 3 days. He went part time about 5 years ago. We both earn decent wages, and have such low outgoings (mortgage-free,) that we are OK financially. Small home, low bills, mortgage free, no responsibilities or anyone to care for (both sets of parents passed, and kids left home a decade ago,) and part time jobs we enjoy. Feel quite blessed every day. 😘

MumofSpud · 18/09/2023 22:26

Paid x3 days a week
Unpaid another 16 hours

LadyChilli · 18/09/2023 22:28

37.5 here.

Do teachers seriously work 10+ hours a day 7 days a week without ever having a day off? Or equivalent of 8am-midnight every weekday?

fridaynighter · 18/09/2023 22:31

LadyChilli · 18/09/2023 22:28

37.5 here.

Do teachers seriously work 10+ hours a day 7 days a week without ever having a day off? Or equivalent of 8am-midnight every weekday?

Indeed!!

I know they're busy but I'm sorry I just don't buy that.
It's ok I know I'm about to be shot down in flames....

bluegreenandcoral · 18/09/2023 22:33

Paid for 30 but work more like 40 (or 50 in busy periods).

Have just resigned though for a 21 hour per week job, hoping it works out!!

Effervescent999 · 18/09/2023 22:34

Savagecabbage101 · 18/09/2023 22:01

@Effervescent999 80! That’s horrendous.I was a P\T teacher doing 50 hrs and I quit last year…
I worked out I was earning less than the minimum wage, even with the so called holidays…

teachers are frequently on less than the minimum wage when you calculate the hourly rate

MrsKathyFraser · 18/09/2023 22:36

LadyChilli · 18/09/2023 22:28

37.5 here.

Do teachers seriously work 10+ hours a day 7 days a week without ever having a day off? Or equivalent of 8am-midnight every weekday?

Not the teachers I know.

MrsKathyFraser · 18/09/2023 22:37

40-45 usually for me.

FlamboMango · 18/09/2023 22:38

Effervescent999 · 18/09/2023 21:55

teacher -about 80 in term time, about 10 outside of term time, much less than previous teaching jobs

😂
of course you do

JustKen · 18/09/2023 22:39
  1. But I bank 2.5 hours a week towards annual leave.
RabbitsRock · 18/09/2023 22:39

16 but there is always overtime available as we are short staffed.

theysaiditgetseasier · 18/09/2023 22:45

35 but im term time only

Overthebow · 18/09/2023 22:48

MrsKathyFraser · 18/09/2023 22:36

Not the teachers I know.

Not the ones I know either. I have a lot of friends who are teachers, some work part time, some full time, a mix of primary and secondary. None of them do this many hours.

Moonlamp · 18/09/2023 22:50

80+

LadyGaGasPokerFace · 18/09/2023 22:50

About 38 hours a week. Term time only. Not a teacher. Work in private sector. Very full on as soon as I get in, I make a habit of leaving on time otherwise I’d get caught out on times.
Bloody tiring as so much always going on during the week.

Overthebow · 18/09/2023 22:50

I do 32 hours, 4 days a week. I do a bit more if needed.

goodmother90 · 18/09/2023 22:51

32

Wildthingsrevenge · 18/09/2023 22:52

pd 25hrs, actually work 35-40. My choice though. Lots of colleagues manage in contracted hours. I'm happier doing more.

Clarinetiu · 18/09/2023 22:52

About 70 hours a week but heavily commission focused role so it’s my focus on ££ that keeps me on it.

other people seem to do it about in 30

Moonlamp · 18/09/2023 22:53

My 80+ day week is working on the fact that I get perhaps 1 day off in 11.... if I'm in a position to take one.

You hit your targets and keep your job or you have your days off and end up on an improvement plan'.

It's a tough gig.

sanityisamyth · 18/09/2023 22:53

37.5. Not easy as a single mum of a DS9 with absolutely no help whatsoever!

Dobbycraft · 18/09/2023 23:05

22.5 (was 37.5 before having a baby)

Adarajames · 18/09/2023 23:06

12 hours as 3 x 4hrs, any more than that and I collapse; even with just 12 it can wipe me out for the rest of week (various medical / disabilities blah limits me). Was hard to find place that would allow so little over so many days, many were saying part time but then expected min of 30 hrs

boomtickhouse · 18/09/2023 23:07

WFH and can fit my FT job info about 20 hours

FootprintsOnTheCeiling · 18/09/2023 23:12

18-28 35 hours
28-34 14 hours
34-40 18.5 hours
40-49 30 hours
49-51 22.5 hours
51-52.5 30 hours

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