To ask your job and hours?

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I'll go first.
I work for a communications company fixing your broadband when it breaks. I have to work 5 days out of 7, one weekend shift and 1 or 2 lates a week too.

I need a job that will let me choose my days each week after mat leave. DH works 4 on 4 off so each week he starts work one day later.

Anyone have a job that could accommodate that?

I am a registered nurse. I am very lucky that I only work 18 hrs a week ..I always am so thankful that I can work those hours.! I have so much respect for my colleagues who work 48-56 hrs ....Crazy hours and a reflection on their poor pay !!

Currently on a police detective programme, once I qualify I'll have no idea about the hours although I'm guessing around 40 hours a week.

Health visitor
37.5 hrs, mon-fri usually 8-4. Its fairly flexible though, my team are pretty chill which helps.

I’m an IT manager and I work 9 days in 10. I usually take every other Friday off but I can move my day off to another day in the week, or not take them and save them up to take all at once if I like. I just need to stick it in my manager’s calendar so they know where I am.

Driving instructor. Work when I want and for how many hours I want. DH works shifts so I work round him

I can’t say my role, however I specialise in a role for a housing association/council/social worker (child and adult).

I work on average 50-60 hours per week.

I used to work for a communications company too whilst at uni it was as a technical advisor. I left that because It was awful. County councils or city councils are usually quite flexible, maybe or like above suggested flexi support work or admin, It.

Financial Services/Tax - I’m the Team Administrator for the department of 60 (with 3 direct reports). I used to work 9-5.30 but since March I’ve been doing 8-4pm.

I’m a programmer. I work 20 hours a week. I can work whatever hours I want as long as I manage to attend meetings. I try to be available between 10-2 most days. When I worked 40, the same rules applied

I run my own business so in effect I can set my own hours.

But in reality I'm not going to turn down paid work so it's not always as simple as that! I do dog walking and pet sitting.

I'm a breakfast chef in a hotel. I work 4 set days a week either 6am-2pm or 7am-3pm. I'm not sure how it will work once we can return in July. My boss (and the company) are pretty flexible, so if I need to swap a day or finish early I usually can.

Lab technician. I work part time 2 days a week and those days are different every week because my husband works shifts. I'm in academia though and it's incredibly flexible. Helps that my boss has 2 young daughters as well!

I'm an accountant. As long as deadlines are met, my employer is very flexible about when the work gets done.

Senior executive in a professional services firm. Technically 40 hours / week as per my contract.

Realistically, it's virtually always 50+ hours and has easily been 80+ during several particularly stressful periods.

20 hours as a gp receptionist, Mon/Tues/Fri
Run two of our own businesses so I work that around other commitments, but try to keep it to Weds/Thurs/Sat morning. It nearly always goes over but that’s the joy of it, you can pick up an hour or two here and there.

Depends really. If you want the same fixed days each week it's possible in some roles though its never usually a guarantee long term.
If you want to chop and change each week then that's a lot more difficult, mainly self employed roles or things such as merchandisers who will have set jobs but can set their own hours.
Maybe the best bet is night work.
I currently work 2am - 10pm but others work 8pm-4pm/ 10pm - 6pm ect so there's always someone at home ( usually I go to bed at 5/6pm so you just have to adjust your sleep/mealtime/housework schedule accordingly.

That's in a supermarket BTW, I do the online shopping bit, others stack shelves, sort promotions and other admin bits whilst store is shut

Self employed writer. Average 10 hours a week. As long as my deadlines are met i choose my own days. The pay is good which is why i work such short hours..

I know someone who worked in administration for an engineering company and was able to choose which four days per week she worked around her husband's shifts. I'm on the other hand, I don't think it was well paid or had much in the way of progression.

Thanks for your replies, it's interesting to see how different sectors work.

Dh works in the emergency services on response. He can't change his work pattern until he has done this for 2 years but could then change to a more flexible pattern.

He's the main breadwinner so I need to work around him at the minute.

I qualified as an early years teacher so had considered childminding. I've got 2 under 2 so could only care for 1 more if I remember correctly.
I need to bring home around £900 a month so I don't think that's achievable in childminding.

I know most employers would just laugh me out the door asking for that level of flexibility but it's worth an ask. I'm happy to work any time of day or night as long as it fits.

Dd is 2, looking to be asd so when we attempted to start at a nursery it did not go well. She wouldn't cope so I don't want to leave her in a setting that makes her so clearly anxious.

I'm currently at uni doing my degree but working "bank shifts" for the NHS. You get to choose which days/shifts/hospitals you want to work in.

There are many agencies looking for care/support workers where you choose your hours. Many agencies pay more for than actual care homes.

I don't know if this is something you would be interested in, the jobs not for everyone. Many take on with little or no experience in care but if you get a "good" agency the training is of a good standard.

Hope you find something your looking for soon

My DH has a similar shift pattern to yours, and it rolls.
I work set days 8-4 ish and childcare is based around me, as it is set, so yes, there he gets days where the kids are in childcare and he is home, but it was near impossible to find childcare that would change week to week or change my hours to vary.

Analyst, very flexible full time, was part time but no issue in working the hours to suit me either on site or at home, I have been with the company a very long time though.

I work for a charity. Usually 9-5 but really flexible so I can pop out for a few hours so long as its not too busy.

I work as an admin assistant, I do 24 hours a week. I do 8.30-2.30 Monday to Thursday. My managers are great, they allow me to choose my own working pattern - as long as the work gets done by the end of the week and I do my 24 hours I can be as flexible as I want. I'm a single parent and it means I can do all the school pick ups. DS goes to breakfast club in the morning.

The pay isn't great though and I don't earn £900 a month. I would do if I worked longer hours.