To ask about salary and hours in a job

[pickle38]

Can I ask what sort of salary would you expect to be earning to be working hours like these.
Start work at 9am and work through to 6pm or a little after with little time for a break in between. If you're lucky grab a quick bite to eat but generally working through your lunch. Then evening time logging on to do more work around 9pm and then heading to bed about 12am sometimes later if there's a problem. Weekends often mean dealing with the odd phone calls or email.

The person I'm talking about above is my husband. He took on a job a few years ago and recently had a slight pay increase but the hours are through the roof and it's heavily impacting on a lot of things.

Thanks

Is he working his way up/due a promotion soon? Will he be rewarded with a good bonus for putting all the hours in?

My DP earns £73k and works usually 8:30/9 - 6/7pm then some days again from 7/8pm - 11pm. He will sometimes stop for a break, sometimes will work the whole day through, breaking only to have dinner and say goodnight to the children.

He is recognised for doing a good job and gets a good bonus in return - he is also still working his way up so doesn't mind putting the hours in to get to where he wants to be.

I probably work similar hours but out of the house rather than some in the evenings working at home and some international travel etc
I’m on 150k+ depending on the month or can be more.

I've done those hours for extended periods. I started on £25k pa, about 20 years ago. My pay has risen gradually and now I'm on £300k-ish. So I'd say pay depends on seniority, not hours.

Personally I'd think he either couldn't manage his time well or that he works for a shit company. Or, he's a doctor in the NHS!

My DH earns much more than yours, is very senior in his organization and anything outside of 9-5 is very much voluntary with the very odd exception (emergency), and he usually gets time back here and there - it's the same for everyone in his department. He averages 40 hours per week (paid for 37). He appreciates a work life balance and instills that in his team and has pushed back on occasions where that has been questioned - he's good at his job so has continued to get promotions and significant pay rises despite that.

Good pay does not mean shit hours and conditions.

I earn 47k and I work 9-5, 4 days a week. I wouldn't do those hours for 50k.

Is he actually being productive during the working day though. It seems easy to put in the hours but get distracted or waste time chasing others. Dh was working similar last summer because the IT system was so slow during the day as not designed for so many simultaneous remote users, and he got more done when it was not so overloaded, but still needed to be available during the day.

Hi thank you for all the replies, to answer a few questions he is quiet senior in the company with no opportunity for promotion. I am wondering how productive he is in his day and that is something I've brought up with him but I will admit the odd time I've popped my head up to him he does seem flat out but I've also addressed maybe he needs to delegate or prioritise more and also suggested he goes into the actual office more frequently for a change of scenery and also to stay in the loop.
He is good when it's the children's birthdays or something like that he will take time off work but I've noticed his work load has massively increased and he seems more stressed out. I'm just wondering if it's worth it for his sake. We agreed I'd work part time and be home with the children but even if I went back full time there isn't much opportunity for him to work part time. I will show him this thread and whilst I recognise salary depends on location and skill.

Given your update OP there doesn’t seem to be any need for him to work those hours - he’s either a workaholic (some people’s sense of self worth is tied up in their work) or he’s stuck with a bad boss /team that’s overloaded leaving him no choice . These things happen but aren’t sustainable - enough people leave that the team falls apart.

Ideally he should get a new job but ofc it’s easier said that done ... this can’t be healthy