What would you class as 'normal' working hours?

[EmmaBridgewater956]

Not shift work, nights etc but in an office?

9 to 5pm or 5.30pm, Mon - Fri

9 till 5:30 with an hour for lunch

I work 'unsocial ' hours which is evenings until 8pm and weekends

9-5:30, but when I limited my office hours to that after having DD my boss referred to me as "part time"!

Does anyone work in London which seems to be a law unto itself??

last job was 8:30-6:30pm and had an interview today and hours were even longer - I am not a lawyer/banker etc but this seems mad as contracted working hours.

Will say with some depts in my old company, it could vary some people worked 8:00 till 4:30 other 9:30 till 6:00 - this late shift was always the unpopular one

part time what a cheek!!

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8:30am - 6pm in my London (not City) office. I however do 9:30am - 5pm as part of flex working agreement.

42 hours per week

When I worked, "normal" working hours were 9:30 until 5:30 in London and 9:00 until 5:15 in other offices.

If you were doing an audit though, "normal" was slightly more than that (more than slightly really....)

35 hours a week. London, v large international business, not banking/City.

9-5 ish, half hour lunch (7.5hours), 37 hour week (that is full time in my office), however we also have 'core' hours that we have to be in, between 10am and 3pm I think, so as long as the full 7.5 hours are done, it can be 10-6, 8-4, whatever. (not for me, I do 32 hours compacted)

when I was in London private practice (as a lawyer) office hours were 9.30-5.30, but most people worked alot longer than that - standard hours say 9.15-6.30, and much more if you were busy. Now I am in London working for a company and the core hours are 9-5, but again people work longer than that either coming in earlier (say 8) or going later (say 5.30-6).

I have never worked anywhere that people stick to the contract hours.

If they get you to work over 48 hours a week, they have to give you the option to opt out of the 'working time regulations'.

You need to have a break of min 20 mins after 6 hours legally (normally unpaid). The hours seem very long and not a great advert for a work/life balance! good luck.

37 hrs a week, generally office/base open 8.30am - 5.30/6pm and hours arranged to fit in with that.

For any 'professional' level job expect occasional later working or need to take something home to prep/read and to work up to about 42 hrs including work at home 1-2 evenings a week or working through lunch hours.

When full time my public services job which includes shifts is 40 hours. 45min for a meal break included in the 40 hours but if work/emergency requires you to miss the meal then you forgo your meal (not often) the 45mins is not your so no trips to the supermarket or gym!
Now part-time 3 days x 9 hours, most of the time eat while working. Work longer hours unpaid to get the job done. Can be paid over time under certain circumstances but spend 1/2 hour looking for a supervisor to grant overtime!

I would class normal as 7.5 to 8 hours worked between 8am - 6pm.

Until very recently I rarely worked more than my contracted hours (standard 37.5 before I had children, now 20) and if I did then the excess was carried forward on a TOIL system.
I now typically do about 0-10% more, mainly because I have moved to a much more convienient office and can do more hours in the smae time (less travel).

I think my lack of overtime is reasonably unusual in a profession like accountancy.

My ex had a standard 35 hour week, and would typically work 60+.
Teachers work alot more than the contracted hours when you factor in planning and marking etc.

The higher you get/more qualified/more professiona the job is - the more likely the probability of needing to do hours in excess of the normal.