How many hours per week do you work?
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It is hard to say. I used to be over 100 hours a week. Then dropped to 80. Was doing well in 2010 - 2013 with keeping that reasonable, then back up again in 2014. This year I dropped to 40 until recently. Now I'm far more Swedish. It is hard to determine how many hours I work because of the kind of work that I do, but not that many hours anymore.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
So what do you all think of the Swedish idea of only working 6 hours a day, 5 days a week. You work less hours, but the idea is you work more intensely (so no browsing MangoLassi at work, for example), so you still get as much done, but in less time.
I'm ready for the US to adopt this policy... at least for IT. I could easily trim 10 hrs of "dicking around" time a week.
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One thing that is a big deal is whether your job is one of productivity or one of availability. If your job is engineering or decision making making you a productivity worker, then going to 20-30 hours a week is found to be ideal for getting the best work out of you.
If, on the other hand, you are an availability worker like a system admin, helpdesk tech or similar then cutting hours reduces your value to the company by making you less available.
So it really depends. When I was at CitiGroup they offset this by having me be always on call as a system admin but only in the office for 20 hours a week. There are ways to make availability workers valuable without making them "work" too much, but you have to be more creative than just reducing hours.
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@scottalanmiller said:
One thing that is a big deal is whether your job is one of productivity or one of availability. If your job is engineering or decision making making you a productivity worker, then going to 20-30 hours a week is found to be ideal for getting the best work out of you.
If, on the other hand, you are an availability worker like a system admin, helpdesk tech or similar then cutting hours reduces your value to the company by making you less available.
So it really depends. When I was at CitiGroup they offset this by having me be always on call as a system admin but only in the office for 20 hours a week. There are ways to make availability workers valuable without making them "work" too much, but you have to be more creative than just reducing hours.
How do I get this????!! I am in the office 40-50 hours and then on-call for the other 150 or so hours
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@donaldlandru said:
How do I get this????!! I am in the office 40-50 hours and then on-call for the other 150 or so hours
Um... work for a more enlightened company that takes its IT more seriously?
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I generally put in 40-45 billable hours a week. Billable hours = hours I get paid for.
I also put in 5-10 hours of time doing things to improve my skills for various pieces of our business. This is not paid for directly.
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40, I work 40 hours and then have a hard cut off. I came from a company that used to push me 45-55 every week to get their money's worth. I am much happier overall now than I was before, and makes me more likely to pick up skills at home and learn again vs coming home drained and wanting to unplug from all tech.
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@s.hackleman This is where I am at too. I was the on call guy... and boy did I get the calls... My new employer is great and being just one of the minions low on the totem pole, I don't have to worry about too much like that.
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I used to bust my butt and do tons of OT - when I stopped and everything kept working....
37.5h/wk, occasionally an extra hour here or there, but it's rare.
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4 10's, and then I have my own business so I work in the evening until about 9-10 and then usually doing stuff for that on Friday as well.
Plus, I feel like a moron reading stuff on here so I'm always trying to learn things.
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@johnhooks Try, not! Do, or do not. There is no try! (sorry... I couldn't resist)... But seriously, I learn more by doing, so when somebody says hey I want to do $project -- If I have the resources in my system at home to set it up myself, then I do so.
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@dafyre said:
@johnhooks Try, not! Do, or do not. There is no try! (sorry... I couldn't resist)... But seriously, I learn more by doing, so when somebody says hey I want to do $project -- If I have the resources in my system at home to set it up myself, then I do so.
Lol, I'm the same way. I have a hard time learning if I don't do it myself. Watching other people do it helps (much better than reading) but doing it is always the best for me. I just never feel like I'm not behind on stuff (if that makes sense).
I wish I was paid based on the number of VMs I've created and destroyed in doing projects.
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If you ever feel like you are caught up... then you should worry, lol.
