How long should the regular working week be?

[Redway]

As it says in the title.

[Marsh.]

The idea that LT works all those hours. :joker:

[Redway]

The idea that LT works all those hours. :joker:

With no Christmas or birthdays off to boot.

[Zizu]

Guess I’ve got the best option there is aside from being retired ..

I work Monday , Tuesday - off Wednesdays ... work Thursday and Friday then off for the weekend .

Basically means I get the ‘ Friday Feeling’ on Tuesday and Friday ...


Years ago I worked what I was told was a ‘European week’ ( they probably lied !)

It meant working 6 days then two off on a rolling basis... I never took to it - seemed very strange to be off for two different days each ‘week’ ..

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[Niamh.]

I'd love to do a 3/4 day week but i can't complain too much

[Zizu]

I'd love to do a 3/4 day week but i can't complain too much



I can strongly recommend having Wednesdays off if anyone ever gets the chance .. it completely breaks the week up and you get the Friday feeling twice a week :)


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[Niamh.]

I can strongly recommend having Wednesdays off if anyone ever gets the chance .. it completely breaks the week up and you get the Friday feeling twice a week :)


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I'd rather Work Mon-Wed and have Thur-Sun off :fan:

[Zizu]

I'd rather Work Mon-Wed and have Thur-Sun off :fan:



That’s being greedy :)

Many people have one day off but not many think to choose Wednesday - big mistake :)


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[Niamh.]

That’s being greedy :)

Many people have one day off but not many think to choose Wednesday - big mistake :)


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Yes it is :smug:

[UserSince2005]

Given I charge my clients by the hour,
and there is always work to do,
the working week needs to be as long as possible without losing my sanity.

[Strictly Jake]

4 days a week. People should get to choose to either have a friday or a monday off.

[Babayaro.]

4 days a week.

One day off between the four, then two in a row?

[DouglasS]

If it was lower then shops wouldn’t be open as long, nor would pubs/many other venues. Also the economy would be impacted largely making everything far more expensive.

And so I would keep it as it is as I wouldn’t want all the negative impacts

[thesheriff443]

Most people don’t have a clue what it is to do a real days work.

This country is full of lazy people.

[Beso]

Most people don’t have a clue what it is to do a real days work.

This country is full of lazy people.

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[Kizzy]

Well it really depends on your occupation, some are physically and mentally more taxing than others.
It also depends on pay.. if you earn more you can obv have a better work life balance and be comfortable.

I'm used to my rota now, I work 4 on 4 off ( supposedly) 12hr shifts.

[Babayaro.]

I like mine though.

One week I work 6 days
One week I I work 5 days
One week I work 4 days

And repeat...

[The Slim Reaper]

Most people don’t have a clue what it is to do a real days work.

This country is full of lazy people.

That's because what it is to do a real days work is different for everyone. If someone brought me their TV to fix I'd turn it off and back on again and call it a day, but I wouldn't want anyone to talk to my clients either, apart from maybe Annie because we work in similar sectors.

[Kizzy]

Most people don’t have a clue what it is to do a real days work.

This country is full of lazy people.

Silly thing to say.. a very typical middle aged bloke thing to say you're under the impression you and others like you are the only ones to contribute to society.

Newsflash...You aren't.

[thesheriff443]

Silly thing to say.. a very typical middle aged bloke thing to say you're under the impression you and others like you are the only ones to contribute to society.

Newsflash...You aren't.

It’s the person cleaning up sick p1ss and sh1t that’s doing th real work not admin in the office same as the man out in all weathers working not the guy on the phone talking for a living.

Your under the impression I care what you have to say! , news flash, I don’t ,.

[Zizu]

4 days a week. People should get to choose to either have a friday or a monday off.



Everyone would choose Friday for a long weekend then the country would grind to a halt ... ( well slower than it already is lol)


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[Cal.]

I don’t think there should be a standard. What is good for one person isn’t good for another. It’s a shame everybody can’t choose their own working week.

Some people are more productive with more days/less hours a day and visa versa.

Me and my friend do the same job and I do 5 days at 8 hours a day but she’ll do 3 days at 12 hours a day for instance.

[DouglasS]

I don’t think there should be a standard. What is good for one person isn’t good for another. It’s a shame everybody can’t choose their own working week.

Some people are more productive with more days/less hours a day and visa versa.

Me and my friend do the same job and I do 5 days at 8 hours a day but she’ll do 3 days at 12 hours a day for instance.

As long as the people working less are happy to get paid less and have less opportunities for promotion/secondments/opportunities then I guess

[AnnieK]

It’s the person cleaning up sick p1ss and sh1t that’s doing th real work not admin in the office same as the man out in all weathers working not the guy on the phone talking for a living.

Your under the impression I care what you have to say! , news flash, I don’t ,.

I don't agree with that I'm afraid. Every person is a cog in the wheel, take one away and the wheel won't turn. If 999 operators didn't work on the phone all day, no-one would be able to phone for help, if admin wasn't done in offices stock wouldn't be ordered and customers left unhappy etc etc.

[user104658]

It’s the person cleaning up sick p1ss and sh1t that’s doing th real work not admin in the office same as the man out in all weathers working not the guy on the phone talking for a living.

Your under the impression I care what you have to say! , news flash, I don’t ,.

People who think that only manual labour is "real work" usually haven't done, or aren't capable of doing, jobs that require a lot of thinking. It's just as exhausting. Depending what's going on it can be more exhausting.

I've worked 12 hour shifts on my feet that were 10x easier than a bad day in front of a screen.

[Ammi]

...as long as you need it to be, really...and obviously taking into it your employers needs as well in any negotiations...a work balance in terms of finances and needs and other life balances etc will be very personal and individual...I think that’s what Cal said also...

[Kizzy]

It’s the person cleaning up sick p1ss and sh1t that’s doing th real work not admin in the office same as the man out in all weathers working not the guy on the phone talking for a living.

Your under the impression I care what you have to say! , news flash, I don’t ,.

Oh give up if the person cleaning the **** didn't have their wages processed by payroll then how would they get paid? And if the guy in HR didn't get paid how would he pay for childcare that wipes his kids ****ty arse while he's at work?

We all pay taxes and VAT, we are all important.

[user104658]

To answer the poll question, I think a 4-day week is a more reasonable work/life balance but really it depends on the job... and how much you actually enjoy doing it. I also think it's more about days than hours. I work 9-5 now so I don't have an option with hours, but back when I did work shifts I much preferred 4 x 10 hour shifts to 5 x 8 hour shifts. What does the extra 2h per day matter when the day is spent working anyway? Both are 40h weeks but with one pattern you get 3 full days off, with the other you only get 2. It's a no-brainer.

Back in my job at Uni (zero hour contract :fist: ) I could get a 35h week in over 2 and a half days and loved it. Two 14 hour shifts (8am - 10pm) and one 7 hour shift (3pm - 10pm).

[The Slim Reaper]

Socialist sheriff is my favourite kind of sheriff :smug:

[Kizzy]

By your fuzzy logic sherrif because I have to do external patrols in all weathers my job is more 'real' than parms. .all he does is fiddle with knobs in a nice warm living room.

[The Slim Reaper]

Parm is a sex worker?

[user104658]

all he does is fiddle with knobs in a nice warm living room.

Uh oh Parmy, Kizzy has found out about your side-hustle :omgno:

[user104658]

We discovered in a thread a while back that Parmy mainly plugs things back in that have come loose, switches things on at the wall, and changes the occasional fuse. Puts batteries in remotes. That sort of thing. I'm still convinced that flat-screen TV's are just not repairable. If they are I've thrown out like 3 perfectly good tellies in the last 10 years :joker:.

[Marsh.]

Silly thing to say.. a very typical middle aged bloke thing to say you're under the impression you and others like you are the only ones to contribute to society.

Newsflash...You aren't.

:clap1:

[Marsh.]

It’s the person cleaning up sick p1ss and sh1t that’s doing th real work not admin in the office same as the man out in all weathers working not the guy on the phone talking for a living.

Your under the impression I care what you have to say! , news flash, I don’t ,.

And yet without those guys in the office nobody is getting paid for whatever job it is they're doing. Almost like it's not a competition.

[Niamh.]

An awful lot of people would find working in admin a lot more difficult than manual work actually, every type of job is vital in it's own way

[Marsh.]

We discovered in a thread a while back that Parmy mainly plugs things back in that have come loose, switches things on at the wall, and changes the occasional fuse. Puts batteries in remotes. That sort of thing. I'm still convinced that flat-screen TV's are just not repairable. If they are I've thrown out like 3 perfectly good tellies in the last 10 years :joker:.

The helpdesk in work are much the same. The IT Crowd was not exaggerating. It's literally the "have you tried switching it off and on again?" line.

[Zizu]

As long as the people working less are happy to get paid less and have less opportunities for promotion/secondments/opportunities then I guess



Wonder how the woman selling pies at Tottenham’s ground feels about Gareth Bale picking up £600,000 a week :)

The next five weeks he won’t even be putting his boots on as he’s injured ..


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[Beso]

We discovered in a thread a while back that Parmy mainly plugs things back in that have come loose, switches things on at the wall, and changes the occasional fuse. Puts batteries in remotes. That sort of thing. I'm still convinced that flat-screen TV's are just not repairable. If they are I've thrown out like 3 perfectly good tellies in the last 10 years :joker:.

You have, all samsung tvs are repaired by either changing a screen or a motherboard....I only deal with 65 inches and above, usually fitting them in some attic room on the third floor if a block of flats..the job itself is simple, but the getting the screen from a to b is a ****

[Beso]

An awful lot of people would find working in admin a lot more difficult than manual work actually, every type of job is vital in it's own way



Very true, I find all the admin side of my job the hardest, even though it's just taking photos and sending a report off via email..I also forget my tools a lot and have to replace them cause I've left them in someone's house..

I once(2nd day on the job) travelled 40 miles across london to begin my day, opened the backdoor of the van and I had only forgot to put all my parts to replace that day in the van....I had to phone my boss and tell him I had shat myself rather than admit my idiocy.

[Cherie]

I can strongly recommend having Wednesdays off if anyone ever gets the chance .. it completely breaks the week up and you get the Friday feeling twice a week :)


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When I worked 2 days a week at a school I worked Mondays and Fridays ...loved it :dance:

[Cherie]

Now I work 4 mornings, would work Mon to Wed but my hag of a boss won’t let me, mainly because she is jealous that she has to work full time :smug:

[Crimson Dynamo]

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