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View Poll Results: How many hours per week do you work?
0-30 44 12.90%
30-40 73 21.41%
40-50 104 30.50%
50-60 58 17.01%
60-70 28 8.21%
70+ 14 4.11%
Whats work? 20 5.87%
Voters: 341. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 08-02-2006, 07:18 PM   #61
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Im a lazy uni student
usually 12 hours a week. If im motivated that can sometimes jump to 36. But thats pretty uncommon

..for some reason i only ge paid for 10 out of the 12 hours.. better look that up
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Old 25-01-2007, 10:40 PM   #62
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Who bought this thread up? Talk about thread trolling, lol
I now do 40 -50 a week, as I changed jobs.
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Old 26-01-2007, 12:37 AM   #63
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I'm a Yr11 school student, and so that I can get the most out of my education I have decided not to get a job until I'm done at school. So I voted "what is work?" because I probably wouldn't know a day of (non-school related) work if ever I saw one.
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Old 26-01-2007, 02:39 PM   #64
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Between the 2 jobs.... I'd probably rack up about 70 hours a week on average...
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Old 26-01-2007, 02:48 PM   #65
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Old 26-01-2007, 02:53 PM   #66
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Old 26-01-2007, 03:30 PM   #67
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Get paid for 37.5 hours a week but typically put in 50 - 70. We do have a generous bonus scheme though.
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Old 26-01-2007, 03:30 PM   #68
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Mon to Fri 10hrs a day except Monday when i only work 8hrs and 6hrs Sat. Through the week first 8hrs are normal time and the next 2hrs are time and a half. On Sat first 2hrs are time and half the other 4hrs are double time. So I do 54hrs a week.

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Old 26-01-2007, 05:00 PM   #69
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Salary, no bonuses, bad hours...paid for 40...do 60 to 70 + on call 24hrs a day. Why do I do it?
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Old 26-01-2007, 05:13 PM   #70
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i do 45 hours per week but get 2 weeks hols every 10 weeks and 5 weeks at xmas ....

im a comp tech for education dept :-)
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Old 26-01-2007, 10:49 PM   #71
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40-50, not including travel to and from work or lunchbreaks.

And one RDO a month, that must be taken in that month.
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Old 27-01-2007, 11:34 AM   #72
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I work 36 hours a week but get paid for 40 hours a week due to the RDO arrangement.
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Old 27-01-2007, 04:13 PM   #73
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45 hours upon a standard week - But have worked as many as 52. Doesn't normally vary much. I take a week off every 3 months and get 10 sick's a year.
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Old 27-01-2007, 04:18 PM   #74
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~6 hours a week, soon to be 38.
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Old 27-01-2007, 04:23 PM   #75
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I can work anywhere upto 60 hours a week :P
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Old 27-01-2007, 05:52 PM   #76
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Just finished back to back 80hr weeks. 160hrs in 13 days to be precise.
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Old 28-01-2007, 07:28 PM   #77
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Well i do 40pw, rarely do 50 or more, the most ive done is 100 in a fortnight i think.
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Old 28-01-2007, 11:03 PM   #78
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Just finished back to back 80hr weeks. 160hrs in 13 days to be precise.
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Old 28-01-2007, 11:14 PM   #79
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i usually do anywhere between 10 and 20 hours of work per week. and around 15 - 20 hours of classes at uni per week. average about 17 hours face to face (classes) then extra hours of work, then about a million hours of doing nothing there haha
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Old 28-01-2007, 11:18 PM   #80
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round 35-38 hrs/week mon-fri
sometimes the boss asks me to work sat (usually half day) when he goes away etc or if he cant be ******** working.
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Old 29-01-2007, 05:33 PM   #81
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i work just under 70 hours a week. 2 full time jobs. pple always ask me why i work so hard and the answer is to have the best things in life, that is the only way i can afford to pay off 4 cars and a mortagage. what can i say i luv spending money on cars. they help me get through the week
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Old 30-01-2007, 04:29 AM   #82
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38h per week, another compulsory 5-8h weekend every 3 weeks, overtime is available as much as i want (within reason) although
I try to avoid it as much as possible as I hate my job
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Old 30-01-2007, 10:58 AM   #83
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84 hrs a week here, longest ive done is 10 weeks straight <which is nothing compared to some guys>. how you ask? in the middle of 4 months off
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Old 03-02-2007, 10:10 AM   #84
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Around 1-2 hours per week.
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Old 03-02-2007, 10:19 AM   #85
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I work 50 - 60 hours a the moment (workshop forman). soon as i get a few plans in place i will cut that back to a normal 40 hour week.
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Old 03-02-2007, 11:49 AM   #86
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My hours really vary (I'm casual) but I just had a 40 hour week, my busiest in a while. I'm hoping for the same next week.
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Old 03-02-2007, 11:58 AM   #87
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I spend over 30 hours a week pc gaming. A lot of that time is spent playing older games.

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Old 03-02-2007, 12:16 PM   #88
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Around 1-2 hours per week.
????? unless your a chick i can't see what you'd do.
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????? unless your a chick i can't see what you'd do.

Why a chick?!? I work online, import and export, self shopper for car parts, word by mouth. You need something, I can get it, usually 40% or more cheaper than direct from the shop. I get a 20%+ commission. The hours I work are sending the goods out, checking emails and importing more stock in bulk. I can find pretty much anything from key rings to signed Rambo knives if they want it. I have importer codes and friends in the States. Found the TS50 manual within 2 days too.

It's the best ever, being my own boss, learning from my mistakes etc. There are open markets for everyone, I'd highly suggest anyone looking into it. The Internet is a huge market place, Trade-Me gets 1,500,000 customers a month. Not bad for a country of 4 million.


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Why a chick?!? I work online, import and export, self shopper for car parts, word by mouth. You need something, I can get it, usually 40% or more cheaper than direct from the shop. I get a 20%+ commission. The hours I work are sending the goods out, checking emails and importing more stock in bulk. I can find pretty much anything from key rings to signed Rambo knives if they want it. I have importer codes and friends in the States. Found the TS50 manual within 2 days too.

It's the best ever, being my own boss, learning from my mistakes etc. There are open markets for everyone, I'd highly suggest anyone looking into it. The Internet is a huge market place, Trade-Me gets 1,500,000 customers a month. Not bad for a country of 4 million.


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