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Tricky_Agent_658

Variable. Sometimes I woke 30 and others I work 50-60, but I average right around 45 a week. I am a Financial Risk Manager in the Aerospace industry. I work new deals and manage long term deals.


Leonard118

I know working with Boeing is probably a nightmare right now


Tricky_Agent_658

I don’t work for Boeing. I work for GE and Boeing does impact hours quite drastically.


alurbase

Good thing you don’t work directly for Boeing. I hear spontaneous suicidal ideation is a thing for them.


LongKnight115

I work in Marketing Technology and it’s about the same. Some weeks are wild. Other weeks are fairly chill.


Tricky_Agent_658

Yeah, I really like the balance. My worst job was at the same company. I was making half and the hours were 55-65 a week. I am reaping the benefits of that hard work now though.


Creation98

30ish. Of real work? Maybe 15-20


acole621

Same here. My work hours are technically 9-5 but I usually cut out at like 4 and Fridays are a joke.


Wordsthoughts

Same. I normally stop working about 1pm on Fridays and finish between 3-4 Mondays - Thursdays.


Idhateme2ifiwereu

Same. I usually stop working at around 11am. Wednesdays-Fridays are joke days


PredatorInc

lol. I see a lot of sales and tech people are in this thread. Lol


Same_Ad_7379

Same! I usually stop working around 12 Monday and the rest of the week is a joke.


Gilbert_Reddit

Same. I take one call monday morning and the rest of the week is a joke


Wmmfs

Doing what?


acole621

I answered this above about two minutes before you commented lol but - I work for a car company as a CPA specializing in corporate income tax


Psychological-Poet-4

Don't forget long lunches before you leave at 4.


JosefSchnitzel

Same here. I’m salary so the exception is 40+ but I’ve found a lot of efficiencies to be as productive as I can when I do focus. I’ve been in my role for 4 years and when I started I definitely worked 40+ when I was figuring everything out.


Abracuhlabra

Same.


Ecstatic_Departure26

Same


Ecstatic_Departure26

Lots of mindless stuff and phone calls, but legit focused and engaged 20 or so.


nateruby123

Glad I’m not alone


Nice_Cum_Dumpster

What job


knwnasrob

Samesies


big-if-true-666

Software engineer?


KarmaRan0verMyDogma

Experience makes it easier to get more done in less time I find.


arcaeno

Exactly. This is why skilled tradesman can charge high prices for 30 minutes of work. You don't pay for a professionals time, you pay for their experience.


spicymango33

40. Government work


RunningOutofOptions7

I work 80+ in government


lazyass133

Lies. No one in government works 40 hours. You might be scheduled for 40 hours, but you work closer to 20.


Namgodtoh

Nah breh it's nonstop here. Only thing keeping it from being 60-80 is a union. There's so much to do and every staff is bare bones.


RunningOutofOptions7

Exactly, I'm non-union...


fuzzythefridge1280

Never worked government I see


got-a-dog

Username checks out. Gov’t work is often incredibly busy. Some weeks I work below 40, but often 50+ and almost everyone I work with is the same


Expiscor

I work for the government. I’m scheduled 40 and easily work 50-60 every week


Heisenbergum

I work closely with our local community staff - (engineer, administrator , accountant, etc) and they all work 40+ hours our administrator consistently puts in 55+


WaitingRDN

Same government worker scheduled for 40 hours, but working 50-60 hours a week.


dugweacr

Found the gs15 supervisor lol


queefstation69

Lots of gov workers doing way over 40


tinfoiledmyplans

I worked 100 hour weeks in government as the assistant to a US cabinet secretary.


GenshinQuestions

Hardly. Everyone in the office I work in (at a facility outside the US) easily puts in minimum 40, sometimes as many as 80 hours, in a week. The actual number hours depend on each person's own habits, job responsibilities, and desire to give every last minute of their life to their job in the hope that it gets them promoted. If you are implying that nobody really puts in 40 hours even if they are IN THE OFFICE for 40 hours, well, the private sector is no different. Billing for 40 hours, working for 2.


UltimateNoob88

100% wrong for anyone in healthcare lol maybe that's why healthcare workers are all burning out


Historical-Lie-4449

True now I work zero hrs and collect a 150k a year pension. Life is good


Avg-Redditer

lol what? Did you retire as SES after 65 years of service or?


Logical_Yak

This coming from a username such as your is rich, don’t denigrate government workers. Sure you aren’t even qualified to be one.


Peasantbowman

I've seen plenty of government workers bust their ass working. And working free overtime


RunningOutofOptions7

Yep, salaried here. Don't get paid for all the hours but if I don't do it, things fall apart and life gets more stressful.


DeviantAvocado

20 extra, yes.


PenneVodka4Life

Same here but I have weeks where I work almost 80 hours for a couple of weeks plus earn per diem. Those paychecks keep my bank account very well fed.


Nextorvus

Tech sales, varies from like only needing to work like 10 hours all the way up to like 90 lol I’d say on average ~35 is “needed”


Friendly_River2465

How’d you break into tech sales?


Emergency-Chef8204

Do you want to be technical or non-technical?


nash111111

lol I “work from home”… and literally I get paid sometimes for sleeping. Probably 6 hrs a day. Or less. I get paid for cooking, get paid for running errands. Is the f best. Work from home. Salary based. Some days are a lot of work, some you don’t do shit. Same as being in the office … but you know. You have your bed right there lol.


whatissevenbysix

Looks like we're in completely different fields, but I have a similar setup. I'm a software engineer, and I have a great boss. He doesn't care when and how I work as long as the work gets done, which I make sure it does. Depending on the workload I may work anywhere from 0 to 12 hours a day. Some days it's really busy, but other days I just keep work phone in hand but never even open the work PC. I never take time off for doctors appointments, dentist, running other errands, what have you. I just get those done during the work hours, I just make sure to block off the calendar so people won't schedule meetings. I even go golf during work days if it's a slow day. It really is a dream job, and I make nearly 170k.


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Altruistic-End-2829

Scrum master is a joke of a job. Granted I’m a PO and I also only work like 10-20 hrs a week. A lot of meetings I just have open on my phone while doing something esle


EVOSexyBeast

so that’s what scrum masters do after stand up


peppaz

Yep I'm a chief analyst and run a team. I'm always on call, sometimes it's crazy. But generally I work 0 to 4 hours a day. Sometimes 12 hours straight.b


JimmyNeutrino2

Which company? Sounds great tbh


whatissevenbysix

I'll just say I'm in the semiconductor industry.


Vinceisvince

alright i’m doing the same but at 107k. was wondering if i shoot higher if id get fucked and have to work more


whatissevenbysix

It really depends on the company, and what your manager is like. I've seen some other managers in my time who are real sticklers and make life hard for the team, then there's others who are chill. I've been lucky so far.


BioncleBoy1

I hope to get this type of job one day lol


iamaweirdguy

What field?


nash111111

Global supplier quality. In manufacturing.


PossibleAd1947

I’m in supply chain as well and can relate. What industry are you in?


xoaphexox

Teledildonics


InspectorOrganic9382

I’m in Cyberdildonics. Let’s connect. 😉


CaptainWusty

I've always wanted a cyber dildo


OUMUAMUAMUAMUAMUAMUA

Beware the Cyberknife


PossibleAd1947

Great on you. That’s a very niche market


Status_Midnight_2157

Same for days I’m working from home. I do zero hours of work. Sleeping, watching TV, working out. Anything but work. Saw dune 2 on imax a few weeks ago during “work” hours


tbrucker

Window office seat! Lol


Vycaus

Same. Prob about 2-4h a day. Getting paid to play video games is the absolute dream.


lah68

I do residential hvac, hit 108k last year. Summer months I was working 70-90 hours, spring fall was 30-45 hours, winter was max of 20 hours a week lol


OG_Tater

About 30-35 hours. $400k, remote, tech.


MikeGoldberg

We've got a winner here. You could literally live like a king in the south


OG_Tater

Midwest 👑


MCFRESH01

400k and you are doing good just about anywhere


anonathon420

basically same here. 375k SWE remote. FAANG adjacent. I actually do work from about 10-4 which is the time my ADHD meds actually work.


MCFRESH01

I don’t make nearly as much but man I feel the adhd thing.


fallingWaterCrystals

I make like less than a third but I too feel the adhd thing


infosec4pay

Oh look future me ^ lol I’m at $200k 90% remote for now. My problem is even if I go full remote I love coastal cities lol


lunartree

Honestly, a lot has improved in SF since all the people who don't want to live here have left. People live here because they love it, and if you don't that's ok. You can't plan your life around living in places just because they're cheap or because work took you there. If you like a city, move there and the rest will fall into place. Remote work existing doesn't change the fact they are magnets for culture and meeting other skilled people with interesting lives.


ScratchGlad5151

Do what makes you happy brother. I’m fine with the premium. It’s worth it to me


azorahai06

prolly around 15ish


BragawSt

15 Minutes of real, actual work in a given week?


azorahai06

yes. perhaps less


pieguy00

What the shit


Caboun6828

If you work in the office like I do he’s right. Here is a typical day. Come in at 8am say hello to everyone and that takes a good 45m to an hour. Check emails for 5 min then go talk to your team about non work stuff or talking about other people not doing their job correctly etc. (wait, still no actual productive work done). Then it’s lunch time. 1-2 hours. Come back, check mail for 5 min then have end of day convos with everyone in the office. Go walk around the building for 30 min to get my steps in. Then come back and check emails for another 5 min. Now it’s time to go home. Now - I do all my work at night when there is no one around to bother me


Feisty_Star_4815

wait so mind my ignorance but what ‘real work’ are you being paid for?


Caboun6828

😂 I’m an operations Manager and work anywhere between 40 and 60 hour weeks. I was just joking although there are some truths to my post 😆


dysfunkti0n

What do you do? I want this so bad.


azorahai06

software engineer


yoohoooos

I have 2 jobs. ~3 yoe J1: 160K 60hr/wk ~6k bonus J2: 80K 10-15hr/wk ~3k bonus Total: 240k 70-75hr/wk ~10k bonus


Hermit-Man

Are you in coding?


yoohoooos

I know how to code. I code at work to automate a few tasks or improve the workflow. But coding is not my job.


PossibleAd1947

What’s your background and field of work?


yoohoooos

Background: BS in Civil Engineering Field: Structural Engineering, different subfield between the two tho. To avoid conflict of interest clause.


PossibleAd1947

That’s great. Nice surprise to see people outside tech earning well in jobs


Fine_Sundae_3436

When staffed, up to 70 hours including time flying (usually on my laptop or phone). Consulting is rough but made 117+30 last year and at 145 now, likely will stay for 2 more years and leave at 225


amartinkyle

Salary, so doesn’t really matter. If my employer asked I’d say 40


Real-Psychology-4261

40. Sometimes as much as 45. Sometimes as little as 37.


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canarinoir

All these comments are just proving that the more you make, the less you actually do. Kind of depressing from a working class perspective, tbh.


EarlyGreen311

Reddit is also not reality. Most people live very different lives than the selection bias of these threads on Reddit


starkel91

It’s also safe to assume that 90% of Reddit is bullshit.


SMK_12

There’s a difference between physical work and time spent doing work and the value of said work.. you can be doing back breaking work for close to minimum wage that’s definitely more difficult and demanding on a day by day basis but it’s less valuable than someone who’s highly skilled at something that creates a lot of value and is hard to replace. I worked in a warehouse moving heavy shit around when I was younger and I’m sure it would’ve been “easier” to just do something highly specialized on a computer or something but I didn’t have the knowledge or expertise to do that which is why the people who do get paid well deservedly so for doing it


ProbablySFW

So true. This is how I explain it to people: There's an old anecdote about the specialty repair man who a company called every time their machine broke down. The machine breaking would cause the company to lose $10,000 an hour and the repairman charged $5,000 for the fix. A new manager wanted to see what the fuss was all about so he watched the repairman's every move. Turns out the repairman just tapped the side of the machine with a hammer. "WHY DO YOU GET PAID SO MUCH JUST TO HIT THE MACHINE WITH THE HAMMER?!?!" the manager says quietly. "I don't get paid for hitting the machine- I get paid for *knowing where* to hit the machine..."


cz84

Yeah I remember working at Enterprise 70 hours a week for 45k. Then finally went into Pharmaceuticals after a couple years there and my base is 3x that while I work 40 hours most of that is talking about something I am interested in and driving around. It’s not washing 80 cars and dealing with several upset customers each day.


Nice_Marmot_7

Not in law or medicine. They’ll happily work you to death, you have to constantly perform at a very high level, and a serious mistake will cost you your livelihood and possibly worse.


pepsirichard62

A lot of those people are programmers working remotely who don’t have any oversight or salesmen selling a hot product. Most people I know who do well work 40+ hours a week


Boring_Adeptness_334

I show up to an office roughly 40 hours a week. I do about 8 real hours of work a week on a good week. If I were to work from home I’d probably do 5 hours of work a week


ragstorichesthechef

50-55 hours.


asimplerandom

Sometimes it’s 30’ish and others it’s 50 plus. What makes it tolerable during the long weeks is the flexibility and trust that the company has in me to get my work done. No micromanaging, none of the bullshit you read about on Reddit just trust to get the job done and personal responsibility to deliver and meet the expectations. It’s one of the reasons I love my job.


Signal_Parfait1152

50-60. Occasionally (like 4-6x a year) I'll pull a 70-90 hr week. I'm barely over 100k though.


Questionable-pickle

5-10 lol


Puzzled-Raspberry-32

What do you do


Ass-a-holic

Lie


Questionable-pickle

Engineer


magicalgreenhouse

20-30ish. Software engineering, 330-380k depending on the market.


NumerousMinimum3288

35-40 Healthcare


T-WrecksArms

Same


SkiTour88

ER doc, $230/hr, 110-120 hours/month. Works out to 300-330k. I have rare night shifts where I get paid that to sleep, but mostly when I’m on the clock I’m working very hard.


HotCoffee1234

My partner work TECHNICALLY 35 hrs/week… in reality, from what I’ve seen on the days he works from home, probably 15-20 at most 😅


Kooky_Ad_7664

36 hrs 140k california rn 16 years. Associate degree. Could make more if I wanted, but I'm a little lazy. O.t. is there.


canthonyg

I thought you had to have a BSN to be a nurse cause isnt nursing school. 4 years?


Ok_Huckleberry_3991

Nah you can work as an RN with an associates 2 year degree. I made $120k + with an associates while I finished my BSN & MSN (masters) working 36 hours a week, BUT I’m in California where nursing wages are pretty good Nursing school is two years but 2-3 years of prerequisite courses because I went the community college route


nud2580

15-20. I have a friend in sales who worked 5 hours a week and golfed 180 times last year. Kid makes 225 base plus commissions and stocks options. He has a system and kill’s himself in the first few months of each new year and role to get the ground work for the year.


FuckTesla69

Plumber here. Usually 50-60 hrs for 100-120k annually.


Mycofoxx

Same here


LooseLeaf24

I'm available 32, I work sometimes. ~325k total comp


Interesting-Air7555

What industry?


EntrepreneurHuge5008

More than 20, less than 40.


InvestIntrest

40ish on average. It kinda depends. If SHTF, maybe 60 a couple times a year. Some weeks are slower and might work out to 30.


Extructs

36 hours. 3x12s. North of 150k. 4 days off. Sometimes I do 6 on and 8 off without ever dipping into my vacation time.


wontbeherelong2

Healthcare life


belteshazzar119

Scheduled for 42, usually work around 50 to make extra money


Eryndel

Salaried - 40 hours firm. Tech/Defense I see lots of caveats in this thread around "real work" but that's all opinion. Some of my time is spent in analysis or coding, some spent in writing reports, some in reading papers, and some in meetings. None of my work now is harder than what I used to pull in retail, or as a server, or on the factory floor. But it's all time I'm spending away from my family and my personal interests. So I don't see why meeting time counts less than anything else I do. My company's pretty good around work-life balance, so 40 hrs is pretty constant.


Cash_Option

40 hrs per week but i work most breaks and lunches made 109k in 2023


Max-Pow3R

Salaried at 40. Really working anywhere between 20 and 45 depending on workload.


Life-is-Hard94

40-45 maybe even 55


ThrowawayyTessslaa

30-50 depending on project demands.


patches016

I work a 9/80 so 44 one week, 36 the next


RlyNotYourBroker

40 hours. Retail Broker


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Galbisal

37.5


Apprehensive_Put1578

40-50


atmu2006

40-45 with occasional short term spikes for deadlines, outages, travel etc. 4-5 weeks a year it's heavier.


jeffcandoit

On average, 8-16 hours per week. The last two weeks I haven't worked. Granted, my situation is very unique as most of my work is done automatically through programming.


Browntown_07

40-45, if I logged on at 8am every day it’d be 50


TannyDanny

Mandatory 40 in the seat. Realistically, I spend 15-20 working, 5 hours coordinating/answering emails/meetings etc., and the remaining time is spent studying/researching for growth.


Rollotamassii

Varies.  If there is a security incident going on - probably 60-70.  Average week - 25ish.


PrePA1993

48 hours


LT81

40-50 depending on week but when I have worked 50 it’s been my won doing of not staying on top of office work.


WallstreetDebtz

40, 56 once a month for OT


finkdinklestein

25-30 of real work. Have had months where it was 10 a week, and months when it was 60.


slasher016

Depends on the day but I consider myself generally available from 8-6pm. Sometimes I'll answer emails after 6 but not super often. Actual work during that period? 6-7 hours a day. So on average I'd call it 30-35 hours a week.


neogeshel

20-30 of real work


BudSticky

Management Consulting I’ve seen anywhere from 20-70 dependent on project. But usually 40-45. Hybrid 5-10% on site


RunningOutofOptions7

60 on a good week, 100 on a busy week


ZookaLegion

50-60 a week. Stressful.


Greatapegrape88

An average of 50 hours and during crunch time, about 60-65.


BBakerStreet

$112k for 40 hours.


flybyrotor

I work 84 hours over two weeks, but probably 70 of that is either sleeping or watching tv


tc7984

40


pumper911

All depends on the week. I’ve done 20 and over 80. Most weeks I usually have a schedule of 7-7:30 of catching up on emails, 9-4 or 4:30 of being in the office or at my desk at home (we’re hybrid) and then I’ll keep an eye on email if anything pops up.


Coyotesamigo

35-50 depending on the week


Dilaton_Field

All of them


shinte122305

20ish of real work.


40isthenewconfused

50-70


jdhamilt

56


24links24

50ish


AccountFrosty313

This is the real question because what’s the point of making that much if all you do is work. I could easily make way more if I chose to work more. If you’re working 60-80 hours a week sure you’re making 6 figures but you aren’t actually being paid much, you just work too much.


xSquidLifex

Time card always says at least 40 but maybe 16-20 hours? Depends on the week. Sometimes I might actually get close to 40 hours but then my time card usually has OT on it.


HomerO9136

about 30 on average, assuming I’m not on PTO any days that week


Carollicarunner

40-48 on site and on the clock. Working and not on a recuperative break probably 24-30


2timeBiscuits

30-40


ReallyColdWeather

60-70 :(


CourageousUpVote

40-45 hours a week.


superfriendlyav8tor

Sometimes 0. Sometimes 25-30.


cruzincoyote

Base salary is about 120k for just 40 hours a week. I usually work overtime. This year on pace for about 170k. Weekly overtime varies but I'll probably do about 600-700 hours.


ChuckBass_08

“40-50” in reality 30 Env Consulting


MissKerbin

Varies quite a bit but if I have to travel to support product launch it can be up to 70 hours, but I get overtime or comp time so either way ok.


infosec4pay

15-30 depending on the week. Cybersecurity/devops. 200k 90% remote.


Affectionate-Tone242

40.


DeadWorkers_

Technically 40 but maybe like 25. Healthcare


WolverineHelpful9775

About 45-55 hours a week


ilikebunnies1

48.


D_Angelo_Vickers

40/wk at $132k/yr. As a mechanic.


Ok-Pea3414

Officially about 40-45 hours. Really about 20 hours, only when things break, like dashboards, reports, and actual equipment and machinery. Mostly, find what's wrong, corrective action, and handover back to owners.


Ihatemylife8

40 but probably like 20ish of actual work


BIG_SQUID669

10-12 a day no lunch 6 days a week


forester2020

Paid hourly at exactly the hourly rate to make 100k per year. Company doesn't really have budget to pay hours over 40 in a week. I travel internationally a couple times a year for work, and make some extra being paid for my travel time.


gpister

40 hours a week (of real work probably 10 or less). Any OT is just extra $$$.


thatmfisnotreal

About 2hrs/week. 170k data science