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[Aarglefarg]

Why don't you insist on doing your break?

I am a casual employee. I don't have the power. I have considered anonymously sending the bosses the fair work ombudsman's webpage for the relevant industry but that's something to be nervous about. And I am meant to try to sort it out with the bosses before bringing the government department into it.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Roughly 730 to 430.

 

[jipewithin]

08.00-16.00 5 days a week.

 

[Jeffrey]

Always thought 9-5 was the American dream or something. Seems not? Oh I guess most ppl up atm aren't in the US

 

[Vyrance]

Start at 5am and leave at 530pm, but I only have to work 3 days a week

 

[TP-DK]

It varies a bit, but mostly 8.30 to 4.30. It takes me a little over an hour to get to work so there still goes around 10 hours from I leave home till Im back again.

 

[Carn82]

usually between 9:30/10:00 and I leave around 18:00/18:30. 30 minute lunchbreak.

 

[Bishop89]

8:30-5 is what my contract says, with an hour lunch.

I have flexibility though. If I get to work 50 min late, I just have a 10 min break.

Plus I don't smoke so I don't take 30+ min smoke breaks so my boss doesn't care when I get to work

 

[shaneo632]

I work for myself so I have no set hours. I generally won't start work til at least 10am and usually stop around 5pm, but I typically have a ton of breaks in the middle, and might do an hour or two later in the evening. I generally work about 25-27 hours a week in total.

When I worked in Canary Wharf my boss was very laid back, he let me come in early to avoid the commuter rush, skip my hour lunch and leave at 3:30pm to have a ton of home time.

Forcing employees to have a lunch more than 15 mins is bullshit to me really. I'd rather force down some grub and have more time at home.

 

[Jombie]

That's a 17 hour shift, are you working in a hospital?

Safety at a aerospace facility. We have to be on 24/7, except weekends. I took the shift to be home with my daughter more. It can be a grind.

 

[Raptomex]

8am - 5pm. Mornings are busier than the afternoons. Some days can really drag on, though.

 

[NumberThree]

Lately it's been about 9:10 - 17:10. The buses can get rough between 8 and 9, so I try to avoid them at that time. I did 7:45 to 15:45 for a while, it was pretty cool since I had a lot of time to do stuff during the evenings. As long as I'm in meetings when needed I don't think anyone here cares when exactly I'm at work.

 

[The Albatross]

Depends on the time of year but it's flexible.
During the summer I'm usually 830-5 or so, but during the school year usually 930-6 or so. The traffic is so much worse during the school year that I usually go in later and avoid most of it. Other people on my team do 7-4 to avoid traffic and because it fits their schedule more.

My office is relaxed pretty much for those things. We have a strict work from home policy with limited WFH opportunity, but otherwise for the most part as long as you get your work done and you're reputable nobody really questions your schedule. I often leave early on Fridays or specific days and nobody cares or notices. We also have independent offices so it's not an open floor plan so when you get in often isn't really noticed by anybody, especially where my office is.

We also have a ton of meetings so if I was late or left early someone would probably presume I was in a meeting

 

[Puggles]

8-5 PM

 

[Saganator]

My hours are pretty flexible. I started at 8 to 5 and slowly started coming in earlier and earlier. I started coming in early so I could get things done while it's quiet and no one is around to pull me away. It also allows my gf and I to save money on daycare since I can pick the kid up after school. Most days I come in at 5:30-45 and leave around 2:30 - 3:30.

 

[Cotton McKnight]

I work wherever I can get an internet connection. That all depends on what I'm doing for the day. Almost always during the week I'm driving 80 round trip to get my kid to school. I stay close (city wise) to my kids school. I find space at the community college or a coffee shop (free internet) and work until I run out of time.

On days I don't stick close to my kid's school, I'm most likely in a meeting close to my home (so that 80 mile travel day becomes 160 miles).

In a year my kid will be going to school at home or near our home, I'll travel far less and have more time dedicated to doing work.

My wife works from 6-2ish, she works from home, so her commute is across our not big house. She loves it, she is states away from her home office, so they don't make her come in more than 1 every 3 years. She has been working from home out of state for 9 years and has been with that company for 14 years.

 

[Thebox]

7pm-730 am 3 days a week.. I'm an emergency room RN. My sleep is fucked but the shift differential is worth it.

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

12:00 am to 8:30 am

 

[BitStyle]

8am to 5pm

 

[YuriLowell]

It's pretty lax around my job.
I typically get in between 8-9 and leave between 4 and 5.

 

[Deleted member 1235]

8am - 4.30pm casual dress is my standard. I like it (IT Engineer)

 

[Air]

I'm a freelance animator at a studio that works for MTV. I'm in at 10am-5-30pm. No options for dedicated lunch which I never take. Also do freelance from time to time so sometimes I'm working very long days

 

[Dagobert Duck]

Usually I start between 7:00 and 7:30 am and stop between 3:30 to 5:30 depending on my To Dos

 

[LordOfChaos]

9-5, one hour lunch, so 35 hour weeks.

It's flexible so some do 8-4. That would probably improve my quality of life but I'm also shite in the morning lol

 

[imBask]

show up between 8:30 and 10, leave between 5 and 6

 

[C.Mongler]

My job's pretty lax, I work 8 to 4:30 with an hour for lunch. 7.5 hours a day, Monday through Friday.

 

[kamakazi5]

645pm-715am to account for my 30 minute lunch. This is in a hospital so slightly different than an office environment.

 

[Auxiliary Bro]

I'm working at a little supermarket right now. I start at 6:45am when I need to come in on mornings and end at about 1:45 or 3ish depending whether it's a Saturday (longer shift) or I'm covering someone's weekday (shorter shift). Sundays are 8am to 5:30pm. I don't usually have to cover mornings on weekdays, so they're usually 1pm to either 6:30 or 7pm. I work 35 hours total, with my contract making it so I have to give a 10 hour leeway for extra shifts, but that's yet to happen.

I'm not crazy about having to wake up so early on Saturdays, but my weekdays tend to go pretty fast and it's much easier than my old job. My old job was everywhere with my shift patterns and hours every week, covering other people go sick and having to stay extra hours. My hours would often just double as a result of other people letting us down, and I reeeaaaally didn't like that 5:30 start. Having to get up at 4am to get used to being awake, get ready and get to work? Noooooo thank you. It'd have to be a job I actually really care about rather than a job to get by.

 

[v1lla21]

I start at 8am and supposed to get out at 4:30 but most of the time I'm done by 4 so I bounce after that. I leave for work at 7 and don't get home until 5 or 6pm.

 

[Late Flag]

I arrive at around 6:30 am and cut out around 4:30 pm.

 

[newdayrocks]

I work from home on the West Coast for a company on the East Coast, so I start working at 5 a.m. Monday-Friday, and I'm usually done about 2 p.m.

It's glorious.

 

[Cpt Lmao]

My median is 9:30–17:30, but if i have something on after work I'll do 10:00–19:00 and go straight there, rather than going home and back out again.

It's pretty flexible at my job, I've done some 8:00–16:00s on a Friday if I'm going on a night out in another city afterwards. Somedays I'll to short days and make it up at other times in the week.

 

[Coinspinner]

8:30 AM - 5:30 PM

And for a few months per year after-hours calls are directed to my cell phone.

 

[Samurai G0SU]

i set my calendar availability up as 630 - 300 but i get there sometimes at 615 and i always leave at 230. sometimes maybe 240 depending on emails. sometimes earlier if everyone else is out of the office already lol

when i work at home. i stick to my schedule more lol

 

[Cappa]

9am-6pm(1800h) 1 hour lunch and a 20 minute break in the morning

Early day once a month (09-3pm/1500h)

Monday to Friday. 26 days vacation(can take max 2 weeks at one time) + holidays. Paid sick leave with doctors note.

about a 40 minute walk home. 10-15 minutes bus.

 

[gaiages]

Day job: 8-4:30 M-F. I have to take at least a half hour lunch, as required by law... I wish I didn't have to since I'd be fine eating at my desk so I could leave at 4 I'm not allowed to do overtime as a full-time worker.

Night job: At home 6-9 M-F, but I can start and stop early (or late) if I need to. Main thing is working 3 hours, more or less lol.

I wish I could do my day job from home, mainly because it's one of those jobs with weird workflows that has me doing nothing a lot of the time (and a lot of work the few times it gets busy), and isn't a job that even requires working with a team. Even working from home only 2-3 days a week would be stellar. Ah well, what can you do

 

[Zutrax]

Shift is 7AM-4PM

About a 30 minute commute, so I leave around 6:30 typically and cut it close every day, it'll probably bite me in the ass some day.

I arrive home around 4:30PM because I avoid rush hour so my commute stays about the same both ways.

Frankly, I think my schedule is pretty good, but I still have a huge problem with how long work days just are in general. I wish I lived in a country or worked at a company that did that whole deal regarding shorter but more productive work hours. I work in IT so a lot of my day is spent sitting around, and I don't really use my lunch break other than for sitting around for an hour. It feels like a lot of time wasted. I am continually wishing I had a work from home job.

 

[cwmartin]

Wake up - 6:30/6:45
Train - 7:31
Work - 8:45
Train - 5:54
Home: 7:05

That's a typical M-F (minus one work from home day) for me.

 

[neverknowsbest]

I have a meeting everyday at 9:30, which I take at home or in bed. Then I'll either go back to sleep for an hour or so or get up and work from home for a couple hours. Usually head into the office around noon, and head home anywhere from 5-6:30 depending on what I'm doing.

 

[HylianTom]

Monday through Thursday: 0700-1600
Friday: 0700-1300

(my commute is between 10 and 15 minutes by motorbike. 30 minutes if by streetcar)

~260 hours of PTO per year.

 

[lunchtoast]

0645-1845 shift. sun-tues and every other wed.

 

[mdubs]

8:30-8:30 on average, plus work on the weekends depending on what's on my plate. I also don't take lunch breaks.

 

[Haloid1177]

Wake up at 5:30 AM, at the office by 6 AM, leave somewhere around 4 PM, M-F.

 

[lem0n]

I start at 4am and leave usually around 1230, 1pm. Hard to get used to but I like it. I also don't drive to an office, I go straight from my house to a premade route of stores that need service. I see my bosses once a week, if that.

 

[Ensoul]

7-4 M-F with an hour lunch. I like starting as early as possible so I can leave sooner.

 

[Sora_N]

8:30 to 5 everyday.

I try to work through lunch to get more done when possible.

 

[megarockexe]

8:00am - 4:30pm on a good day. At least when I was hourly, I went for the half hour lunch since I didn't usually have an hour's worth of lunch anyways and would rather skip the traffic and go home early.
More recently, I'm getting in as late as 8:15, but not leaving at 4:30 as often. But I'm salaried, so I'm not a slave to the clock like some of the others.

 

[Rocketz]

8:00am-4:30pm but I come in early on mondays since I have weekly reports need to be done for the client that morning.

Used to be 7:00-3:30 but my boss made me switch which I wasn’t too happy about but it’s whatever at this point.

I try to stick to a schedule for breaks but no one is watching over me so it’s really up to me when I go. Long as I get my work done and morning reports in by a certain time I’m free do what I feel I need to get done.

 

[Oscar]

I'm a project manager for my dad's construction company, no concrete hours. I'm usually at project sites around 8-9am. I'll go back home for lunch around 12, then head back to do my rounds until 4-5 depending how busy I am.

When things are going real smooth, sometimes I'm home for the day by 12pm. Those are nice days.

 

[andymcc]

I start at 8am and supposed to get out at 4:30 but most of the time I'm done by 4 so I bounce after that. I leave for work at 7 and don't get home until 5 or 6pm.

It's the opposite for me. work on east coast time for west coast operations.

2 - 11pm. Shit sucks.