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I always see posts like this, talking about the negativity of long working hours, but I do get curious the percentage of jobs in each of the categories. Categor

I always see posts like this, talking about the negativity of long working hours, but I do get curious the percentage of jobs in each of the categories. Categories like: - Forcing only 40 hour work weeks - Not forcing, but expecting 40 hour work weeks - Not forcing, but expecting overtime work weeks - Forcing (or talking positively about) over 40 hour work weeks All the blog posts and comments talk about how necessary those standard weeks are (I absolutely agree), but knowing the commonality of both would be great to see. In my case, I'd guess forcing of 40 hour work weeks is more common than we think.

Retric 9y ago
In government consulting at large companies it's very common for people to work ~40-44 hours a week including lunch. I often see people work less than 40 hours if you exclude lunch breaks. It's not uncommon for people to have literally nothing to do for long stretches while say waiting for clearance paperwork / between contracts / etc. Sure, you get paid less but cost of living is also less and frankly your often working on things more important than selling Ad's.