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IMHO 54h/week is not sustainable if you are supposed to have a life outside work, if your employer have a pattern of this kind of behaviour you should really lo

by emj 9y ago

IMHO 54h/week is not sustainable if you are supposed to have a life outside work, if your employer have a pattern of this kind of behaviour you should really look at getting another job. You could easily employ one more on those extra hours (or two more).

Retric 9y ago
This really depends on commute times. 5x 8 hour work day + 1 hour each way commute = 50h/week. 54h/week + 20 minute each way commute = 57.3h/week. 54h/week + 1 hour each way commute = 64h/week. That said, 56h is half your time awake a week. It does not leave a lot of wiggle room for other commitments.
- IndrekR 9y ago
  5*(8+2)=50, still. To get to 60h, one needs to commute 4h every day with 40h weeks.
- zeta0134 9y ago
  You seem to be getting downvoted but no one's explaining why: check your math. At 8 hours a day, plus 1 hour there and 1 hour back, each of your 5 work days would total 10 hours. 5 of those is a 50h work week, not a 60h week: 5d * (8h + 1h + 1h) = 50h/week I do agree that commute times are important, but they're not quite the heavy hitter that your original example implies.
  - Retric 9y ago
    Edited it a few times, the original version was: 8 hours work + 2x 1h commute + off clock (30 minutes lunch + 2 x 15 minute breaks) = 55 hour week. 5 minute commute + 54 hour/week including lunch = 55 hour week. But, that seemed a little contrived. I think you saw a poor edit.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago
  That's a great way of looking at it. My commute, door to door, is 1500 meters, no quite 1 mile. There is very little traffic to speak of, even at the the busiest part of the day.
- kbart 9y ago
  Don't forget that 8h workday actually lasts 9h if you count in a lunch break. Sure, you don't work technically, but depending on a situation (which is the case more often than not from my personal experience), this hour still might be crossed out of your life.

by emj 9y ago

Retric 9y ago

This really depends on commute times. 5x 8 hour work day + 1 hour each way commute = 50h/week. 54h/week + 20 minute each way commute = 57.3h/week. 54h/week + 1 hour each way commute = 64h/week. That said, 56h is half your time awake a week. It does not leave a lot of wiggle room for other commitments.

IndrekR 9y ago
5*(8+2)=50, still. To get to 60h, one needs to commute 4h every day with 40h weeks.
zeta0134 9y ago
You seem to be getting downvoted but no one's explaining why: check your math. At 8 hours a day, plus 1 hour there and 1 hour back, each of your 5 work days would total 10 hours. 5 of those is a 50h work week, not a 60h week: 5d * (8h + 1h + 1h) = 50h/week I do agree that commute times are important, but they're not quite the heavy hitter that your original example implies.
- Retric 9y ago
  Edited it a few times, the original version was: 8 hours work + 2x 1h commute + off clock (30 minutes lunch + 2 x 15 minute breaks) = 55 hour week. 5 minute commute + 54 hour/week including lunch = 55 hour week. But, that seemed a little contrived. I think you saw a poor edit.
TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago
That's a great way of looking at it. My commute, door to door, is 1500 meters, no quite 1 mile. There is very little traffic to speak of, even at the the busiest part of the day.
kbart 9y ago
Don't forget that 8h workday actually lasts 9h if you count in a lunch break. Sure, you don't work technically, but depending on a situation (which is the case more often than not from my personal experience), this hour still might be crossed out of your life.