Absolutely not. I can’t bring my machine or material home with me so it’s not possible. This is one of the benefits to being a machine operator. When I leave work, I leave it behind.
Depends. Sometimes salaried, sometimes daily. Most companies don’t want to pay hourly rates because they’re afraid of “hours inflation;” I’d be glad to work hourly if it meant being allowed to leave the office when I don’t have any work I can do (everything I have is in someone else’s hands and I’m not expecting an answer until the next day at the earliest).
SAP implementations, mostly QM -quality-, PM -maintenance- and PP -production, specially for process industries.
When I have to do research, I’m expected to do it during business hours. I don’t count “coming up with ideas during dinner” as homework.
There’s been times I’ve worked from home but that’s a completely different animal.
Read over upcoming labs and material for class, grade assignments, create assignments/tests. Professional development, current research etc. Some of this gets done during the day when I’m technically not “on”, much in the evenings from home.
Depends. Some previous jobs it would be normal for me to be studying all weekend. My job now I can do my studying at work as we don’t have a heavy work load.
Technical manuals, whitepapers, right now I have been spending alot of time on the cisco website as we are doing alot of switch configurations.
Not really, I can do the basics of my job without studying. I am going “above and beyond” trying to make the network run smoother, and cause fewer problems in the long run.
Get ahead. I would like to move up, and if not here then somewhere else. The more I know the better I will look to another employer.
Salaried.
I enjoy it. If I didn’t I would have burnt out a long time ago.
Entirely dependent on what’s going on, sometimes little, sometimes 10 hours a week
Teaching myself new system functionality and/or new courses in preparation for teaching, usually
Absolutely, I get no paid time for preparation, unless it’s exceptional
Both - but it’s essential to complete my job
Salaried, but I’m half time, so my working hours are, in theory at least, counted and restricted
I’ve been doing this for 14 years or so, so when I do have to prepare outside work time it’s because the subject matter is more challenging, so, it’s increasingly a chore. Personally I’m just not as interested as I used to be, anyway.
About 2 - 3 hours per week in an average week, can be more during peak times (maybe 3 - 4 weeks per year).
Usually it’s reading - recent books, journals and articles. Most of it in education, but with the current economy, I’m expected to know more about the financial aspects of what we do and slogging through that information is pure drudgery.
It’s left to the individual, but I think I’m within a typical range. My boss does about 10 times more than anyone on his staff.
A little of both … plus, most of my colleagues came from graduate programs in education, and I didn’t, so I use the homework to fill in the theory stuff that I don’t have.
Salaried.
Both, I enjoy a lot of the material, but the fact that I know I have X amount of material to get through on a schedule makes it feel like a chore.
So how much offline reading or preparation do you have to do you your job, outside of your normal (8 hour?) working day? What is this 8 hour working day you speak of? I’m more like 10 on a “normal” day including a 10 minute lunch break at my desk. Business trips are 12 to 14 hours, and I lose a weekend a month to work.
What do you read/prepare?I read a lot of internal stuff. Plus stock market news
Is the amount of time you spend on “homework” generally expected for your position? Yep
Are you spending that much time to try go get ahead or just to keep up? Keep up. When I was newer in different positions/industries I spent a lot more time to get ahead
**1) So how much offline reading or preparation do you have to do you your job, outside of your normal (8 hour?) working day? **
I usually spend 12 hours a day working.
2) What do you read/prepare?
I am in software development, so it is common for me to be reading about new technology.
**3) Is the amount of time you spend on “homework” generally expected for your position? **In my case, it is only expected by me. I am a part-owner in a business. When I work for someone else I make it a habit of only working overtime when there is a crunch. However, even then I spend a good deal of time reading tech books at home. That however, is partly just because I enjoy it.
4) Are you spending that much time to try go get ahead or just to keep up?
We are doing new product development. The fast we get to market, the faster we see an ROI.
**5) Are you salaried or hourly? **
Salary.
** 6) Do you enjoy it or is it a chore?**
Most days I enjoy what I do. There are always frustrations in any aspect of life.
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7) What do you do? **I develop software.
1) So how much offline reading or preparation do you have to do you your job, outside of your normal (8 hour?) working day?
Depends on what’s urgent. Sometimes there’s no homework at all, and sometimes I’ll come home, kiss my wife, and work until bed time.
2) What do you read/prepare?
Quality plans (read and prepare); technical documentation (read from vendors, prepare for internal customers); product drawings; mechanical drawings; electrical drawings; labor allowances; issues lists; vendor responses; product change proposals, and more, depending on what’s hot.
3) Is the amount of time you spend on “homework” generally expected for your position?
If necessary, yes. Everyone does what needs to be done for their positions. It’s cyclical, depending on program.
4) Are you spending that much time to try go get ahead or just to keep up?
Depends.
5) Are you salaried or hourly?
Salaried, non-union.
6) Do you enjoy it or is it a chore?
Depends… sometimes it’s good stuff that piques my interest, and sometimes it just sucks.
7) What do you do?
Body in white welding manufacturing engineering.