I’m in the process of starting a second job. I work in an office about 40 hours a week, and in an effort to earn some money to pay off some of the debt I’ve accrued years ago, I’m taking a part time job (4 hours in the evening, and probably some weekends).
I was curious–how much time does the average Doper spend at work? What’s your usual work hours, and do you feel that it’s too much, not enough, or just about right?
8:30 to 5:30. Ten hours a day during tax season. Yeah, by tax season, I’ll be wishing I had less hours.
I’ll give you five bucks for the soul.
What kinda shape is the soul in? Are you now or have you ever been a lawyer, doctor, or elected official? Such jobs can cause excessive wear and tear on a soul…
I work an average 25 hours a week and it’s enough to support myself fully and I even save some. I think it’s just about right. 
Back off, man. I’ve got dibs. I was willing to buy it sight-unseen.
I’m currently at work 8:15 - 17:45, no lunch break, M-Th and 8:00 - 15:00 F. Actual worked time is very little though, so I’m going to change to a job with, hopefully, less face time. I am the only person I know who doesn’t think that being paid to sit down and let your ass spread is a Good Thing.
OTOH, if I could get paid to play WoW, that would be a Good Thing. So long as I didn’t need to document it
It’s not worth that much. Trust me.
I work from 7:00-3:30. We get to do “flex time”.
Gives me time to exercise and cook after work, and still have plenty of evening left.
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM here. One Saturday a year. I work PT in the evenings too - Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday 5:30 - 9:30 (selling clothes). You wouldn’t think it would be so tiring, but I think it’s sheer boredom most of the time. I’m sure that will be alleviated with the holiday sales rushes.
VCNJ~
I heard that the unemployment rate is 4-4.5% these days, which the powers that be say is a good rate. On the other hand, the jobs themselves aren’t very good, forcing folks to work more than one job to make ends meet. I work 40 stressful hours per week. I feel very lucky.
I have a 40 hour weekday job, and a part-time evening and weekend job that ranges between 24 and 30 hours a week. At first, it was difficult getting used to the new sleep schedule…then I had to work on making sure I got chores done before being lazy and goofing around on my days off. I’m much better with that now, and I appreciate my time off more. Sometimes it’s hard, leaving one job just to go to another, but it allows me the freedom to live on my own and do what I want. Pay some bills too.