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Author Topic: Work/Life balance  (Read 3137 times)

Bartman

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Work/Life balance
« on: March 30, 2008, 09:42:52 AM »

Lay in bed last night thinking that once again am a fooking fool for working 7 days a week. On average I do about 50 to 60 lessons a week. I cant say no when a new pupil rings up and am carrying about 55 at the moment. Fortunatly 15 of them are not having lessons at the mo (holidays, failed test`s etc) but will have to make up new days of the week when they get back.

So, how many hours on average do you work a week, is it just us self employed peeps that do the silly hours or what. How do you balance this work/life thingy as mine is just work/work at the moment. My 10, which I got 1st June last year only has 875 miles on it ffs :shock:  I want  :brave: :brave:
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Si-10R

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Re: Work/Life balance
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2008, 10:02:27 AM »

I'm employed but do 56 a week i think i live at work i only go home to check for mail  [rofl]
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Kermitisaninja

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Re: Work/Life balance
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2008, 12:06:20 PM »

39.5 hrs a week for me, monday to friday. Did all the silly hours when i was younger. Am 39 this coming saturday and life has never been so good. Life is far too short. You are here for a good time not a long time.
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Re: Work/Life balance
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2008, 12:13:00 PM »

just finished working a sunday morning also did a sat morning this week as well as proberbly 11hr days in the week.so thats about 65hrs i reckon, i just see it as part of the job, i get paid to get results, how i get them and how long it takes me is down to me,there are also some days when i can sit at home for a morning or finish at 12 if i want but my phone is always on and theres always approx 2 hrs of paperwork which can only be done from about 4.30 onwards.
on the plus side my job pays well enough to allow me to pay the bills have a holiday etc and run a zx10r whcih is what its all about  :hello2:
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Re: Work/Life balance
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2008, 02:02:23 PM »

I don't think you lot will like me if I post how much I work....  :emb:

40 hours thats it......  :tongue3: travel 4 miles to work and usually no traffic  :tongue3: no stress (well not much) and pretty good pay to ...

I work to live ........ I don't live to work  :occasion14:
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arron24

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Re: Work/Life balance
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2008, 03:07:34 PM »

now your all gonna hate me but......

my submarine has been decommisioned so im working 7 days otta 34 [whistle] [whistle] :lol:

roll on summer :headbang:
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dazman

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Re: Work/Life balance
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2008, 03:37:28 PM »

Well i work a average of 35 hours a week ...................  JUst need to employe a nanny !!    Kids  !! eh..........   :crybaby2:





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magic1

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Re: Work/Life balance
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2008, 04:08:59 PM »

does that mean in the not too distant future you will effectively be , " Unemployed" :shock:
now your all gonna hate me but......

my submarine has been decommisioned so im working 7 days otta 34 [whistle] [whistle] :lol:

roll on summer :headbang:
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arron24

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Re: Work/Life balance
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2008, 04:47:18 PM »

does that mean in the not too distant future you will effectively be , " Unemployed" :shock:
now your all gonna hate me but......

my submarine has been decommisioned so im working 7 days otta 34 [whistle] [whistle] :lol:

roll on summer :headbang:

 [naughty] not for another 14 years :!:
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arron24

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Re: Work/Life balance
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2008, 04:47:59 PM »

it just means i get another draft through for a different sub
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Re: Work/Life balance
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2008, 07:00:06 PM »

being self employed i do as least as possible. maybe 35 hours a week depending on customer demand.
i used to spend all week out on the road in a hgv doing up to 80 hours a week (including loading back at the factory) then covering for the transport manager.
hence my now easier life  [whistle]
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Re: Work/Life balance
« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2008, 07:16:46 PM »

now your all gonna hate me but......

my submarine has been decommisioned so im working 7 days otta 34 [whistle] [whistle] :lol:

roll on summer :headbang:

You git !   :mad:

I thought I was odds on to win this with my 24 weeks off a year !   :crybaby2:
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zx10r bob

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Re: Work/Life balance
« Reply #12 on: April 02, 2008, 11:48:36 PM »

self employed for me,but i have a long term contract,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,hope i do,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,for me its about how much i do as to how much i want to earn.....im only 5 days a week but probley do about 55 hours a week,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,its a good pay,but i just spend it all on GOOD food and good wine...
o yes and the ten of corse,tyres here and there,then the extra bolt on an all that so ..............no money in the bank as such,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but some very nice toys to play with,,,, [whistle] [whistle]


in real terms your a long time dead,so do it all now......................

o yes my other thing is to leave this world with the biggest over draft as posible and let the fooking bank manger sort that one out [rofl] [rofl] [rofl] [rofl]
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Re: Work/Life balance
« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2008, 12:40:10 AM »

12 HOURS A DAY...7 DAYS A WEEK..........between the work i do traveling around Canada with my union and the on the side cash jobs....i don't get much me time.....i promised myself that after i finish building my new house i was going on a holiday, and taking some time off to ride.....only had 500kms last season
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Re: Work/Life balance
« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2008, 01:32:03 AM »

I've got an easy number !  I'm now self employed with a long term contract.  I work week on week off, so thats 7 dayshifts (12 hr shifts), week off then 7 nightshifts, week off.  Nightshift I do from home so i'm only in the office one week a month  :-P

I'm on nightshift just now, got the works laptop on, telly on, cup of tea and a cigarette   :icon_thumleft:
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