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Are you a workaholic?
Posted on 7/22/15 at 11:44 am
Posted on 7/22/15 at 11:44 am
Are you the type of person who puts in extra time at the office/at work, and consistently average well above 40 hours?
Or are you counting down to 5 o'clock throughout the day, looking for diversions to keep you occupied?
At this point, I'm the first example. 50 hours a week is pretty standard and regularly go above that. I have mixed feelings on that, part of me feels like a sucker, but I find it more fulfilling than being bored at work and just waiting for the clock to hit 5. Definitely tradeoffs both ways. Seems like if there's a time and place for each type of person, early in your career is the time to hump it. My first job out of college I was the latter and didn't learn very much.
Of course I look full of shite posting this during the workday. Interested if other people are similarly afflicted with putting in uncompensated overtime.
Or are you counting down to 5 o'clock throughout the day, looking for diversions to keep you occupied?
At this point, I'm the first example. 50 hours a week is pretty standard and regularly go above that. I have mixed feelings on that, part of me feels like a sucker, but I find it more fulfilling than being bored at work and just waiting for the clock to hit 5. Definitely tradeoffs both ways. Seems like if there's a time and place for each type of person, early in your career is the time to hump it. My first job out of college I was the latter and didn't learn very much.
Of course I look full of shite posting this during the workday. Interested if other people are similarly afflicted with putting in uncompensated overtime.
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Posted on 7/22/15 at 11:47 am to Swoopin
I work 60 hours a week minimum, but it is never a drag. I get to my office at 8:30 and the next time I check the clock, it is 4 pm. I usually work until 10 or 11 every night and most of one day on the weekend. I force myself to take one weekend day off, however, to ensure I don't burn out. I take small breaks here and there, usually coming to TD, but that is to allow my brain to work on a difficult problem while I am focused on something else (your eureka moments come most often when you are not actively thinking about the issue at hand, studies and personal experience show).
Posted on 7/22/15 at 11:48 am to Swoopin
I was going to say yes because I thought you were referring to being like the guys from the TV show.....
Posted on 7/22/15 at 11:48 am to Swoopin
After 10 years of many 12-18 hour a day, seven day work weeks, I am definitely one that works 40 hours and counts the minutes until 3pm.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 11:48 am to Swoopin
Working is loose butthole.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 11:49 am to DisplacedBuckeye
Nope. I work for a very family oriented company, and I don't work more than 40 hours a week...ever.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 11:50 am to Swoopin
In professional positions (everyone on OT, obvs), nobody can really stick to 40 hours or clock watch. Clock watching really isn't even a concept in the professional world unless you're working for the government, to my knowledge.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 11:52 am to Swoopin
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Are you a workaholic?
I am pretty much Adam but taller
Posted on 7/22/15 at 11:52 am to Pettifogger
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Clock watching really isn't even a concept in the professional world unless you're working for the government, to my knowledge.
I work for the government, sort of.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 11:53 am to Swoopin
Not at all. I work part time and when I'm done my brain leaves it all there but it's a job that I can do that. I'm more focused on being a good wife/mother than a professional. Although I DO do a good job.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 11:53 am to Swoopin
Both? I regularly put in 50+ but am still usually looking fwd to GTFO when I hit a wall.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 11:53 am to Pettifogger
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In professional positions (everyone on OT, obvs), nobody can really stick to 40 hours or clock watch. Clock watching really isn't even a concept in the professional world unless you're working for the government, to my knowledge.
I agree to a certain extent. While there are days where I'm keeping an eye on the clock to see when I can duck out, I just don't have the type of job where I have set hours. If something has to get done, it has to get done, be it a weekend, a vacation day or 3pm on a random Tuesday.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 11:53 am to Swoopin
No. In fact, I'm a noworkaholic.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 11:54 am to Swoopin
I love to work hard. It kills me when business gets slow. I almost become depressed.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 11:55 am to Swoopin
We rarely have work beyond 5:00 or before 8:30 because all or most of our customers' offices are closed outside of those hours. So I've filled my days with healthy group activities (running, etc) after work. So now I get aggravated if someone wants me to work late because it fricks up my workouts.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 11:55 am to TigerPanzer
I work in the sports media so work really isn't even work to me. I get paid to go places that other people pay hundreds of bucks to attend.
I wouldn't necessarily say I'm a workaholic, but I am consistently drawing overtime and I get bitched for it like every pay period.
I wouldn't necessarily say I'm a workaholic, but I am consistently drawing overtime and I get bitched for it like every pay period.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 11:56 am to Swoopin
Not anymore
Posted on 7/22/15 at 11:59 am to Swoopin
I always work more than 40 hours in a week, and I am always checking and responding to e-mails. I don't like the term workaholic. Nothing in me drives me to work that much, it's just what I have to do to get everything done.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 12:00 pm to Mo Jeaux
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I agree to a certain extent. While there are days where I'm keeping an eye on the clock to see when I can duck out, I just don't have the type of job where I have set hours. If something has to get done, it has to get done, be it a weekend, a vacation day or 3pm on a random Tuesday.
I mean, sure we all do that. I'm talking about "it's 4:59 let's GTFO!!!" attitude that exists elsewhere in the working world. I might occasionally do that on a Friday, but timing isn't really essential. If I do that I'm probably working on Sunday afternoon.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 12:00 pm to Swoopin
What is workohol? Regardless, I am not addicted to it.
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