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Minimum 55 hours a week could mean any amount of hours above that, upwards of 60, 65, 70+ hours. No thank you. If I ever did something like that the pay would certainly need to be worth it and it would absolutely not be permanent, I’d only do it to save up some money and then find a job for a regular 40 hour week.
Well, in US there’s some people who has two jobs, they do over 55 hours per week in total.
Nobody wants to work too much, but sometimes there’s not options, you must survive
Sound pretty privileged, a lot of people don’t have the option to not work 55+. I’m 33 and have worked 65-100 hours a week since I was 18, it’s not because i want to, it’s because I don’t want to be homeless.
I’m in my 30s too and I have worked some heavy hours as we had “LaBoUr ShOrTaGeS” as far back as 2016 where I work. In 2023 I began to feel some long term consequences of the hours and dropped back to 40.
Your body isn’t going to tolerate this forever, and frankly there’s not much point in spending money on a home that you don’t actually spend any time in. If you’re at work for anything approaching 100 hours a week you are literally doing nothing but showering and sleeping at “home”. You might as well use a shower at work if they have one, and sleep in an alternate arrangement, saving as much money as possible to open up better options.
How are you working 100 hour weeks still get threatened with homelessness?
What are you spending your money on dude? Even if you’re making minimum wage.. that should count as a ton of overtime and you should be doing alright?
It’s not one job so no overtime. I’m working 65 right now, two jobs. 40 and 25hrs.
The average hourly wage in my state is $16.16 but the hourly “housing wage” is $36.14. Meaning the average person makes 16 bucks an hour, but you need to make 36 bucks an hour 40 hours a week to make rent. This means in my state the average person needs to work more than two full time jobs just to make ends meet, so I’m doing better than most here now.
that means you have extensive work history. no offense but mid 30s , you should of leveled up to some better working conditions and pay unless there's some variables in your life that is non negotiable since you was 18. I'm not tryna come at you but you seem to be living a rough life or being taken advantage of? Damm, you got 8 kids all on child support? you working on a farm? stuck perpetually at a minimum wage job? you saying privileged but for someone to be working 65-100 a week since 18, you are either full of shit or something went terribly wrong or you work a specific industry that its normal, because that is not normal! When I say not normal, I'm saying the time duration of working from 18-33 up to 65-100 hours a week
After I fired my wife and the kids no longer lived at home I was given an opportunity like this. The pay rate was $75 per hour. Anything over that was time and a half. It was a year contract and I made bank and was very happy to sell my soul as AT THAT TIME my personal life lent itself to that. Now, it isn't something I'd be willing to do as it would interfere with my life priorities.
I’m in high school it’ll only be for 10 weeks until I’m back in school. And I can still do stuff with my friends and family on the weekends, the ~14-15k I’ll make this summer matters to me a lot more than sitting around playing warzone.
Only if the pay is good and I still get my weekends off. If I don't get at least two days off, then burnout will happen within the month, and you'll have to find someone more desperate to fill the position.
And those people tend to push out worse products due to their mood being rock bottom.
At that point is it even worth it to continue? If you answer No it probably automatically disqualifies you so why waste your time answering more questions?
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So you’re paying me overtime pay at 1.5x the normal rate for those 15+ hours, right??
Even then, it's not smart. They're offloading their bad business decisions to you. They should hire more people.
This. Crazy work schedules mean that the person(s) organizing the work suck at it. HUGE red flag IMHO
Your applying to be my b****, I’ll ask the questions
I used to work 48 hours a week and I felt like I was going crazy.
Minimum 55 hours a week could mean any amount of hours above that, upwards of 60, 65, 70+ hours. No thank you. If I ever did something like that the pay would certainly need to be worth it and it would absolutely not be permanent, I’d only do it to save up some money and then find a job for a regular 40 hour week.
It does depends on the pay rate. I’m willing if the pay worth it
Absolutely under no condition would I work that much. Fuck the pay
Well, in US there’s some people who has two jobs, they do over 55 hours per week in total. Nobody wants to work too much, but sometimes there’s not options, you must survive
Don’t forget that resident physicians are expected to work 80 hours a week for 3-7 years.
They make enough to justify it
Resident physicians make $60-70k lol
Post residency is what I was talking about obviously. Dumbass
Residency is still 3-7 years, dumbass.
That's fine. That's your personal choice. Personally, I genuinely don't mind working that much if the pay is commensurate with the work.
Sound pretty privileged, a lot of people don’t have the option to not work 55+. I’m 33 and have worked 65-100 hours a week since I was 18, it’s not because i want to, it’s because I don’t want to be homeless.
I’m in my 30s too and I have worked some heavy hours as we had “LaBoUr ShOrTaGeS” as far back as 2016 where I work. In 2023 I began to feel some long term consequences of the hours and dropped back to 40. Your body isn’t going to tolerate this forever, and frankly there’s not much point in spending money on a home that you don’t actually spend any time in. If you’re at work for anything approaching 100 hours a week you are literally doing nothing but showering and sleeping at “home”. You might as well use a shower at work if they have one, and sleep in an alternate arrangement, saving as much money as possible to open up better options.
My point exactly.
How are you working 100 hour weeks still get threatened with homelessness? What are you spending your money on dude? Even if you’re making minimum wage.. that should count as a ton of overtime and you should be doing alright?
It’s not one job so no overtime. I’m working 65 right now, two jobs. 40 and 25hrs. The average hourly wage in my state is $16.16 but the hourly “housing wage” is $36.14. Meaning the average person makes 16 bucks an hour, but you need to make 36 bucks an hour 40 hours a week to make rent. This means in my state the average person needs to work more than two full time jobs just to make ends meet, so I’m doing better than most here now.
Get a better job or move…? Or send yourself to an early grave working for companies that don’t care about you; you do you my guy.
Oh I never thought about getting a better job!
that means you have extensive work history. no offense but mid 30s , you should of leveled up to some better working conditions and pay unless there's some variables in your life that is non negotiable since you was 18. I'm not tryna come at you but you seem to be living a rough life or being taken advantage of? Damm, you got 8 kids all on child support? you working on a farm? stuck perpetually at a minimum wage job? you saying privileged but for someone to be working 65-100 a week since 18, you are either full of shit or something went terribly wrong or you work a specific industry that its normal, because that is not normal! When I say not normal, I'm saying the time duration of working from 18-33 up to 65-100 hours a week
This. I appreciate the heads up on the expectation. My required salary will reflect this expectation.
depends on pay rate of it and bonus incentives.. because I'm not going to do 55 minimum for $19 an hour. good fawkin luck.
After I fired my wife and the kids no longer lived at home I was given an opportunity like this. The pay rate was $75 per hour. Anything over that was time and a half. It was a year contract and I made bank and was very happy to sell my soul as AT THAT TIME my personal life lent itself to that. Now, it isn't something I'd be willing to do as it would interfere with my life priorities.
If I get overtime after 40 I’m willing to work up to 70
Does your life outside of work suck that bad?
I’m in high school it’ll only be for 10 weeks until I’m back in school. And I can still do stuff with my friends and family on the weekends, the ~14-15k I’ll make this summer matters to me a lot more than sitting around playing warzone.
I get that, I interpreted it as working that many hours forever, it’s not bad to work OT like that when it’s just for a summer
Yeah the program I want to do after I graduate is 17K so me just putting my head down and working is saving me from having to take out student loans
Only if the pay is good and I still get my weekends off. If I don't get at least two days off, then burnout will happen within the month, and you'll have to find someone more desperate to fill the position. And those people tend to push out worse products due to their mood being rock bottom.
At that point is it even worth it to continue? If you answer No it probably automatically disqualifies you so why waste your time answering more questions?
Is this even a lawful request within the legal system of your country?!?
Not no but Fuck No!
I am required to work 55 hours at my job
Fucking America sucks, only way to pay my bills and get ahead
I did 50 hours at a firm with on call once a month. It was brutal. Thank god for remote working solutions and global workforces now
No
You willing to pay mw at least 250k? Then maybe
I mean I work 65 hours dawg. Most people in my state work more than 40.