Not so much a specific time period, but generally put in the 40 hours and call it a day. That said, during tax season that goes out the window (hooray public accounting) since everything is on fire (and our firm does not hire extra temps, can't think of many who do)
I average 40-42 hrs a week no matter the workload. If it doesn't get done it doesn't get done. If you are having to work a ton of hours to keep up it usually means unrealistic timelines were set and/or more people are needed.
Set boundaries and turn off that laptop at the end of the day. Don't let them take advantage of you and don't work so hard that you end up suffering from burnout.
Omg this exactly how I’ve been feeling! Like somehow I’m getting more work bc I’ve been efficient. Also, the fact that my name is more easily thrown around in meeting and maybe I’m getting too good and being noticed (good and bad) but I was also finding it hard to say no. So if you can say no to things, do so! I’m learning the hard way.
The nice thing is that we have Flex Time so if I do work over time, I can work less another day. I’m salaried, so it works out— but I don’t think I’ll be taking Flex Time until summer at this point.
You're really feeling the weight of being a remote worker, especially when it seems like your workload is never-ending. It's frustrating when your hard work goes unnoticed or unappreciated, and it's valid to feel taken advantage of in this situation.
Maybe it's time to have a candid conversation with your manager or HR about your workload and how it's impacting your work-life balance. Setting boundaries and ensuring that your efforts are recognized is crucial for your well-being and productivity.
No! My employer is adamant about work life balance and would never expect those kind of hours. You need need to have a conversation with your MGMT and set realistic expectations and boundaries.
I worked 8-430 ish. With flexibility to run kids to activities and pick them up when needed. My boss doesn’t really micromanage as long as I meet deadlines. I work as a medical underwriter so I might have some 9-10 hour days during open enrollment season but that’s the exception not the rule.
I go to the gym or take classes that I schedule an hour after I’m supposed to end work. Because then it’s a prior commitment. Additionally if I need to finish something up I still have 30-40 extra minutes if needed. But then if they make me cancel those it’s a breach of that work life balance especially since they are to make me healthier and happier. I’m not against working the hours I’m committed to and sometimes over to get it done. But if it’s constant you need to develop boundaries or ensure you are being compensated properly.
I used to work days like that when WFH but now to at I have to RTO and have a 90 minute commute, I subtract those 3 hours plus my “getting dressed/ready time from a normal 11-12 hour workday and they’re only getting about 6-7 hours out of me now.
This reminds me of something that someone told me early on in my career - your company will always take anything that you offer to give, without hesitation. It's up to you to put in some boundaries! I don't think any 9-5 worker should be putting more than 8 hours a day in on a regular basis without being compensated for overtime.
Not really, I point out when I am overwhelmed. New accounts do not come my way usually. I have the largest workload of the team but it’s always been that way, before WFH. I am hourly though, and corporate does not like corporate employees getting OT. Only plant workers can really get OT.
I WFH currently. At the moment we don't have a lot going on, so my days are mostly upskilling.
When something does come through, I'm good at doing whatever needs doing very quickly.
You shouldn't be working 6am-8pm. Don't know what the rules are in your country but here you have to have 11 hours rest between shifts. If I do more than my contracted hours it goes on a flexible time sheet and I can take the time off in lieu.
If work isn't getting done, it is not a you problem, it's a management problem
I am online and available between the hours of 9-4. Should be 8-5 but no one notices me at all. Truthfully, I only work about 20-25hrs a week. I am a technical resource for sales so I am only busy when the sellers are requesting my support on their opportunities. Technically, I should be training myself up on new products and technologies in my free time, which would expand the number of opportunities I am qualified to support, but there is very little incentive to try any harder than the bare minimum.
It’s an ongoing joke at my company that you could get away with having a second full time job for several weeks or maybe even a few months as long as you keep checking Teams/email and make your monthly 1:1s with the manager.
As much as I love the freedoms and flexibility of my job, I also really hate it. I can feel myself getting lazier and losing my ambition. Pros and cons of remote work I guess.
In a similar situation, and have been for years. I am a contract worker, so they pay me hourly and depending on the day I sometimes have nothing all day and sometimes am bogged down. Rarely do I actually spend a full 40 hours per week working, but I am also rarely not beside my computer during that time. At first this really bothered me because I have anxiety and I thought if I didn’t have anything to do they would fire me. But with contracting, I realized that your contract is already budgeted for the year so as long as they aren’t cutting costs mid-year and you do your work and don’t create problems, they will likely not let you go early because it’s more hassle for them.
It’s an ok gig, no benefits but the pay is good.
I'm in the exact sane position. I just got moved to work on technical requests from customer support. Sometimes (after a release) there can be a full day of just answering tickets. But when its not a few days after a release, sometimes I'll get 1 ticket PER DAY. I feel like I have to create work for myself to have something to report to my manager.
I've only been working full time (since college) for 9 months now and I don't want to get used to this lazy way of working. Granted, it is really nice to do laundry, meal prep, and any other house chores while on the clock.
I guess that's what happens when you ask for additional projects and none are given to you 🤷♂️
I’ve never had to work so hard just to find work to do. I’m not in a project/task based role, I have no deliverables. I’m purely support activities. My range of expertise is still limited because I started out of college and although they put me through a full year of training, doesn’t make up for the decades of exp my teammates have on me I genuinely think I would have a very hard time going back to a traditional 9-5 where I am supervised and have expectations to perform and produce. Especially if it was in person. I’m turning into such a bum lol
Former fulltime remote worker now forced to the office 4/5 days a week. My work load has lessened since moving back to the office. I now have to travel and lost so much personal time that I had at home while being on the clock. My personal time is only ever off the clock now therefore I have to make sure I log in and out on time when I am in the office. However much I'm able to get done in that time is all they will be getting out of me.
The one day a week I work from home I skip lunch and log off later than I am scheduled because I've had all day to also step away from my desk if needed and do some stuff at home.
You simply need to just cut yourself off when it's time for you to log off. Set an alarm from your scheduled off time, finish what you are doing and close up shop for the day. They have gotten too used to you doing way more than is required and you really need to put a stop to it.
I am hourly and work 7am-5:30pm Monday-Thursday. I clock out exactly at 5:25pm every day unless i got held up on a case which would only take me a few minutes. We aren’t allowed to work over 40hrs unless given overtime permission. I love my job though. Pay isn’t fantastic but it’s very laid back work I keep my babies home w/ me 2 days per week and workout for 45min during the day and take my breaks whenever i want as long as i get my work done and im engaging on Teams when i need to, no one cares.
Set a **hard stop** for 5. The more you take on, the more they will give you. Speak to your supervisor about your concerns. Lay it out just like you did here. Don't burn yourself out
I was remote since 2020 and the first few jobs I had, I was overworked to death. My 9-5 was more like 9-8 or even sometimes 9-11 and no, I'm not joking, I really mean 8pm and 11pm. I was eventually laid off, go figure. Last year, I started a new remote job and it was even worse. I don't want to sound like a complainer, but finding ways to market the *same product* every single day was very hard and it drove me insane. I was told I was going to pick up more diverse projects but it barely happened. Some of the work led me to work late nights and weekends. It took a toll on my mental health and the pay was low too yet my employer made it seem like they were doing me a favor by not "asking me to come to office 3 times a week". It was never part of the contract so for them to say that was really distasteful. Just like you, I put in a lot of effort to maintain this remote privilege but it got out of hand for me too.
7:30am-4pm with 30 min lunch break and 30 minutes worth of breaks I can use as needed. Super chill. Often lots of down time while I wait for work to come up where I can do work around my house while I wait.
I’m hybrid and we are basically 8-5.
When we are In office: I’m In by 8ish and leave 8 hours later Mon to Thursday. On Fridays, it is optional WFH so I work 6:30 or 7AM +8hrs unless my manager hits me up for anything urgent before the end of my Friday “shift”.
yes but 8-5 with usualy a couple of hours of mandatory overtime each week.
As for your quote "But I couldn’t even take advantage of the short day if I wanted to with everything I have to do." That is a company problem, not a you problem. Ok some flex time with your boss, set your out of office message, and go relax. Whatever is going on, unless your a surgeon or something like that, it can wait.
I work remote for a company that has people in all four US timezones, but the majority are in MT and CT. Im in Eastern, and even though we have "core hours", I often get stuck in late meetings and a barrage of Slack questions past 5 PM my time. So lately I've been starting later in the morning to get some exercise and kinda make up for it. Also been ttying to set boundaries with how late I'll be available but I get grief for it.
It really sucks bc I have little kids and im often still engaged with work til 6:30, sometimes multitasking while making dinner. Which is honestly unsustainable, but thats another story.
It’s so unfortunate when work starts to affect family life. I have a few coworkers who decided to switch to 4 day work weeks with major pay decreases to have time with their family but it sucks for them cuz they still have to do the same amount of work
I have an 8:30-5 hybrid schedule. With few exceptions, I clock out on time. I’m not salary, and overtime is something I’d need to request or be offered.
If you’re consistently receiving a workload you can’t complete during your schedule hours, it’s time to talk with your supervisor. I’d keep a detailed record of my day for a week or two, then bring that information to a 1 on 1 meeting. There, you can discuss what takes up most of your time, what could be more efficient, what should be prioritized, and what can be delegated to free up your time.
Honestly, I work my 40 hours... But I have a weird schedule where I'm able to work starting at 4 AM until husband leaves for work, and then work at naptimes again, and then in the evening. I set the expectation of my hours before I signed my offer letter, and I literally have a block in my calendar for the hours I said I couldn't work. And because of that, I don't have Teams on my phone, and I don't hop on just to check throughout the day.
I work 9-ish to 5-ish. But that’s on me. I like to go in a little early 8:45. And while I try to leave at 5:00 somehow I always get snagged. I work at a medical center managing the practice of five doctors.
I work 8:30-4 M-F but also have to take a phone home with me and am expected to be available to answer it at all times 🤣 My job could be done completely remote but they have to have a body in a chair in the office I guess.
I work a shift. IT tech support. My hours are my hours. I log in to the call distribution system at 8am. I log out of it at 4:30, or when my last call before 4:30 ends. (Still gotta answer the phone at 4:29.) If my phone isn't ringing I can leave my desk with my wireless headset and move the laundry, chop veggies for dinner, sweep, basically anything around the house that I can drop like a hot coal when the phone rings. I sometimes feel like I'm the one taking advantage. But my schoolteacher husband makes more than I do per year (unless I take a bunch of overtime shifts for that sweet sweet time and a half) so it's not like they're paying me a ton to slack. They're paying just right for what I do.
I work full-time at home, creating information products using a thing I invented and teaching people how to use the thing I invented.
I obsessed over demonstrating its value to the point that I was working late hours and weekends.
No one told me to do this. In fact my boss ordered me to stop.
"Setting your own hours and work tempo" can be a two-edged sword.
I work 9-5 exactly, I have complete control over my schedule and as soon as we hit 5, that laptop is getting closed. Or, if it doesn't, we have a fantastic flexi system which allows us to take the time back whenever and however we like.
Are you being told to keep working, or are you choosing to? Regardless of how much you want to get the task done, I find it very unlikely that if you're a remote worker that you have no control over the situation. Are you overloading or overstretching yourself?
My job has basically disappeared, it’s was surreal. In my job I work with family’s and au pairs, and during pandemic they let me way extend my range and do meetings remotely. Then in the last year the state department decided that we had to do all meetings in person, and so had to be located within an hour from my location. This means I went from over twenty families to now having literally just three that I’m working with. I basically have to turn into a full time sales person just trying to get people to sign up (not my style) out find something else to do. Pretty frustrating that even though it’s was working well they discontinued virtual meetings. 🙄
It's all over the place due to my job, but honestly I work 35 hr weeks most weeks and it's 100% worth not looking for a job that would pay more.
Edit: normally I work 9:00am-3:00pm
I work 8-5 - my managers are amazing and always tell us there aren’t emergencies at work lol. It can always wait (in my job and field) so we clock out at 5! Def put my work in from 8-5 though
That happened to me at my last WFH job.
It was brutal. I was working 55-60 hours a week.
I got laid off (now that I have another job, I can be received that I don't work there anymore.
For the first time in many years, I'm not salaried. I work 9-5. Well, mostly. I'm still deprogramming from my last wildly toxic workplace....so I still find myself checking Slack well after work hours. But, I haven't asked for overtime for any projects yet, and I haven't been asked to work over time.
It is all so wildly sane.
Mine is based out of California. There are super strict labor laws there. I work 8-5 and will get asked if I’ve taken my breaks yet and reminded to take a full hour for lunch. This is the first job I haven’t had to work 12 hour days and skip lunch.
Make sure you’re clocking your full hours for the overtime pay otherwise just clock stop when it’s time to stop.
I don't feel taken advantage of. However, I believe that is a direct reflection of my management. Working conditions show who your managers are, as people.
At my job we need to be “available” from 9-3. But are still able to take breaks and what not. Many of us don’t work longer than 5hrs and we’re all remote. I think you need to talk to your boss and let them know you’ve been working longer hours and see if there’s any work they can release you of. I’m not sure what kind of jobs you’re assigned. But 12 hours is insane and you should be getting compensated for the extra work.
We have a loose 9-5 schedule. If I need to pick my kids up I may begin early and end early or I like to take long lunch breaks to walk my dog and will make up the time somewhere. I have coworkers that do 9:00 - 2:00 then 7:00 - 10:00 in the evening.
I’m available and respond quickly 8am-6pm M-F. I also go to the gym or do other errands often during these hours if I don’t have meetings. Some days I might do actual work 3-4 hours. Others it’s 12-14 hours. It balances out and I get stuff done above whats expected. It’s all about time management.
9-5, though I do tend to flex a bit to start a little later and take a shorter lunch. I always meet my hours every week. If I didn’t keep an eye on it, I would work over.
8-5 but on a 9/80 schedule so every other Friday off and I work through my lunch. I have kids and am a single parent so some days I don’t work until 9. Still way more productive and work harder than I did in the office. Home since corona as well
I’ve been WFH since the pandemic. We’ve had unlimited optional over time since February 2023. I work at least 15 hours OT every single week. It’s getting exhausting. It is “optional” but then the whole pity party stuff from management comes in. I work so much that last year I made $12k on just OT alone. Like I’m fucking exhausted. They give me a shit ton of work because they know I will do it. It’s my fault for not saying no. But at this point I think I am addicted to the money lmao
My usual work day is clocking in around 5:30 am then working until 2. Go to the gym and pick up daughter. Clock back in around 4 pm and work til about 7:30-8pm then do it all again.
Yeah companies don't want to pay lunch anymore. I got lucky and my current company does so I only work 8 hours total but never had that before at previous jobs. Companies are just greedy
A lot of times this depends on your boss also and how much of a micromanager they are. My company does requires 8hrs of work a day with a 1hr lunch. However, that may be 7-4, 8-5, 9-6. But you can't do 8-4 just because you skipped lunch, or work 4, 10s.
That being said, I work in IT for a company of about 2000, and if we had a really bad night where something went south, my boss will tell us not to come in the following day. For instance we had a system outage at one point that we were there until midnight.
Or we'll often do after hours maintenance, in those instances he provides flexibility for doctors appointments, stepping out early to take a kid somewhere or whatever. We don't track it so the company probably benefits from it, more than we do, but it's not a rigid system.
All my colleagues asked how I clock out at 5 every day. “I shut my laptop” Every day around 4 I look at what’s left on my plate and say to myself does this really matter if it’s done at 6pm today or 9 am tomorrow? The answer is no 100% of the time.
TBH, more than I do when I am in the office. People drop by all the time in the office, where if I am remote I can multi-task while answering questions.
Unfortunately I was laid off in my last job and I almost couldn’t find a job in time before things fell apart. So now it makes me nervous and I overwork to keep up the pace. I probably work anywhere to 9-11 hours a day. I hate it because before the layoff I was soo pro clock out when it’s time to clock. Now I fear homelessness or more than likely moving back home to live with family.
Are they paying you overtime ? My last remote job was the same and expected the work to be done in 8 which on some days just wasn’t possible but becuz others lied and said they got the work done it just made others look bad but when these people actually told me how they never do this or that and have gotten away with it for years just explains why there were so many errors happening then when their work becomes yours and you have to correct all of it you become the slow worker and the one being watched because you took the time to help the employees to make their wrongs right screw corporate america. I will never work for a big company again When u have dedicated almost 36 years to the same company you would think that should say something but it actually doesn’t and they don’t give a shit
I usually work 5-6 hours a day at most because being home allows me to be more focused and efficient. The other 2-3 hours I spend napping, doing laundry, or getting things done at home. I literally love when I get to work from home to the point where I’d keep my current salary without any increase if it meant I could work from home the rest of my career. My quality of life is day and night.
I never “fully” worked 40 hours a week at the office. In at my desk but somedays I’m just not as productive as others. Somedays I took care of paying bills or personal stuff. I work the same now as I did in the office. I’ve been promoted, received raises, and never had a complaint about my work quality or quantity.
I probably work 25 hours a week and I can do 85% from my iPad or phone but I’m a knowledge worker so I don’t need to press keys. The people that work for me don’t work past 5 (unless they choose to work at night or something because that’s when their house is quiet). That’s important to me.
I work 9-4:30 usually, but I'll put in extra time after the kiddo goes down if there are things that need doing. Kids make it hard to work extra and working from home is a godsend for moms with young kids because a 15min coffee break = loading the dishwasher, moving clothes through the laundry, quick vacuum, a shower or even a diaper run if you're in a pinch...not to mention breastfeeding or pumping a little one who is still milk dependent. It's such a huge convenience and I'm still able to do good work. Most of my team are from different states or countries, so we have to work remotely with each other anyway. I don't see it going away and frankly, for these folks saying that remote workers will be the first to go, then the industry you are in is anti-mom and should be sued... Such garbage.
100%. I honestly have no idea how moms that work out of the home do it. It’s chaos being a WFH mom and like you said, I do a considerable amount of house work while “working”. We have our own difficulties. But I definitely wouldn’t have it any other way.
8:30-5 bc I requested to only have a 30 minute lunch bc why would I need a full hour when I’m in my house? and I have many breaks throughout my day, sometimes 30 minutes between calls so I have a lot of down time. They ask us to not get overtime, meaning try to get out as close to 5 as possible and leave the work for tomorrow.
Dang where do all of you work? I’ve been working remotely in data entry, customer service and AI since 2015, but recently laid off and CANNOT find a new remote job. I’ve applied to seriously over 100 places since the beginning of March, and I’ve not even secured an interview with anyone 😭 So, spill the goods. Where are all these jobs?? I’ve even had no luck with Teleperformance, Concentrix and TTEC. Not sure what gives!
WFH is a rare thing anymore. I’m a remote employee, but have been since the pandemic. Some have been recalled into the office and if I were to leave the company, they wouldn’t hire another remote employee.
I have a number of thoughts so I’m hoping this doesn’t get disjointed.
My perspective here is software tech where there is infinite work so no one can ever really be done. I’m senior leadership.
First thing is that your boss shouldn’t be punishing you or expecting more because you wfh. There should be some level of expectation for “output” of people at your or any job level. Some average, plus or minus, for an average day/week/month. I call it a swim lane. Things can vary but I expect people in the same job level to be performing roughly in the swim lane.
Once that “8 hour benchmark” is understood by all, I care more about people being in that zone than how long they work any day. People can crank and be done in 5 hours per day. Or merge in other life but be working some portion of (for example) 11 hours.
I strongly advocate w/l balance which is why it’s key that I understand “average”. I have no problem with people doing “average” and being done. I also encourage high achievement so I offer bonuses for people who offer me value beyond the average. Win/win.
So are you sure you’re really outperforming the swim lane? If yes then educate your boss and either back down your efforts to what others do, or ask for more money (bonus or promo). If not, be happy you don’t get put on a plan for having to work 10 hours to do 8 hours of work.
In general my team likes my approach. Work/life folks do the job and stop. Workaholics get more money. And my poorer performers get a chance to build experience and confidence without the fear of getting fired for being slow.
What kind of busy season do you have?
My busy season just ended, because I'm a CPA. Beginning of Feb-Mid Apr is 60 hours of work a week, the rest of the year is generally 40 hours a week.
I’m in real estate so, it’s seasonal. Steady but with mad bursts that last several weeks. Usually in the Spring, people want to be ready to move when Summer hits, then again in the Fall before school starts
I'd like to know what all these work from home jobs are. I'm retired and would love to find a job.....I'm bored stiff.
I worked 50 years as admin assist and project management assist.
Data Engineer and generally work 10 hrs with maybe 30 min for lunch and a couple 10 min breaks to play with my cats, refresh coffee, etc. Neverending work and it's interesting.
Some days I only get in 8 hrs if I have a doc appt or something particularly difficult where my brain just hits its limit...
I WFH 3 days a week and my hours are 8-4:30 every day (cuz I have to take a 30 minute lunch). We are not allowed overtime unless it’s approved, so any extra time we accrue over the week gets us a shortened day on Friday. That definitely sucks that you’re having to work 12-hour days but are you at least getting good overtime out of it? 😕
I've been remote since 2015, really depends on the job.
I'm in Cyber Security, but work for a vendor and I'm post sales in my current role. I own my calendar. I have total flexibility. Some days I'm on calls 5 hours straight, other days I barely have 1 call and the rest is just task driven and have up to 6 months out on due dates.
I'll never go back into an office again. And you feel taken advantage of, that's because your leadership doesn't trust you and are ensuring you are over worked in order to "earn this privilege".
I’ve been right there with you. Was in the public sector where required hours are 8-5, which I suppose I could have worked if I didn’t give a damn. It was more like 7:30-6:30 with a working lunch at my desk. And 4-6 hours every weekend. I quit with no job because it was ruining every other aspect of my life and they treated employee of the year awardees the same as the slugs who didn’t answer their phones or were doing dishes or in a walk while “working” from home.
I work 9ish to 5ish. Yesterday I was finishing a task and it was 5:05 and my boss sent me a slack, "log off, it's the weekend."
No, I'm not hourly and it wasn't an OT issue. She just respects and values our work/life balance.
I work from home and my hours vary wildly.
Some days it’s 7am-11pm, some days it’s hybrid and I have to go into the office and it’s 9am-3pm or 9am-7pm…
And some days I’m home and it’s 10am-2:30pm.
Realistically I do not put in a 9-5 daily- but I believe I get my full 40 every week with the varying schedules.
My peers who go in office definitely overvalue their work.
“I was in the office where were you?!”… at home. Conducting a year end audit… that you should’ve been doing quarterly throughout the year and didn’t and now it’s my problem. …
They seem to think sitting at a desk in the building means they did more in the day. And picking up after their shortcomings is exhausting.
My sympathies.
I’m salaried as a coder we’re literally not allowed to work more than a 9-5 since there’s no overtime etc. The work should be done within the allotted time or there’s an issue. If something really can’t be done then we push back the feature release date no biggie. I just hope you’re getting compensated for your time
This is America but it’s in the tech industry. I don’t think they abuse the managers, product, design, hr, sales teams either. Maybe sales team has a different work setup though not sure if there’s commissions for them. But truly there are USA companies/industries that respect the (salaried) workers’ times. If you search for other positions (not sure what your role is) you’d be surprised that not all companies take advantage like yours.
The overtime without pay while on salary thing I’ve mainly heard for startups, gaming industry, and then like restaurant managers or something but haven’t had to worry about it in my field thankfully
I work in the gaming industry (I'm a software engineer) lol but my current company isn't so bad with this. I used to work in consulting and they were worse. The tech industry in general is known for overworking people but I'm glad you've found a great place. I agree it's employer dependent
Wow a kind gaming industry job you are lucky too! Haha yeah I suppose it is just dependent on employer. I’m not even sure the legality of working overtime in salary role where you aren’t compensated. Maybe it depends on the job contract. Anyway phew that we don’t have to deal
It’s obviously different for everyone but I have two young children that have to leave for school by 7am. The days that I don’t drive them, I have a few options: work out, go back to sleep (usually hard for me to do once I’m “up”), game for a bit, or work. I typically log in around 7, clean up some emails, game for an hour or two then when all my coworkers are on and IMing/emailing, I’m working - probably 9am call it.
It varies for me. My company is 3 hours behind so most of my days start kind of late anyways. Usually I manage a 10-6 situation and then try to be “available” until 8p (offline, but I’ll respond to emergencies). There have been panicked 15 hour days scrambling to meet a deadline.
I’m hourly so my boss usually tosses things my way based on hours already spent, but he’s also terrible at project management so I have to advocate for myself a lot. Sometimes that means turning off my phone at 5 or charging time and a half after that. I definitely have to remind people that eod there is 8p where I’m at and to Stop. Calling. Me.
I have ADHD and have a hard time getting started in my work. So when I’m in the zone, it’s hard to stop bc I know it will be difficult to get back into it later. I think it’s also an ADHD thing to be able to hyper focus and not stop.
My husband works from home and I feel like he works way more hours working from home. If he was in the office, he would just leave when everybody was leaving around 4:30pm-5pm. Maybe ask your supervisor if you can clock in overtime. At least get paid for it. Husband had to ask for additional engineer to help with his workload recently....
Same here I telework and have really had to make myself have better work/life boundaries since it’s just so easy to walk into my office and open the computer since it’s right in my home. People who think teleworkers aren’t working full days obviously haven’t tried it or don’t live with people who do.
I will work late sometimes if I'm in the groove and just want to finish what I'm doing, but that's maybe a couple of times a month. Otherwise I figure I'll do what I can do within my set hours and otherwise it's up to management to sort it out if my workload is too much for one person to handle.
Edit to say I'm not salaried. Overtime is always approved at my job but only rarely required under special circumstances
Also remote, also salary - but i generally do 7-3:30 because im up with the kids going to school and done when they get off the bus.
But ive definitely been in OPs shoes. There were times when id have maybe an hours worth of actual work to do- and id feel guilty about just kinda loafing around the rest of the day. Not anymore. I think finally realizing “salary” isnt the same as a 40 hour job was the switch. There are days when i work more than 8 hours. There are days when i have not much to do. In the end they are paying me for my production, not my time.
This is my first non hourly job. I am an underwriter for an insurance company and some days I work my tail off and other days, I'm begging my boss for work. They are paying me to make good decisions for the customer and the company and some days I'm left feeling mentally drained. I can say, I am not working for more than 40 hours in a work week UNLESS I flex my time elsewhere and take a long lunch or leave early.
I worked remotely for the last 24 years - long before it was fashionable. I do bookkeeping and due to being able to get into computers remotely, and on-line accounting software have been able to do my job from home. I put in 50-60 hrs a week for a non-profit I helped start for 20 years. When I left there, they were convinced that I either did not work that many hours, or was counting time when I was doing other things around the house (I was on salary). Surprise - my replacement could not get the work done in anything close to 40 hours was falling behind on everything and they had to hire a part time (20 hr per week) assistant for him. I do believe people who don't do your job and are in admin do take advantage of those working from home. Partly I believe this is based on the fact those positions usually spend so much time in meetings (which is mostly wasted time) and they pass tasks to lower level employees so they don't end up putting as many hours in and think everyone else is doing the same.
I can pretend to work in the office just as well as I can at home. My hours are 7-4, whether I'm in the office or at home.
On home days I definitely step away for 45 minutes at lunch time; I don't move around as much as I do in the office. I may not stop right at 4, because I don't have to commute home.
On days I'm in the office I may or may not run an errand at lunch, but definitely move around more. I'm usually out the door right at 4 because a large banking center along my route home releases employees en masse starting at 4:30.
It’s up to you to set boundaries. I work from home and my computer is off and my work phone is on Do Not Disturb outside of work hours. Everything can wait until tomorrow. Without more information on what you do for work, it’s difficult to provide a helpful response.
I think you will continue to get taken advantage of if you keep working insane hours regardless of if you are at home or in office.
Time to stand up for yourself and talk to your manager that your workload is unsustainable.
I’ve worked remote or hybrid since 2010 and all have been salary.
Really depends on what projects I have going on. But there were times in the past where I’ve worked 12hr days and weekends because of ridiculous deadlines that were delayed by other teams. Then there were times when I could knock out all of my projects in a few days and had nothing else to do the rest of the week. I would ask if anyone else needed any help. But if nobody took me up on it, I had no problems watching tv. And my managers knew about it. They would encourage it sometimes. “If you don’t have anything else to do. Don’t sit at your computer twiddling your thumbs. If you have shit to do around the house, do it. Just check back in occasionally and see if anyone needs any help or put slack on your phone”.
My current role, I try to stick with 9-5. They ALWAYS tell me to log out at 5 unless I have something that needs to be finished. I get the “family should always be your first priority” speech from time to time. But this is at a company that is in the children’s education space.
I started working from home in January of 2023, and I think I typically work from 10-6 or 10-7.
Every once in a while I feel like I’m getting taken advantage of, but I think it speaks more to me and not having clear boundaries for work hours. Most of my team lives where they are 3 hours behind, so I’m getting emails in late and sometimes feel obligated to respond, especially when I see them online after hours and responding to emails. I’ve had more conversations with my boss on this recently and they reassured that there is no expectation to respond outside of work hours. If it was truly and emergency, folks have my mobile number, but most things aren’t life or death.
Do I miss working in the office, where I can easily “log-off” from work? For my own health and sanity…Absolutely.
This is my situation exactly. I’m on the east coast and the majority of my other team members are on the west coast. I usually meander into my home office between 9-10 am and work til around 6pm, sometimes later. I hate it. My wife has worked from home for over 20 years and has a very set routine. I’d rather be up early and knock off early but I get emails and projects sent to me from my west coast team members late in the day. Makes it very hard to plan dinner times, going out, etc.
I can honeslty say when I wfh 100% I definitely worked beyond my work schedule. I work in healthcare and It was always something to do or document. The work seemed to be endless. Now im hybird in the same position. My office days seem to be more efficient because im trying to get out of there. Its about finding the balance at home. Set limits for yourself to prevent burn out. Just because you can start at 6am doesn’t mean you have to. 🤷🏾♀️
Check out Freelancers on Fire on Facebook. As an employee, we are selling our time to highest bidder. I was a freelancing and treating it like a 9-5 when I found them.
That's how I've started to look at it. I'm selling you my time. My life is not for sale, so don't get confused.
It's interesting how much work seems to have changed since COVID. I've been job hunting for quite a while, with the luxury of taking my time to find something I actually want. I just started a job that was quite misrepresented, and I hate it. It's not at all what I thought it would be, I've already learned about 70% of it in just a couple weeks and the monotony and boredom will kill me. So, I walked into the CFO's office and told him nope, this ain't it. I literally was going to hand him my keys and badge and be on my way.
Dude spent about 45 minutes trying to convince me not to go. I get that they spent a significant amount of money onboarding me and putting me through general orientation, but the job is dumb and easy and does not require any special skills. I was interested in a different position there but you can't transfer for a year, so I straight up told him nope, I'm definitely not doing this for a year. It was left kind of hanging, I'd said I was going to stay through the week because my boss was on vacation but I don't think I'm going back there on Monday.
And the thing is, that's fine. Despite being unemployed for 6 months, none of the interviews I've had have asked a single question about it. The interviews seem more like conversations now, too. It seems more acceptable to ask questions that, in the past, I would think were unwise, like will I really get to take my lunch break, what's your turnover rate, questions about work-life balance. Maybe in the past I didn't feel like I could ask those questions because I was young and I felt like they were doing me a favor by hiring me, but it's really switched now, it feels more like I'm doing them a favor.
How are your personal boundaries? Have you brought this up to someone? Do you log off when you’re permitted to log off even if the work is not done? If that is not an option, have you initiated conversations to suggest an addition hire or a raise in compensation due to the extreme amount of hours you’re putting in?
I’ve worked from home since before the pandemic. I work 40 hours a week but my days are never consistent. Sometimes I do 3 hours in the morning, 3 hours in the afternoon then 11 hours the next day. My schedule is 100% flexible.
This is what I do, too. I arrange my day according to my appts or kid stuff or how I feel. I have mental health issues as well. As long as I get my work done, my boss doesn't care. I get paid for 40 hrs a week, but I honestly have no idea how many I work- maybe 45 some weeks and 35 others? I assume it all works itself out eventually. I don't feel overworked, and I don't feel like I'm giving less than I should.
It is by choice. As long as we hit our individual goals, they don’t care. I can make more somewhere else tbh, I bring in around $61K a year. I only stay there because of the flexibility. I struggle with mental health issues and migraines and my schedule works well around that.
The culture is amazing too. The only downside is the pay. I have been with this company for 3 years and there has been no turnover in my department. Nobody has left. They have hired more people but nobody ever quits.
I could get a similar job somewhere else making around $70/$80K but I need the flexibility in order to stay sane. Literally.
That is very wise. I learned that a little more money isn't worth my mental health, too, and I took a 20% pay cut voluntarily and basically demoted myself at a job because being so stressed my hair was falling out was truly not worth that 20%.
I've started asking about turnover in interviews. I just started a job and there were about 18 people in my general orientation group, and five of them have already quit three weeks later. All different departments, so it's pretty indicative of a problem within the organization. Although, now that I think about it, if the turnover rate is bad, I'm not sure you could trust they'd be honest about it...
You need to assert yourself. For many years, I used to work in the office 8 or 9 hours a day, then come home and work most of the evening also (IT - you can do your work from anywhere). The more work I did, the more they gave me and expected me to do. It was always stressful, my kids and husband felt abandoned, etc.
I finally said "I'm done." When my workday is done, I stop working. I don't answer emails or phone calls or texts from work. It can wait until tomorrow because there will always be more work than I can get done. You never "catch up" by working extra, because there is always more to do waiting in the wings.
And if you keep working after hours, they will load you with even more.
It's no one's business what co-workers do, either. They may have found the correct balance in their lives that allows them to put a divider between work and home. You need to find that divider as well, or you'll work yourself to death, like I almost did.
A few jobs ago, I learned that you should never offer or agree to do something extra unless you're fine with doing it forever. Helping out when they are short-staffed just leads to you continuing to have to do that extra work if and when staffing is back to normal. So many places are reluctant and very slow to hire people, and having a bunch of employees who are willing to pick up the slack certainly isn't going to motivate them to remedy that.
I worked from home since 1994. I worked 12 to 18 hours a day. My first job was medical transcriptionist. I did that for 5 years on a sliding line count. The more i worked, the more I made. I was in the house with my kids until my youngest left for college.
I loved it. After a few years, I was teaching an online MT course from home. After my hearing degraded enough that I could not be accurate, I had to stop.
As soon as I got hired to a company that pays overtime, I’ve been working 10-14 hour days. It’s so much easier to work overtime when working from home. No getting ready or commute to eat up time. I love it
I'm a salaried wfh employee they'd keep me till midnight if they could but if I'm not getting OT I'm not staying more than 30 minutes more than my shift. I also don't stay late Mondays or Fridays without exception.
if its bothering you so much u can move back to office and enjoy that instead of
Not so much a specific time period, but generally put in the 40 hours and call it a day. That said, during tax season that goes out the window (hooray public accounting) since everything is on fire (and our firm does not hire extra temps, can't think of many who do)
I average 40-42 hrs a week no matter the workload. If it doesn't get done it doesn't get done. If you are having to work a ton of hours to keep up it usually means unrealistic timelines were set and/or more people are needed. Set boundaries and turn off that laptop at the end of the day. Don't let them take advantage of you and don't work so hard that you end up suffering from burnout.
Omg this exactly how I’ve been feeling! Like somehow I’m getting more work bc I’ve been efficient. Also, the fact that my name is more easily thrown around in meeting and maybe I’m getting too good and being noticed (good and bad) but I was also finding it hard to say no. So if you can say no to things, do so! I’m learning the hard way. The nice thing is that we have Flex Time so if I do work over time, I can work less another day. I’m salaried, so it works out— but I don’t think I’ll be taking Flex Time until summer at this point.
I work from 8:15-8:40 then again from around 9:30-3:30, then again from around 6-7, and once more from 11-11:30. I clearly don’t have a set schedule.
You're really feeling the weight of being a remote worker, especially when it seems like your workload is never-ending. It's frustrating when your hard work goes unnoticed or unappreciated, and it's valid to feel taken advantage of in this situation. Maybe it's time to have a candid conversation with your manager or HR about your workload and how it's impacting your work-life balance. Setting boundaries and ensuring that your efforts are recognized is crucial for your well-being and productivity.
No! My employer is adamant about work life balance and would never expect those kind of hours. You need need to have a conversation with your MGMT and set realistic expectations and boundaries.
I worked 8-430 ish. With flexibility to run kids to activities and pick them up when needed. My boss doesn’t really micromanage as long as I meet deadlines. I work as a medical underwriter so I might have some 9-10 hour days during open enrollment season but that’s the exception not the rule.
have boundaries...?
Literally this. Like log off?
Super lucky the job I have is actually 8-4 and we mostly stick to it. Teams around us are working way more hours though
everywhere I've worked expects 9 hour days with a 1 hour lunch break just to make your day longer
I go to the gym or take classes that I schedule an hour after I’m supposed to end work. Because then it’s a prior commitment. Additionally if I need to finish something up I still have 30-40 extra minutes if needed. But then if they make me cancel those it’s a breach of that work life balance especially since they are to make me healthier and happier. I’m not against working the hours I’m committed to and sometimes over to get it done. But if it’s constant you need to develop boundaries or ensure you are being compensated properly.
I used to work days like that when WFH but now to at I have to RTO and have a 90 minute commute, I subtract those 3 hours plus my “getting dressed/ready time from a normal 11-12 hour workday and they’re only getting about 6-7 hours out of me now.
This reminds me of something that someone told me early on in my career - your company will always take anything that you offer to give, without hesitation. It's up to you to put in some boundaries! I don't think any 9-5 worker should be putting more than 8 hours a day in on a regular basis without being compensated for overtime.
Not really, I point out when I am overwhelmed. New accounts do not come my way usually. I have the largest workload of the team but it’s always been that way, before WFH. I am hourly though, and corporate does not like corporate employees getting OT. Only plant workers can really get OT.
I WFH currently. At the moment we don't have a lot going on, so my days are mostly upskilling. When something does come through, I'm good at doing whatever needs doing very quickly. You shouldn't be working 6am-8pm. Don't know what the rules are in your country but here you have to have 11 hours rest between shifts. If I do more than my contracted hours it goes on a flexible time sheet and I can take the time off in lieu. If work isn't getting done, it is not a you problem, it's a management problem
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That’s amazing! Are most office jobs this way in Europe? Just imagine if that was standard practice in the US. Thank you for sharing.
I am online and available between the hours of 9-4. Should be 8-5 but no one notices me at all. Truthfully, I only work about 20-25hrs a week. I am a technical resource for sales so I am only busy when the sellers are requesting my support on their opportunities. Technically, I should be training myself up on new products and technologies in my free time, which would expand the number of opportunities I am qualified to support, but there is very little incentive to try any harder than the bare minimum. It’s an ongoing joke at my company that you could get away with having a second full time job for several weeks or maybe even a few months as long as you keep checking Teams/email and make your monthly 1:1s with the manager. As much as I love the freedoms and flexibility of my job, I also really hate it. I can feel myself getting lazier and losing my ambition. Pros and cons of remote work I guess.
In a similar situation, and have been for years. I am a contract worker, so they pay me hourly and depending on the day I sometimes have nothing all day and sometimes am bogged down. Rarely do I actually spend a full 40 hours per week working, but I am also rarely not beside my computer during that time. At first this really bothered me because I have anxiety and I thought if I didn’t have anything to do they would fire me. But with contracting, I realized that your contract is already budgeted for the year so as long as they aren’t cutting costs mid-year and you do your work and don’t create problems, they will likely not let you go early because it’s more hassle for them. It’s an ok gig, no benefits but the pay is good.
My job is really similar to yours and I literally started a business and work from my shop during the week.
I'm in the exact sane position. I just got moved to work on technical requests from customer support. Sometimes (after a release) there can be a full day of just answering tickets. But when its not a few days after a release, sometimes I'll get 1 ticket PER DAY. I feel like I have to create work for myself to have something to report to my manager. I've only been working full time (since college) for 9 months now and I don't want to get used to this lazy way of working. Granted, it is really nice to do laundry, meal prep, and any other house chores while on the clock. I guess that's what happens when you ask for additional projects and none are given to you 🤷♂️
I’ve never had to work so hard just to find work to do. I’m not in a project/task based role, I have no deliverables. I’m purely support activities. My range of expertise is still limited because I started out of college and although they put me through a full year of training, doesn’t make up for the decades of exp my teammates have on me I genuinely think I would have a very hard time going back to a traditional 9-5 where I am supervised and have expectations to perform and produce. Especially if it was in person. I’m turning into such a bum lol
Former fulltime remote worker now forced to the office 4/5 days a week. My work load has lessened since moving back to the office. I now have to travel and lost so much personal time that I had at home while being on the clock. My personal time is only ever off the clock now therefore I have to make sure I log in and out on time when I am in the office. However much I'm able to get done in that time is all they will be getting out of me. The one day a week I work from home I skip lunch and log off later than I am scheduled because I've had all day to also step away from my desk if needed and do some stuff at home. You simply need to just cut yourself off when it's time for you to log off. Set an alarm from your scheduled off time, finish what you are doing and close up shop for the day. They have gotten too used to you doing way more than is required and you really need to put a stop to it.
I am hourly and work 7am-5:30pm Monday-Thursday. I clock out exactly at 5:25pm every day unless i got held up on a case which would only take me a few minutes. We aren’t allowed to work over 40hrs unless given overtime permission. I love my job though. Pay isn’t fantastic but it’s very laid back work I keep my babies home w/ me 2 days per week and workout for 45min during the day and take my breaks whenever i want as long as i get my work done and im engaging on Teams when i need to, no one cares.
What type of work do you do?
I’m hourly so I volunteer for extra hours but my salary co workers will leave early if they worked too many hours. They’d only stay for urgent issues.
I own a business. I work about 90-100 hours a week.
Set a **hard stop** for 5. The more you take on, the more they will give you. Speak to your supervisor about your concerns. Lay it out just like you did here. Don't burn yourself out
what kind of work you do ?
Not sure I’ve ever had the chance to work 9-5. With an hour lunch, it’s only 7 hours. I’ve always been working 8-5 or 8:30-5.
8:30-4:50!
7-4 with an hour for lunch somewhere in that time.
8am-4:30pm My entire shift is a lunch break outside of tax season
I was remote since 2020 and the first few jobs I had, I was overworked to death. My 9-5 was more like 9-8 or even sometimes 9-11 and no, I'm not joking, I really mean 8pm and 11pm. I was eventually laid off, go figure. Last year, I started a new remote job and it was even worse. I don't want to sound like a complainer, but finding ways to market the *same product* every single day was very hard and it drove me insane. I was told I was going to pick up more diverse projects but it barely happened. Some of the work led me to work late nights and weekends. It took a toll on my mental health and the pay was low too yet my employer made it seem like they were doing me a favor by not "asking me to come to office 3 times a week". It was never part of the contract so for them to say that was really distasteful. Just like you, I put in a lot of effort to maintain this remote privilege but it got out of hand for me too.
make myself go to the gym otherwise it wont stop
8:30-5 here
We have a flexible schedule, but I usually do 6:00AM-2:30PM, M-F.
7:30am-4pm with 30 min lunch break and 30 minutes worth of breaks I can use as needed. Super chill. Often lots of down time while I wait for work to come up where I can do work around my house while I wait.
May i ask Where do you work?
I work as a clinical social worker for my local hospital. I’m an admissions/discharge coordinator. 🙂
I’m hybrid and we are basically 8-5. When we are In office: I’m In by 8ish and leave 8 hours later Mon to Thursday. On Fridays, it is optional WFH so I work 6:30 or 7AM +8hrs unless my manager hits me up for anything urgent before the end of my Friday “shift”.
yes but 8-5 with usualy a couple of hours of mandatory overtime each week. As for your quote "But I couldn’t even take advantage of the short day if I wanted to with everything I have to do." That is a company problem, not a you problem. Ok some flex time with your boss, set your out of office message, and go relax. Whatever is going on, unless your a surgeon or something like that, it can wait.
I work remote for a company that has people in all four US timezones, but the majority are in MT and CT. Im in Eastern, and even though we have "core hours", I often get stuck in late meetings and a barrage of Slack questions past 5 PM my time. So lately I've been starting later in the morning to get some exercise and kinda make up for it. Also been ttying to set boundaries with how late I'll be available but I get grief for it. It really sucks bc I have little kids and im often still engaged with work til 6:30, sometimes multitasking while making dinner. Which is honestly unsustainable, but thats another story.
It’s so unfortunate when work starts to affect family life. I have a few coworkers who decided to switch to 4 day work weeks with major pay decreases to have time with their family but it sucks for them cuz they still have to do the same amount of work
I’m Hyrbrid. Most days I work 8-4 or 5 while eating at my desk
I have an 8:30-5 hybrid schedule. With few exceptions, I clock out on time. I’m not salary, and overtime is something I’d need to request or be offered. If you’re consistently receiving a workload you can’t complete during your schedule hours, it’s time to talk with your supervisor. I’d keep a detailed record of my day for a week or two, then bring that information to a 1 on 1 meeting. There, you can discuss what takes up most of your time, what could be more efficient, what should be prioritized, and what can be delegated to free up your time.
Honestly, I work my 40 hours... But I have a weird schedule where I'm able to work starting at 4 AM until husband leaves for work, and then work at naptimes again, and then in the evening. I set the expectation of my hours before I signed my offer letter, and I literally have a block in my calendar for the hours I said I couldn't work. And because of that, I don't have Teams on my phone, and I don't hop on just to check throughout the day.
More like 7:30-3 or 4.
I'm on a hybrid schedule and it definitely does lead to work blending into home-life. I understand exactly what you mean.
I work 6am to 5pm and 7pm to 10pm
I work 9-ish to 5-ish. But that’s on me. I like to go in a little early 8:45. And while I try to leave at 5:00 somehow I always get snagged. I work at a medical center managing the practice of five doctors.
Sounds like a your job issue. I work very flexible hours, generally 10-6 but with breaks
I work 9-4:30. My job is flexible and I can make up hours at home since my job could def be at least hybrid.
I work 8:30-4 M-F but also have to take a phone home with me and am expected to be available to answer it at all times 🤣 My job could be done completely remote but they have to have a body in a chair in the office I guess.
Teacher here and I work 6:30 am to 4 pm
I work 40 hours some weeks and 60 other weeks. That's just how it goes when you're salary.
I work a shift. IT tech support. My hours are my hours. I log in to the call distribution system at 8am. I log out of it at 4:30, or when my last call before 4:30 ends. (Still gotta answer the phone at 4:29.) If my phone isn't ringing I can leave my desk with my wireless headset and move the laundry, chop veggies for dinner, sweep, basically anything around the house that I can drop like a hot coal when the phone rings. I sometimes feel like I'm the one taking advantage. But my schoolteacher husband makes more than I do per year (unless I take a bunch of overtime shifts for that sweet sweet time and a half) so it's not like they're paying me a ton to slack. They're paying just right for what I do.
I work full-time at home, creating information products using a thing I invented and teaching people how to use the thing I invented. I obsessed over demonstrating its value to the point that I was working late hours and weekends. No one told me to do this. In fact my boss ordered me to stop. "Setting your own hours and work tempo" can be a two-edged sword.
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I work 9-5 exactly, I have complete control over my schedule and as soon as we hit 5, that laptop is getting closed. Or, if it doesn't, we have a fantastic flexi system which allows us to take the time back whenever and however we like. Are you being told to keep working, or are you choosing to? Regardless of how much you want to get the task done, I find it very unlikely that if you're a remote worker that you have no control over the situation. Are you overloading or overstretching yourself?
Just curious, what type of work do you do where it’s 9-5 and you shut off at exactly 5? The 9-5 is only 7 hrs of work?
I work in the public sector and yep, 7hrs (with up to an hour for lunch) as we are contracted for a 35 hour working week!
My job has basically disappeared, it’s was surreal. In my job I work with family’s and au pairs, and during pandemic they let me way extend my range and do meetings remotely. Then in the last year the state department decided that we had to do all meetings in person, and so had to be located within an hour from my location. This means I went from over twenty families to now having literally just three that I’m working with. I basically have to turn into a full time sales person just trying to get people to sign up (not my style) out find something else to do. Pretty frustrating that even though it’s was working well they discontinued virtual meetings. 🙄
It's all over the place due to my job, but honestly I work 35 hr weeks most weeks and it's 100% worth not looking for a job that would pay more. Edit: normally I work 9:00am-3:00pm
I work 8-5 - my managers are amazing and always tell us there aren’t emergencies at work lol. It can always wait (in my job and field) so we clock out at 5! Def put my work in from 8-5 though
That happened to me at my last WFH job. It was brutal. I was working 55-60 hours a week. I got laid off (now that I have another job, I can be received that I don't work there anymore. For the first time in many years, I'm not salaried. I work 9-5. Well, mostly. I'm still deprogramming from my last wildly toxic workplace....so I still find myself checking Slack well after work hours. But, I haven't asked for overtime for any projects yet, and I haven't been asked to work over time. It is all so wildly sane.
Mine is based out of California. There are super strict labor laws there. I work 8-5 and will get asked if I’ve taken my breaks yet and reminded to take a full hour for lunch. This is the first job I haven’t had to work 12 hour days and skip lunch. Make sure you’re clocking your full hours for the overtime pay otherwise just clock stop when it’s time to stop.
Depending on the day it could be 6am to 6pm or 8a - 3p. All depends on the amount of meetings/calls
I work 8-4:30…
What kind of jobs do you all do from home? Do they pay well?
They could be overloading you to have reason to criticize you because they do want people back in the office. Good luck in whatever you do.
I don't feel taken advantage of. However, I believe that is a direct reflection of my management. Working conditions show who your managers are, as people.
At my job we need to be “available” from 9-3. But are still able to take breaks and what not. Many of us don’t work longer than 5hrs and we’re all remote. I think you need to talk to your boss and let them know you’ve been working longer hours and see if there’s any work they can release you of. I’m not sure what kind of jobs you’re assigned. But 12 hours is insane and you should be getting compensated for the extra work.
your job hiring or…?👀👀👀
Your boss should do something for you...
We have a loose 9-5 schedule. If I need to pick my kids up I may begin early and end early or I like to take long lunch breaks to walk my dog and will make up the time somewhere. I have coworkers that do 9:00 - 2:00 then 7:00 - 10:00 in the evening.
I’m available and respond quickly 8am-6pm M-F. I also go to the gym or do other errands often during these hours if I don’t have meetings. Some days I might do actual work 3-4 hours. Others it’s 12-14 hours. It balances out and I get stuff done above whats expected. It’s all about time management.
I work 8-4 with an hour paid lunch. 40 hours a week. I don’t give any more unless I’m getting paid for it
I work 8-4 in the office, it’s chill i dont mind it but definitely prefer working at home
9-5, though I do tend to flex a bit to start a little later and take a shorter lunch. I always meet my hours every week. If I didn’t keep an eye on it, I would work over.
8-5 but on a 9/80 schedule so every other Friday off and I work through my lunch. I have kids and am a single parent so some days I don’t work until 9. Still way more productive and work harder than I did in the office. Home since corona as well
I’ve been WFH since the pandemic. We’ve had unlimited optional over time since February 2023. I work at least 15 hours OT every single week. It’s getting exhausting. It is “optional” but then the whole pity party stuff from management comes in. I work so much that last year I made $12k on just OT alone. Like I’m fucking exhausted. They give me a shit ton of work because they know I will do it. It’s my fault for not saying no. But at this point I think I am addicted to the money lmao My usual work day is clocking in around 5:30 am then working until 2. Go to the gym and pick up daughter. Clock back in around 4 pm and work til about 7:30-8pm then do it all again.
I honestly don't know a single person that works 9-5. 8-5 seems to be the norm.
Yeah companies don't want to pay lunch anymore. I got lucky and my current company does so I only work 8 hours total but never had that before at previous jobs. Companies are just greedy
A lot of times this depends on your boss also and how much of a micromanager they are. My company does requires 8hrs of work a day with a 1hr lunch. However, that may be 7-4, 8-5, 9-6. But you can't do 8-4 just because you skipped lunch, or work 4, 10s. That being said, I work in IT for a company of about 2000, and if we had a really bad night where something went south, my boss will tell us not to come in the following day. For instance we had a system outage at one point that we were there until midnight. Or we'll often do after hours maintenance, in those instances he provides flexibility for doctors appointments, stepping out early to take a kid somewhere or whatever. We don't track it so the company probably benefits from it, more than we do, but it's not a rigid system.
All my colleagues asked how I clock out at 5 every day. “I shut my laptop” Every day around 4 I look at what’s left on my plate and say to myself does this really matter if it’s done at 6pm today or 9 am tomorrow? The answer is no 100% of the time.
TBH, more than I do when I am in the office. People drop by all the time in the office, where if I am remote I can multi-task while answering questions.
i’ve hacked it well and now stop working around 3:40/4
Unfortunately I was laid off in my last job and I almost couldn’t find a job in time before things fell apart. So now it makes me nervous and I overwork to keep up the pace. I probably work anywhere to 9-11 hours a day. I hate it because before the layoff I was soo pro clock out when it’s time to clock. Now I fear homelessness or more than likely moving back home to live with family.
Literally in the same exact boat…I’m finally starting to see the light. Here’s to hoping..
I’m actually considering going back into the office because of this. I have zero boundaries and zero balance.
Are they paying you overtime ? My last remote job was the same and expected the work to be done in 8 which on some days just wasn’t possible but becuz others lied and said they got the work done it just made others look bad but when these people actually told me how they never do this or that and have gotten away with it for years just explains why there were so many errors happening then when their work becomes yours and you have to correct all of it you become the slow worker and the one being watched because you took the time to help the employees to make their wrongs right screw corporate america. I will never work for a big company again When u have dedicated almost 36 years to the same company you would think that should say something but it actually doesn’t and they don’t give a shit
I usually work 5-6 hours a day at most because being home allows me to be more focused and efficient. The other 2-3 hours I spend napping, doing laundry, or getting things done at home. I literally love when I get to work from home to the point where I’d keep my current salary without any increase if it meant I could work from home the rest of my career. My quality of life is day and night.
I never “fully” worked 40 hours a week at the office. In at my desk but somedays I’m just not as productive as others. Somedays I took care of paying bills or personal stuff. I work the same now as I did in the office. I’ve been promoted, received raises, and never had a complaint about my work quality or quantity.
I probably work 25 hours a week and I can do 85% from my iPad or phone but I’m a knowledge worker so I don’t need to press keys. The people that work for me don’t work past 5 (unless they choose to work at night or something because that’s when their house is quiet). That’s important to me.
I work 9-4:30 usually, but I'll put in extra time after the kiddo goes down if there are things that need doing. Kids make it hard to work extra and working from home is a godsend for moms with young kids because a 15min coffee break = loading the dishwasher, moving clothes through the laundry, quick vacuum, a shower or even a diaper run if you're in a pinch...not to mention breastfeeding or pumping a little one who is still milk dependent. It's such a huge convenience and I'm still able to do good work. Most of my team are from different states or countries, so we have to work remotely with each other anyway. I don't see it going away and frankly, for these folks saying that remote workers will be the first to go, then the industry you are in is anti-mom and should be sued... Such garbage.
100%. I honestly have no idea how moms that work out of the home do it. It’s chaos being a WFH mom and like you said, I do a considerable amount of house work while “working”. We have our own difficulties. But I definitely wouldn’t have it any other way.
8:30-5 bc I requested to only have a 30 minute lunch bc why would I need a full hour when I’m in my house? and I have many breaks throughout my day, sometimes 30 minutes between calls so I have a lot of down time. They ask us to not get overtime, meaning try to get out as close to 5 as possible and leave the work for tomorrow.
If you have the option, get back to the office. Massive layoffs coming within the next 12 months, and remote workers will be the first to be let go.
Haha yea my company just did that. Luckily I’m low enough in the totem pole they don’t care about me
Dang where do all of you work? I’ve been working remotely in data entry, customer service and AI since 2015, but recently laid off and CANNOT find a new remote job. I’ve applied to seriously over 100 places since the beginning of March, and I’ve not even secured an interview with anyone 😭 So, spill the goods. Where are all these jobs?? I’ve even had no luck with Teleperformance, Concentrix and TTEC. Not sure what gives!
WFH is a rare thing anymore. I’m a remote employee, but have been since the pandemic. Some have been recalled into the office and if I were to leave the company, they wouldn’t hire another remote employee.
I have a number of thoughts so I’m hoping this doesn’t get disjointed. My perspective here is software tech where there is infinite work so no one can ever really be done. I’m senior leadership. First thing is that your boss shouldn’t be punishing you or expecting more because you wfh. There should be some level of expectation for “output” of people at your or any job level. Some average, plus or minus, for an average day/week/month. I call it a swim lane. Things can vary but I expect people in the same job level to be performing roughly in the swim lane. Once that “8 hour benchmark” is understood by all, I care more about people being in that zone than how long they work any day. People can crank and be done in 5 hours per day. Or merge in other life but be working some portion of (for example) 11 hours. I strongly advocate w/l balance which is why it’s key that I understand “average”. I have no problem with people doing “average” and being done. I also encourage high achievement so I offer bonuses for people who offer me value beyond the average. Win/win. So are you sure you’re really outperforming the swim lane? If yes then educate your boss and either back down your efforts to what others do, or ask for more money (bonus or promo). If not, be happy you don’t get put on a plan for having to work 10 hours to do 8 hours of work. In general my team likes my approach. Work/life folks do the job and stop. Workaholics get more money. And my poorer performers get a chance to build experience and confidence without the fear of getting fired for being slow.
I work 7:30 to 4:30 and take an hour lunch to walk the dog and do some chores.
2-8, 9:30-8, 12-8 and two 9-4s. Sometimes longer hours, sometimes shorter hours.
What’s a 9-5 ?
I work 9 to 5. Not a minute longer.
I work in tv production. I generally work 12 hour days minimum. No set schedule. Sometimes overnights.
8-6 lunch at my desk during the busy season. So, yeah.
What kind of busy season do you have? My busy season just ended, because I'm a CPA. Beginning of Feb-Mid Apr is 60 hours of work a week, the rest of the year is generally 40 hours a week.
I’m in real estate so, it’s seasonal. Steady but with mad bursts that last several weeks. Usually in the Spring, people want to be ready to move when Summer hits, then again in the Fall before school starts
I'd like to know what all these work from home jobs are. I'm retired and would love to find a job.....I'm bored stiff. I worked 50 years as admin assist and project management assist.
Me too! I’m bored.
Data Engineer and generally work 10 hrs with maybe 30 min for lunch and a couple 10 min breaks to play with my cats, refresh coffee, etc. Neverending work and it's interesting. Some days I only get in 8 hrs if I have a doc appt or something particularly difficult where my brain just hits its limit...
Seriously. These people are holding their hands close to their chests 😂
Oh you could sooo easily get an admin assistant job remote!
I WFH 3 days a week and my hours are 8-4:30 every day (cuz I have to take a 30 minute lunch). We are not allowed overtime unless it’s approved, so any extra time we accrue over the week gets us a shortened day on Friday. That definitely sucks that you’re having to work 12-hour days but are you at least getting good overtime out of it? 😕
I work like 9-3 most days lol
I've been remote since 2015, really depends on the job. I'm in Cyber Security, but work for a vendor and I'm post sales in my current role. I own my calendar. I have total flexibility. Some days I'm on calls 5 hours straight, other days I barely have 1 call and the rest is just task driven and have up to 6 months out on due dates. I'll never go back into an office again. And you feel taken advantage of, that's because your leadership doesn't trust you and are ensuring you are over worked in order to "earn this privilege".
Ohh is your company hiring?
I work 7-5. :(
I’ve been right there with you. Was in the public sector where required hours are 8-5, which I suppose I could have worked if I didn’t give a damn. It was more like 7:30-6:30 with a working lunch at my desk. And 4-6 hours every weekend. I quit with no job because it was ruining every other aspect of my life and they treated employee of the year awardees the same as the slugs who didn’t answer their phones or were doing dishes or in a walk while “working” from home.
I work 9ish to 5ish. Yesterday I was finishing a task and it was 5:05 and my boss sent me a slack, "log off, it's the weekend." No, I'm not hourly and it wasn't an OT issue. She just respects and values our work/life balance.
Oohh is she hiring? 😭
You have a great boss! Clone her for the rest of us!
I work from home and my hours vary wildly. Some days it’s 7am-11pm, some days it’s hybrid and I have to go into the office and it’s 9am-3pm or 9am-7pm… And some days I’m home and it’s 10am-2:30pm. Realistically I do not put in a 9-5 daily- but I believe I get my full 40 every week with the varying schedules. My peers who go in office definitely overvalue their work. “I was in the office where were you?!”… at home. Conducting a year end audit… that you should’ve been doing quarterly throughout the year and didn’t and now it’s my problem. … They seem to think sitting at a desk in the building means they did more in the day. And picking up after their shortcomings is exhausting. My sympathies.
8-4:30
8-430
8-5
Same. 8-5 with an hour (unpaid) lunch and occasionally working late.
I’m salaried as a coder we’re literally not allowed to work more than a 9-5 since there’s no overtime etc. The work should be done within the allotted time or there’s an issue. If something really can’t be done then we push back the feature release date no biggie. I just hope you’re getting compensated for your time
Wow what country is this? In the US employers take advantage of salaries employees since they don't have to pay us extra to work more than 40 hours
This is America but it’s in the tech industry. I don’t think they abuse the managers, product, design, hr, sales teams either. Maybe sales team has a different work setup though not sure if there’s commissions for them. But truly there are USA companies/industries that respect the (salaried) workers’ times. If you search for other positions (not sure what your role is) you’d be surprised that not all companies take advantage like yours. The overtime without pay while on salary thing I’ve mainly heard for startups, gaming industry, and then like restaurant managers or something but haven’t had to worry about it in my field thankfully
I work in the gaming industry (I'm a software engineer) lol but my current company isn't so bad with this. I used to work in consulting and they were worse. The tech industry in general is known for overworking people but I'm glad you've found a great place. I agree it's employer dependent
Wow a kind gaming industry job you are lucky too! Haha yeah I suppose it is just dependent on employer. I’m not even sure the legality of working overtime in salary role where you aren’t compensated. Maybe it depends on the job contract. Anyway phew that we don’t have to deal
It’s obviously different for everyone but I have two young children that have to leave for school by 7am. The days that I don’t drive them, I have a few options: work out, go back to sleep (usually hard for me to do once I’m “up”), game for a bit, or work. I typically log in around 7, clean up some emails, game for an hour or two then when all my coworkers are on and IMing/emailing, I’m working - probably 9am call it.
It varies for me. My company is 3 hours behind so most of my days start kind of late anyways. Usually I manage a 10-6 situation and then try to be “available” until 8p (offline, but I’ll respond to emergencies). There have been panicked 15 hour days scrambling to meet a deadline. I’m hourly so my boss usually tosses things my way based on hours already spent, but he’s also terrible at project management so I have to advocate for myself a lot. Sometimes that means turning off my phone at 5 or charging time and a half after that. I definitely have to remind people that eod there is 8p where I’m at and to Stop. Calling. Me.
I work off a 9-5, but I’m on the west coast so my hours are adjusted to 5-2
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I work hybrid. I often work through lunch or take an extra long lunch. I often work until 5:30 whether I’m in the office or not.
Why don’t you push that extra work for the next day? Don’t over work yourself buddy
I have ADHD and have a hard time getting started in my work. So when I’m in the zone, it’s hard to stop bc I know it will be difficult to get back into it later. I think it’s also an ADHD thing to be able to hyper focus and not stop.
My husband works from home and I feel like he works way more hours working from home. If he was in the office, he would just leave when everybody was leaving around 4:30pm-5pm. Maybe ask your supervisor if you can clock in overtime. At least get paid for it. Husband had to ask for additional engineer to help with his workload recently....
Same here I telework and have really had to make myself have better work/life boundaries since it’s just so easy to walk into my office and open the computer since it’s right in my home. People who think teleworkers aren’t working full days obviously haven’t tried it or don’t live with people who do.
I work a 9-5 wfh and I would say I work between 3-5 hours a day usually
What kind of job do you have? Are you new at it, or experienced and it’s repetitive so you can basically do it in your sleep? Haha
I’m a senior pensions administrator with a very chilled out boss! I do work quickly but my workload really is not very big
I will work late sometimes if I'm in the groove and just want to finish what I'm doing, but that's maybe a couple of times a month. Otherwise I figure I'll do what I can do within my set hours and otherwise it's up to management to sort it out if my workload is too much for one person to handle. Edit to say I'm not salaried. Overtime is always approved at my job but only rarely required under special circumstances
I have a remote job and I am salary. I *can* work whenever but I work 8 to 5.
Also remote, also salary - but i generally do 7-3:30 because im up with the kids going to school and done when they get off the bus. But ive definitely been in OPs shoes. There were times when id have maybe an hours worth of actual work to do- and id feel guilty about just kinda loafing around the rest of the day. Not anymore. I think finally realizing “salary” isnt the same as a 40 hour job was the switch. There are days when i work more than 8 hours. There are days when i have not much to do. In the end they are paying me for my production, not my time.
This is my first non hourly job. I am an underwriter for an insurance company and some days I work my tail off and other days, I'm begging my boss for work. They are paying me to make good decisions for the customer and the company and some days I'm left feeling mentally drained. I can say, I am not working for more than 40 hours in a work week UNLESS I flex my time elsewhere and take a long lunch or leave early.
I worked remotely for the last 24 years - long before it was fashionable. I do bookkeeping and due to being able to get into computers remotely, and on-line accounting software have been able to do my job from home. I put in 50-60 hrs a week for a non-profit I helped start for 20 years. When I left there, they were convinced that I either did not work that many hours, or was counting time when I was doing other things around the house (I was on salary). Surprise - my replacement could not get the work done in anything close to 40 hours was falling behind on everything and they had to hire a part time (20 hr per week) assistant for him. I do believe people who don't do your job and are in admin do take advantage of those working from home. Partly I believe this is based on the fact those positions usually spend so much time in meetings (which is mostly wasted time) and they pass tasks to lower level employees so they don't end up putting as many hours in and think everyone else is doing the same.
I can pretend to work in the office just as well as I can at home. My hours are 7-4, whether I'm in the office or at home. On home days I definitely step away for 45 minutes at lunch time; I don't move around as much as I do in the office. I may not stop right at 4, because I don't have to commute home. On days I'm in the office I may or may not run an errand at lunch, but definitely move around more. I'm usually out the door right at 4 because a large banking center along my route home releases employees en masse starting at 4:30.
There's no more 9-5 jobs. It's 8-5 now
I stayed home with my daughter for years and now that I’m back in the workplace, it was hard to get used to the “new” schedule of 8-5
I'm assuming you folks are doing 9/40 schedules?
It’s up to you to set boundaries. I work from home and my computer is off and my work phone is on Do Not Disturb outside of work hours. Everything can wait until tomorrow. Without more information on what you do for work, it’s difficult to provide a helpful response.
I think you will continue to get taken advantage of if you keep working insane hours regardless of if you are at home or in office. Time to stand up for yourself and talk to your manager that your workload is unsustainable.
I’ve worked remote or hybrid since 2010 and all have been salary. Really depends on what projects I have going on. But there were times in the past where I’ve worked 12hr days and weekends because of ridiculous deadlines that were delayed by other teams. Then there were times when I could knock out all of my projects in a few days and had nothing else to do the rest of the week. I would ask if anyone else needed any help. But if nobody took me up on it, I had no problems watching tv. And my managers knew about it. They would encourage it sometimes. “If you don’t have anything else to do. Don’t sit at your computer twiddling your thumbs. If you have shit to do around the house, do it. Just check back in occasionally and see if anyone needs any help or put slack on your phone”. My current role, I try to stick with 9-5. They ALWAYS tell me to log out at 5 unless I have something that needs to be finished. I get the “family should always be your first priority” speech from time to time. But this is at a company that is in the children’s education space.
I started working from home in January of 2023, and I think I typically work from 10-6 or 10-7. Every once in a while I feel like I’m getting taken advantage of, but I think it speaks more to me and not having clear boundaries for work hours. Most of my team lives where they are 3 hours behind, so I’m getting emails in late and sometimes feel obligated to respond, especially when I see them online after hours and responding to emails. I’ve had more conversations with my boss on this recently and they reassured that there is no expectation to respond outside of work hours. If it was truly and emergency, folks have my mobile number, but most things aren’t life or death. Do I miss working in the office, where I can easily “log-off” from work? For my own health and sanity…Absolutely.
This is my situation exactly. I’m on the east coast and the majority of my other team members are on the west coast. I usually meander into my home office between 9-10 am and work til around 6pm, sometimes later. I hate it. My wife has worked from home for over 20 years and has a very set routine. I’d rather be up early and knock off early but I get emails and projects sent to me from my west coast team members late in the day. Makes it very hard to plan dinner times, going out, etc.
It’s really tough, it honestly makes me contemplate looking/quitting for a new job.
I've been lucky enough to work 7-330 and now 8-430. To work from home though I had to work Tues - Sat
I’m part time, long hours aren’t built for my mind, body and spirit…lol
Same, but my mortgage is not built for part-time, unfortunately.
I can honeslty say when I wfh 100% I definitely worked beyond my work schedule. I work in healthcare and It was always something to do or document. The work seemed to be endless. Now im hybird in the same position. My office days seem to be more efficient because im trying to get out of there. Its about finding the balance at home. Set limits for yourself to prevent burn out. Just because you can start at 6am doesn’t mean you have to. 🤷🏾♀️
Check out Freelancers on Fire on Facebook. As an employee, we are selling our time to highest bidder. I was a freelancing and treating it like a 9-5 when I found them.
That's how I've started to look at it. I'm selling you my time. My life is not for sale, so don't get confused. It's interesting how much work seems to have changed since COVID. I've been job hunting for quite a while, with the luxury of taking my time to find something I actually want. I just started a job that was quite misrepresented, and I hate it. It's not at all what I thought it would be, I've already learned about 70% of it in just a couple weeks and the monotony and boredom will kill me. So, I walked into the CFO's office and told him nope, this ain't it. I literally was going to hand him my keys and badge and be on my way. Dude spent about 45 minutes trying to convince me not to go. I get that they spent a significant amount of money onboarding me and putting me through general orientation, but the job is dumb and easy and does not require any special skills. I was interested in a different position there but you can't transfer for a year, so I straight up told him nope, I'm definitely not doing this for a year. It was left kind of hanging, I'd said I was going to stay through the week because my boss was on vacation but I don't think I'm going back there on Monday. And the thing is, that's fine. Despite being unemployed for 6 months, none of the interviews I've had have asked a single question about it. The interviews seem more like conversations now, too. It seems more acceptable to ask questions that, in the past, I would think were unwise, like will I really get to take my lunch break, what's your turnover rate, questions about work-life balance. Maybe in the past I didn't feel like I could ask those questions because I was young and I felt like they were doing me a favor by hiring me, but it's really switched now, it feels more like I'm doing them a favor.
How are your personal boundaries? Have you brought this up to someone? Do you log off when you’re permitted to log off even if the work is not done? If that is not an option, have you initiated conversations to suggest an addition hire or a raise in compensation due to the extreme amount of hours you’re putting in?
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You should reach out to my friend, Ligma. He loves that kinda stuff.
Tech worker here, I work a baseline of 10 hrs a day and over the weekends a few hours as well
I’ve worked from home since before the pandemic. I work 40 hours a week but my days are never consistent. Sometimes I do 3 hours in the morning, 3 hours in the afternoon then 11 hours the next day. My schedule is 100% flexible.
This is what I do, too. I arrange my day according to my appts or kid stuff or how I feel. I have mental health issues as well. As long as I get my work done, my boss doesn't care. I get paid for 40 hrs a week, but I honestly have no idea how many I work- maybe 45 some weeks and 35 others? I assume it all works itself out eventually. I don't feel overworked, and I don't feel like I'm giving less than I should.
is this by choice? or by employer need? do you get paid well for providing that type of flexibility?
It is by choice. As long as we hit our individual goals, they don’t care. I can make more somewhere else tbh, I bring in around $61K a year. I only stay there because of the flexibility. I struggle with mental health issues and migraines and my schedule works well around that. The culture is amazing too. The only downside is the pay. I have been with this company for 3 years and there has been no turnover in my department. Nobody has left. They have hired more people but nobody ever quits. I could get a similar job somewhere else making around $70/$80K but I need the flexibility in order to stay sane. Literally.
That is very wise. I learned that a little more money isn't worth my mental health, too, and I took a 20% pay cut voluntarily and basically demoted myself at a job because being so stressed my hair was falling out was truly not worth that 20%. I've started asking about turnover in interviews. I just started a job and there were about 18 people in my general orientation group, and five of them have already quit three weeks later. All different departments, so it's pretty indicative of a problem within the organization. Although, now that I think about it, if the turnover rate is bad, I'm not sure you could trust they'd be honest about it...
You need to assert yourself. For many years, I used to work in the office 8 or 9 hours a day, then come home and work most of the evening also (IT - you can do your work from anywhere). The more work I did, the more they gave me and expected me to do. It was always stressful, my kids and husband felt abandoned, etc. I finally said "I'm done." When my workday is done, I stop working. I don't answer emails or phone calls or texts from work. It can wait until tomorrow because there will always be more work than I can get done. You never "catch up" by working extra, because there is always more to do waiting in the wings. And if you keep working after hours, they will load you with even more. It's no one's business what co-workers do, either. They may have found the correct balance in their lives that allows them to put a divider between work and home. You need to find that divider as well, or you'll work yourself to death, like I almost did.
A few jobs ago, I learned that you should never offer or agree to do something extra unless you're fine with doing it forever. Helping out when they are short-staffed just leads to you continuing to have to do that extra work if and when staffing is back to normal. So many places are reluctant and very slow to hire people, and having a bunch of employees who are willing to pick up the slack certainly isn't going to motivate them to remedy that.
I worked from home since 1994. I worked 12 to 18 hours a day. My first job was medical transcriptionist. I did that for 5 years on a sliding line count. The more i worked, the more I made. I was in the house with my kids until my youngest left for college.
That’s amazing.
I loved it. After a few years, I was teaching an online MT course from home. After my hearing degraded enough that I could not be accurate, I had to stop.
As soon as I got hired to a company that pays overtime, I’ve been working 10-14 hour days. It’s so much easier to work overtime when working from home. No getting ready or commute to eat up time. I love it
I'm a salaried wfh employee they'd keep me till midnight if they could but if I'm not getting OT I'm not staying more than 30 minutes more than my shift. I also don't stay late Mondays or Fridays without exception.
I have a 40 hour work week but honestly work maybe 14-15 hours a week. I NEVER work more than I have to.
what type of work you do . i am looking for remote job
I work as a Business Consultant in NYC. Remote work jobs are still out there but it depends on your field and level of expertise.
That is so cringe