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litzo27
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Tuesday GTKY
litzo27
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Per the results of last week's polling there will be usually 2 questions. So let's get to it:
1. What did you want to be when you were little?
2. What are your usual working hours? Do you like them or would you prefer to move them earlier/later/other?
1. What did you want to be when you were little?
2. What are your usual working hours? Do you like them or would you prefer to move them earlier/later/other?
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Re: Tuesday GTKY
2. Usually 8:50-4:50. If I'm busy I put in a couple of hours after 9pm. Works for me since I also have flexibility to work from home if needed.
2. Officially Mon, Tues, Thurs in office 9-5, no lunch. Home Wed, Fri 9-5, no lunch. But I typically check/answer emails from 5:45-6:15am, then again on the train from 8:20-8:50. I also take con calls as early as 5:30am some days, or on the train. In the evenings, I have con calls almost every evening on the train. Wed/Fri I push them until after 8pm. I check emails on the trainride home, as well as after kids go to bed. Sometimes I log back in to plow through some work.
I average about 50-55hrs per week.
i work M-F 10 AM-6 PM, with an hour for lunch. these hours are good because i miss morning rush hour, and it was nice when DS was an infant and i wasn't getting a lot of sleep. but, i still hit traffic in the evenings and don't get home until 6:30 or 6:45 (or on really bad nights, 7). it leaves very little time to do anything, and DS has adapted himself to these hours with a late bedtime, so we basically have zero alone time in the evenings. i wish i could work maybe 30 hours a week so i could leave earlier and miss the evening rush hour- unfortunately that is not an option (if i went to part-time, i'd obviously lose my benefits and i'd only be able to work a maximum of 15 hours/week).
1. What did you want to be when you were little? Waitress, then teacher then a lawyer. I am none of those now.
2. What are your usual working hours? Do you like them or would you prefer to move them earlier/later/other? Usual: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri. Wed from home with varied hours. I work about 40-45 hours per week. I have flexibility in my actual hours as long as my work is complete. I came in today at 8 and will leave at 4. Ideally I would work only 4 days per week with one day to get all the house stuff done - laundry, grocery shopping, general errands. I am very grateful for the flexibility my job and my manager allow.
2. I work M-F 8-5 with an hour lunch. I wish I could either work 9-5 or 8-4 and eliminate the hour lunch, but it's company policy that everyone takes an hour for lunch. I can skip it from time to time, but I can't do it on a regular basis. Ideally, I'd like to work M-Th 7-5 (10 hours) with Fridays off. That's really not going to happen in my current job.
1) An astronaut. NO idea why and its kind of funny because now I am claustrophobic and would hate to be in a space ship!
2) I work like 6:45am to 4:45. I like coming in early, but I hate working until 4:45 because I have over an hour commute home from the city, so with traffic I dont get home until 6 or later. Then its a race against the clock to get dinner on the table, do baths and bed time. Id love to work like 7-3pm or have the option to either work part time or work from home...but neither can happen. I am just burnt out and vacations and time off do not rejuvenate me anymore.
1. Author or librarian or scientist
2. I generally work 9 hour days, 7:30-4:40 or 6-3. I take a lunch one day a week. I usually log on before I actually sit down to work and I typically work 30-60 minutes after the times listed above, plus often time in the evenings. But I work from home, so being able to walk up to the school to retrieve the kids a couple days a week, then do the day care pick up at 4:00, is really nice. I am often logged in while making dinner/doing homework/etc. and at least three days a week leave the kids downstairs to jump back on a call before 6.
2) 9-3 until I go back to full time at the end of the month, when it will be more 8-5 but flexible. I like my schedule and I love the flexibility to work from home or odd hours as needed.
1. Probably a teacher, then a psychologist.
2. I work 7:15a - 4:15ish pm, with a short lunch, and get every other Friday off. I have the flexibility to work from home occasionally or if me or the kids have an appointment. That schedule works pretty well for me.
2. I work in the morning from home from about 7-8:45, then head into the office 9:15-4:30.
2. They're pretty random. 9-530ish. Unless it's 830-445. Or 10-630. Or I work from home, in which case, it's 830-6 with an hour lunch. Literally nobody cares about my work hours. Least of all me!
2. About 9am to 4pm. It's a typical office environment here; most people are here 8:30 to 4:30. But my boss totally lets me get away with coming in late and leaving early
2. I'm usually in the office from 8 to 5:30. I work after DS goes to bed or very early in the mornings at home.
1. WNBA player, orthodontist
2. I try to be in the office by 8:45 and stay until at least 430 Monday-Thursday. Fridays during our off seasons I cut out around 3 and will eventually just not work them at all in April, May, September and October if I can. During our busy times, I am here or on the road until at least 5 every day with shorter lunch breaks.
1/13 Decided to pursue DIA, 4/13 Home study Approved 9/13 Matched!
10/13 DS home with us! 2/14 TPR completed 5/14 ADOPTION IS FINAL!
3/14 Surprise BFP 11/14 DD is here!
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1. I wanted to be a Dancer (modern/lyrical) or a Jazz singer in those dirty clubs in old movies
2. 7:45 - 4pm M-F. I have an hour and a half commute this schedule beats the traffic. I work from home when I need to.
2. 8:45-5:15. I wish I could work 7:30-3:30 or 4, I'd save 1.5 hours of commuting time a day, and get out early enough to play with DD before bed.
1. I wanted to become a teacher or a fashion designer.
2. My hours are from 7-3:30 with a 30 minute lunch. I requested that my hours be changed to this since it makes my commute easier and gives me more time with DS so for those reasons, I do love my hours. I would love them more if they were cut in half
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2. I'm an 8-5 in the office girl. Then I work a lot at night. And check emails before I leave for work. I would love to work earlier, but it's just not in our company culture. Whether we show up at 6 or 9, we are expected to be in the office until 5 at least. I wish face time were less of a "thing" here.
2. M - 8-4:30/5 T-Th 7-4:30:5 (depending on if I take a 30 min or hour lunch). 35 hours per week (part-time)
2. I work 8-5 in the office Tuesday and Wednesday, then from home the other 3 days a week, usually 7-4. I wish my in office days were earlier so I could miss traffic, I spend 1 1/2 hours commuting in the mornings. I just can't get out of the house early enough with my twins and 5 year old.
actress then novelist
2. What are your usual working hours? Do you like them or would you prefer to move them earlier/later/other?
2. I WFH on M and in the office T-F 8:30 - 4:30. Those hours vary depending on if I take lunch or come in earlier/leave later. When I have tight deadlines I work more, other times I work less. I love my schedule and the flexibility. The only thing I'd change is to work 20 hours a week and make my same salary!
2. 8:30 to 4:30/5. (I leave home at 7:30 and get back around 6). I wish my commute was better. I also wish I didn't have to work at home on nights and weekends. I'm doing it less but it still happens and it is exhausting.
2. 7:30-5
@oughtonk - I don't think I've ever seen your siggy before. Your kids are super adorable!!!!
2. 9-4 and on most days some work in the evening after the little ones go to sleep. It's okay but I have no coverage, so when work get very busy (as it is now) I hate the added work at nights and weekends that I have to do, to just keep afloat.