Working 9-5? - Page 2

Aktungbby · 10-29-14, 11:15 AM

I've never had set hours; as a long-haul trucker they didn't exist and as an appraiser(15 years) you might do the inspections in the day hour but you write the reports all night. Currently I'm on call 24/7 and go when called-at my age-I outlast the kids, know what I'll be wearing and they don't tell me what to do-just say "go do what you do"! I don't look for the work...it finds me. I haven't seen a 'boss' in 10 years. Goes nice with the Social Security. Movie shoots are a little ragged and you live in your wheels, they start at 0200AM and go 15+ hours not including the commute but food is great and I love the work...to me it's not really work!

BossMark · 10-29-14, 02:22 PM

When I worked down the coal mines I worked 7 and a quarter hours, now at the dump I am at now I do 7 till 7

Jeff-Groves · 10-29-14, 02:28 PM

What is this 9-5 you speak of?
That's Devil talk and you are a Blasphimer!!!
(Been a long time since I could use that one!

)

u crank · 10-29-14, 04:13 PM

I'm 64 years old. I'm still working out of necessity. Save your money when you're young.

I'm the first one there every day, I work the hardest and I'm good at what I do. When I get tired I just go home. What are they gonna do...fire me?

Armistead · 10-29-14, 04:17 PM

I start my employees at 7, they work til 4. Most like it, avoids all the traffic.

Buddahaid · 10-29-14, 04:46 PM

7:00 to 15:30 is the standard shift but hours can flex to accommodate the work.

Stealhead · 10-29-14, 05:48 PM

I think the post office clerks are 9 to 5 seems that is the typical hours. Besides that I cant think of many places that have those hours.

Most jobs these days are 10 or 12 hour shifts now. Being former military I did Panama shifts. If not that a staggered 3 way shift with 30 minute overlap.

fireftr18 · 10-29-14, 09:06 PM

The fire department schedule, 24 hours on duty, 48 hours off.
Now I work 3 part time jobs. Two jobs are in sports medicine and are actually in two different areas for the same employer. The other is a state fire instructor. They keep me busy, but no steady day time hours. To be honest, I wouldn't be able to manage home chores with working all day. I don't know how people who do work regular hours do it.
Needless to say the fire instructor is my favorite.

Platapus · 10-30-14, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by fireftr18

The other is a state fire instructor.
Needless to say the fire instructor is my favorite.

Ya know, if you were to stop instructing the fires, maybe less buildings would burn down?

nikimcbee · 10-30-14, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

What is this 9-5 people speak of?

Always worked shifts and anti-social hours but can't complain because I've always been fortunate enough to enjoy a good salary and at the end of the day my choice of profession was what I wanted to do.

exotic dancer?

swamprat69er · 10-31-14, 06:32 AM

9-5? I wish! My usual day starts (spring and fall) at 2AM and goes until I get done. Sometimes that is as early as 10-11 AM and some days it is at 6PM. It all depends on how many loads I do (trucking) and how quickly I can unload.

fireftr18 · 10-31-14, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Ya know, if you were to stop instructing the fires, maybe less buildings would burn down?

MUHA-HA-HA-HA!!

ikalugin · 11-01-14, 01:52 AM

When I was doing a summer job I would be working 0900 to 1800 with an hour long lunch break (so 40 hour work week). So I guess it sort of does fit the description.

My father on the other hand works long hours - 0830 to around 2100, though his work hours are not regulated so sometimes he works more or less. That said, he normally comes before work hours and reads mail/news.

Jimbuna · 11-01-14, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

exotic dancer?

Yeah, something like that

Tchocky · 11-01-14, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

What is this 9-5 people speak of?

Always worked shifts and anti-social hours but can't complain because I've always been fortunate enough to enjoy a good salary and at the end of the day my choice of profession was what I wanted to do.

Same as yourself, Jim. Worked 8-5 for a while until I took up this job.

Not too bad today, in to work at 6am and out the door at noon. Back into town for an al fresco lunch on one of the only +20C November days I can remember

10-29-14, 11:15 AM	#16
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,853 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I've never had set hours; as a long-haul trucker they *didn't* exist and as an appraiser(15 years) you might do the inspections in the day hour but you write the reports all night. Currently I'm on call 24/7 and go when called-at my age-I outlast the kids, know what I'll be wearing and they don't tell me what to do-just say "go do what you do"! I don't look for the work...it finds me. I haven't seen a 'boss' in 10 years. Goes nice with the Social Security. Movie shoots are a little ragged and you live in your wheels, they start at 0200AM and go 15+ hours not including the commute but food is great and I love the work...to me it's not really work! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

10-29-14, 02:22 PM	#17
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	When I worked down the coal mines I worked 7 and a quarter hours, now at the dump I am at now I do 7 till 7 __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

10-29-14, 04:13 PM	#19
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,558 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	I'm 64 years old. I'm still working out of necessity. Save your money when you're young. I'm the first one there every day, I work the hardest and I'm good at what I do. When I get tired I just go home. What are they gonna do...fire me? __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

10-29-14, 04:17 PM	#20
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,864 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	I start my employees at 7, they work til 4. Most like it, avoids all the traffic. __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

10-29-14, 04:46 PM	#21
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,557 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	7:00 to 15:30 is the standard shift but hours can flex to accommodate the work. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

10-29-14, 02:28 PM	#18
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,319 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	What is this 9-5 you speak of? That's Devil talk and you are a Blasphimer!!! (Been a long time since I could use that one! )

10-29-14, 05:48 PM	#22
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I think the post office clerks are 9 to 5 seems that is the typical hours. Besides that I cant think of many places that have those hours. Most jobs these days are 10 or 12 hour shifts now. Being former military I did Panama shifts. If not that a staggered 3 way shift with 30 minute overlap.

10-29-14, 09:06 PM	#23
fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,526 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	The fire department schedule, 24 hours on duty, 48 hours off. Now I work 3 part time jobs. Two jobs are in sports medicine and are actually in two different areas for the same employer. The other is a state fire instructor. They keep me busy, but no steady day time hours. To be honest, I wouldn't be able to manage home chores with working all day. I don't know how people who do work regular hours do it. Needless to say the fire instructor is my favorite. __________________ Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!

10-31-14, 06:32 AM	#26
swamprat69er Aceydeucy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 1,889 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	9-5? I wish! My usual day starts (spring and fall) at 2AM and goes until I get done. Sometimes that is as early as 10-11 AM and some days it is at 6PM. It all depends on how many loads I do (trucking) and how quickly I can unload. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which does not kill us, makes us stronger. We the willing, led by the unsure, have done so much with so little, for so long, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

11-01-14, 01:52 AM	#28
ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	When I was doing a summer job I would be working 0900 to 1800 with an hour long lunch break (so 40 hour work week). So I guess it sort of does fit the description. My father on the other hand works long hours - 0830 to around 2100, though his work hours are not regulated so sometimes he works more or less. That said, he normally comes before work hours and reads mail/news.