8 hour workday

know1

radiohead33 wrote:

Anyone else think its ridiculously long? Just got my first job, and it seems like at times, especially near the 6 or 7 hour mark, it just drags on and on! time moves too slowly

but maybe for you longtime workers the 8 hr workday goes by fast,

A workday that was actually only 8 hours would seem short.

markymark550

My first job in high school was bagging groceries, and I didn't have any problems working 8 hour days. Sure, it becomes boring, but what repetitive action doesn't become boring? As long as there was a steady line and people that needed help taking their groceries to their car, the time flew by for me. Only when the store was dead, all of the "chores" done, and all we could do was stand around and wait did the time seem to drag by. But, at that time, I happy to just stand around and make some money for doing nothing...

I don't think 8 hours per working day is too long. I think it's just a bit of a shock to you since this is your first job. You'll get used to it, then won't think anything about working an 8 hour shift.

Blanche

Ask a doctor at the hospital or a fireman if they think 8 hrs is too long...

Zanne

radiohead33 wrote:

but it sounds like you all have had jobs for years. I just got my first job. So 8 hours a day is 8 hours more than I am used to working. You all didnt think 8 hours was a long time for your first job ever? No one really commented on that. I seem to get the sense first jobs for anyone are hard, I am just a newbie, so its all new, I am learning and all that.

I am in the type of job where its busy. Bagging groceries. Its constant stuff. You bag groceries for one person, then their are 3 more people in line behind them. So I work up a lather and sweat in the first hour, doing a ton of stuff, then I peer down at my watch and its only 1 hour into my shift.

So yeah, for me 8 hours is a long time!

Busy work makes time go by faster.. The only thing that keeps a slow job worth it is that the pay is usually better.. I know this seems odd, but it is usually the case.

Brain of J.Lo

radiohead33 wrote:

but it sounds like you all have had jobs for years. I just got my first job. So 8 hours a day is 8 hours more than I am used to working. You all didnt think 8 hours was a long time for your first job ever? No one really commented on that. I seem to get the sense first jobs for anyone are hard, I am just a newbie, so its all new, I am learning and all that.

I am in the type of job where its busy. Bagging groceries. Its constant stuff. You bag groceries for one person, then their are 3 more people in line behind them. So I work up a lather and sweat in the first hour, doing a ton of stuff, then I peer down at my watch and its only 1 hour into my shift.

So yeah, for me 8 hours is a long time!

It does feel like a long time when you first start working...or if you hate your job. But, trust me, you will get used to it. And like I said before, once you're doing something you actually care about, it won't drag like it is now.

Lately, my husband has been working 10 hour days Monday-Saturday, and sometimes works a 5 hour day on Sunday. But he says the time goes fast because he's busy the entire time, he's focused on earning the overtime and he actually enjoys the work he's doing.

binauralsounds

Love my 10.5 hour days 4x a week. 3 day weekend every week. Great times:)

Lukin66

radiohead33 wrote:

Anyone else think its ridiculously long? Just got my first job, and it seems like at times, especially near the 6 or 7 hour mark, it just drags on and on! time moves too slowly

but maybe for you longtime workers the 8 hr workday goes by fast,

My work day is 9 hours long, and it definitely feels longer sometimes (especially if we have a meeting, then it's an 11 hour day :eek: ) However, most times it feels like 9 hours, no more, no less

rival.

8 hours is nothing, during busy weeks i will work up to 11 hours a day.

there is always something to get done, i feel like 8 isn't enough sometimes.

Nothingman54

Iv been a stay at home dad for almost a year. If I do work again I will never work for someone else, long days, few bucks an hour.....not for me, I will work for myself

releaselauren

My typical "work day" varies from 6:30a-9:30p or later.

Well, I am a "stay-at-home-mom" so I guess that doesn't qualify as "work".

DocChicago

Okay, I can understand your point since you've gone from 0 hrs/day to 8 hrs/day. It sounds like the bigger problem is that you're bored enough that you're watching the clock. You've got to start somewhere, so this is fine for now, but it sounds like you may want to look around for other opportunities where you're not as bored.

My first job was 8 hrs/day shipping boxes. I had full control of the radio and that made it bearable.

Nothingman54

releaselauren wrote:

My typical "work day" varies from 6:30a-9:30p or later.

Well, I am a "stay-at-home-mom" so I guess that doesn't qualify as "work".

lol.

NY PJ1

9 1/2 hours 5 days a week

reality

Gossard_Is_God

When i first started working 8 hours day, id come home from work and just crash out, youl get used to it after a while...unless of course you really hate your job.

dunkman

i only work 7 hours a day... and thats flexi-time... so i can pretend i was there even longer than that and then take a flexi-day off every month.. you know.. like when its sunny and stuff

edvedder913

I consider an 8 hour work day a blessing!!!!!!!

One of my first jobs out of college I was working 80+ hours per week. Mon-Fri.

Get_Right

id pay good money for a job that only required 8 hrs a day

urbanhippie

I used to do 3 14 hour shifts in a week, sometimes back to back...add in travelling time and thats a killer, but having the time off is great.

lukin2006

I tend to think the 8 hr plus work day is normal, especially in North America. I work 8 hour days, M-F, thats enough for me, any job where they ask people to work longer is just crazy, but to each his own.

lukin2006

dunkman wrote:

i only work 7 hours a day... and thats flexi-time... so i can pretend i was there even longer than that and then take a flexi-day off every month.. you know.. like when its sunny and stuff

Cool, I hear Europeans are more when it comes to hours of work, any truth to this?