Whats the most amount of hours you have worked in a week?

BinFrog

Probably around 55, but a buddy of mine has crossed the 100 mark a couple of times. Poor guy.

PJ_Lukin

When I was younger..... ha ha.... I used to work 12 hour days 12 out of 14 days 3 or 4 months out of the year. Sometimes I used to work O/T on my days off. I had to sign waivers because of state labor laws. Good money, hard life.

dunkman

depends if we are using the Julian calendar or the Gregorian calendar?

if its the latter then 50-60 hours.. if its the former... 0.12 kwangjocks or whatever they used

chadwick

JordyWordy wrote:

there are some hard-working people on this board. how do all have time to post? mental....

i think the thing is some ppl don't sleep much.
so they work or whatever they like to do. (write)
i take a couple naps throughout the day/night, that is what i usually do.
maybe this is why i am insane?

inmytree

120....5 days per week, 24 hours a day...2 days off...

I worked as a teacher/counselor at a wilderness camp right out of college...

I lived in a cabin in the winter and tent in the summer, and was in charge of 10 kids...

haffajappa

looks like im not the only one in the 2 job boat.

im also working 7 days a week at one, and often all day... but i hope you get overtime, because my cheap boss says he cant afford to give me mine.

34 and a half more hours til i get my ONE day off this month! WOOHOO

wolfbear

During tax season back in the 70's before automatic extensions I'd work a minimum 8-8 7 days a week from January through April, so 84+.

nocode23

I helped open a restaurant once and for the first three months I was the only cook. Lunch and dinner. I averaged about 104 hours a week. Never again.:)

Cree Nations

You are putting in some good hours.
When I worked in Fort Mac a few summers ago doing survey work, my shift was 20 days on and 7 days off, we averaged anywhere from at least 10 to 13.5 hours a day. I did this for six months straight.

Cobbelstone

Definitely over 80, not sure exactly.

In academic situations I've "worked" a lot more than that though. Last spring I was getting about 4 hours of sleep a night for about 8-12 weeks and was doing absolutely nothing except work.

Rygar

I had a full time job and 2 part time jobs all summer one year, and I'm not sure how many hours that amounted to. The two part time jobs were physical labour and the summer sorta blurred it's way into time. I'd come home, fall on bed, get up when one of my parents would come wake me up and turn my alarm off that was ringing for a few minutes next to my head, go work, repeat...
Fun!

JordyWordy

chadwick wrote:

i think the thing is some ppl don't sleep much.
so they work or whatever they like to do. (write)
i take a couple naps throughout the day/night, that is what i usually do.
maybe this is why i am insane?

..it just might be! thats a very apt post, here i am at something past 1am ....maybe i should just go to bed

HailHailVitalogy

Cobbelstone wrote:

Definitely over 80, not sure exactly.

In academic situations I've "worked" a lot more than that though. Last spring I was getting about 4 hours of sleep a night for about 8-12 weeks and was doing absolutely nothing except work.

for my finals week this past fall i went monday-thursday on 5 hours of sleep...not in a row tho, an hour here and there

Jeremy1012

JordyWordy wrote:

i did 70 hour weeks for 3 months few years ago. really respect anyone who can pull that off over a prolonged period of time. you really need to like your job or have a serious coke habit to get through that

Which one was it for you?

Coke, am I right?

_

I worked 130 hours/week as a movie extra for a few weeks in a row when I was a teenager.

I once opened a movie theater and worked about 115 hours/week for a few weeks.

But that's nothing compared to how much the docs in my office work. There are relatively new resident policies that don't allow us to schedule the resident physicians for more than an average of 80 hours/week over a 4-week rotation. They also aren't supposed to work more than 30 hours in a row without 10 hours off. But you can work them 120 hours one week and 40 hours the next without breaking any policies, since the 80-hour work week is only an average. And if you're working a 30-hour shift - let's say 8 AM one day to 2 PM the next day - and you take an hour off, you can then be required to work until 3 PM the next day.

These duty hour limitations are only for residents, though. After residency, you can work non-stop. Several of my colleagues regularly work 120 hours/week. (And I mean actually work, not counting being on call at home.)

Moral of the story: don't become a doctor. :(

JordyWordy

Jeremy1012 wrote:

Which one was it for you?

Coke, am I right?

oh no, not at all, the love of the job

Great White North

I worked 440 hours in 40 days, the I took a week off.

Gremmie95

117 paid hours for one week (6 days) Still have the pay stub to prove it.

Get_Right

I have had more than a few 100 hour weeks, including the weekend

decides2dream

man, i read thru this thread and........:eek: yikes! some of you work WAAAAYYYYYYY too much! no matter how much i could LOVE a job, and i have loved a couple.....i would never want to work THAT much. my life outside work is way more important to me, my personal time, no matter what....or the paycheck. eh well. i guess while i will never be *rich* monetarily, without winning lotto anyway ....i certainly FEEL rich enough that my lifestyle mostly fits my income and then some......and i am happy with it all.