Working 60+ hours/week (srs)

[2 D]

Explain me the situation that requires you to work 60 hours in a week then. I can live off part time hours for fuks sake. I do full time and most of my money goes into savings, what are you people doing?

Depends on a few factors brah, some people have loans and things of the like to pay of, some are paying for schooling. Also if they live in an expensive city, you gotta pay a LOT for sometimes moderate living or less. I know some dudes in NYC who have good jobs, but live in just "ok" small apartments because a good chunk of their salary goes towards rent and utilities and food.

3D Animation, I am leaning more into Director territory at the moment though.

Very cool, you do any specific schooling for it? I wanted to do that as a young guy (srs) and would be curious to know what training you did.

[Withoutreason]

The thing is that, many of the ppl working a ****load of hour aren't even productive. BRB pretending I'm working 100hours a week while actually I'm miscing 60% of the time.

I cant even misc at my work, it's 60% office based and 40% driving

I feel like a slave to my boss, I take advantage of the situation im in and do as little work as possible

Seriously 30% of the time I'm just staring at my comp or doodling, I do this until he finds work for me to do, but some times there is literally nothing to be done, I feel like i'm wasting my life, it's minimum wage too.

[Iluveketchup178]

wait wait... you work an office job for 12 hours a day and your tired?? hahaha

I work 84 hours a week for 2 weeks straight, and manual labor not sitting in some office chair still have energy to lift after work

You think working in a office is automatically easy? I deal with stressful situations that can leave you tired, period. And that's days after days, weeks after weeks. It's not like I work for 2 weeks like this and then I can chill.

You claim to work 84 hours a week for 2 weeks straight. That mean you work 12 hours a day during 14 days straight. Add an extra hour per day to eat during your shift. Then you have 11 hours left to eat, take a leak commute and sleep. If you need 8hours of sleep, and 1 hours to commute (2*30min) you have then 2 hours to workout and eat your other meals. If you can still find time and energy to work then good for you, but actually many of the ppl who are into construction job find it hard to find the energy to workout and eat clean.

[Reggie20x6]

What's a lunch break?

My past week went like this:
Monday 7:30am-5:30pm (10)
Tuesday 7:30am-5:30pm (10)
Wednesday 7am-5pm (10)
Thursday 5:30-4pm (10.5)
Friday 5am-4:30pm (11.5)
Saturday 4:15am-4:15pm (12)
Sunday 7:30am-4:30pm (9)
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73 hours

Luckily, I get paid for all of my weekend overtime. Someone mentioned getting into a mode where you're used to working a lot of hours, and I was like that during the 14 consecutive weeks I worked without taking a day off. I was fine during that insanity, but as soon as I finished the project I was completely useless for the next month or so. I never went anywhere, and as soon as I got home I would just pass out in front of the television.

This week will be interesting though - the place I work at will be open Labor Day. I'm already getting paid for the holiday, but if I go into work it'll be double-pay. I just started this latest project two weeks ago, and I'm really pushing to have it done before the holiday.

As soon as it's done, I can make my pitch for a (big) raise.

[SlapBassist]

So first of all you bareley sleep. Okay but anyway, you say you work 60hours a week, but I guess you have at leat one hour of break during your shift right? So that mean 11pm-11am=11 hours of work. 11*5=55 hours not 60?!

When I say I work 55 hours I mean that I work 55 hours, break time doesn't fit in. I'm at work 60hours per week.

or six days a week at 11 hrs/day = 66 hours total with hour a day minused for lunch = 60 hours.

Dang I can't imagine only sleeping 5-6 hours a day... needa get that kinda discipline rather than my lazy 10hrs of sleep/night lol

[TRexGAWD]

Wow... I know someone from the USAF and he is a lazy ass. He told me he is bored because he don't to ****.

This is true for some. Kind of makes me wish I did a different job sometimes... I'll admit though I don't do **** in garrison. Pretty much train new guys and screw around the rest of the day. I think my worst deployment was pulling 24 hour shifts, that got old real fast.

[Big Natural]

Depends on a few factors brah, some people have loans and things of the like to pay of, some are paying for schooling. Also if they live in an expensive city, you gotta pay a LOT for sometimes moderate living or less. I know some dudes in NYC who have good jobs, but live in just "ok" small apartments because a good chunk of their salary goes towards rent and utilities and food.



Very cool, you do any specific schooling for it? I wanted to do that as a young guy (srs) and would be curious to know what training you did.

Thanks, well I am completely self taught and that really sucked because I would have loved to have a mentor. Only schooling worth it is www.fxphd.com .

I currently have 3 guys under my tuition and they do in 2 years what took me 7.

I'll seek out a mentor first or get some mentoring from people online like www.cgtalk.com . Mentoring makes all the difference in the world man.

Go for it!

[AlphaDog3]

OP, I will be honest with you... If it was me I would look for other forms of employment. There are plenty of people who don't mind working the hours you are talking about, but I am not one of them. You will make more money, but I think there has to be a tradeoff between the money and your time. Time is priceless.

Now, there are plenty of people who work 60 hours of week because they like their job. In my situation no one is going to pay me to fap, so I had to find other ways to make money. There are plenty of jobs out there that will provide you with a balance. You need to find one. I'd rather drive a Ford and work 40 hours a week than drive a BMW and work 60 hours a week. You need to find what's right for you. Good luck.

[Withoutreason]

Any of you brahs have to travel far to get to work?

I have to ride my bike 3 miles to the buss stop then get a buss 7 miles to work

It's so annoying mane, riding in steel toe caps aswel, fuking my knees up lol. Will take months to save up for a car, ffs

[Iluveketchup178]

What's a lunch break?

My past week went like this:
Monday 7:30am-5:30pm (10)
Tuesday 7:30am-5:30pm (10)
Wednesday 7am-5pm (10)
Thursday 5:30-4pm (10.5)
Friday 5am-4:30pm (11.5)
Saturday 4:15am-4:15pm (12)
Sunday 7:30am-4:30pm (9)
------------------------------
73 hours

Luckily, I get paid for all of my weekend overtime. Someone mentioned getting into a mode where you're used to working a lot of hours, and I was like that during the 14 consecutive weeks I worked without taking a day off. I was fine during that insanity, but as soon as I finished the project I was completely useless for the next month or so. I never went anywhere, and as soon as I got home I would just pass out in front of the television.

This week will be interesting though - the place I work at will be open Labor Day. I'm already getting paid for the holiday, but if I go into work it'll be double-pay. I just started this latest project two weeks ago, and I'm really pushing to have it done before the holiday.

As soon as it's done, I can make my pitch for a (big) raise.

So you work 10 to 12hours consecutively, you don't even take half an hour to eat something?

[Tyler44]

Im sitting at 40hrs a week right now, work just cracked down on overtime.

Still making a solid $500 a week and still live at home so Im banking almost everything and I still have another year of school.

feels pretty good man.

[Sammer011]

I work 6 days a week 10 hour shifts. It's only for a little while but i've got no life at all lol

[2 D]

Thanks, well I am completely self taught and that really sucked because I would have loved to have a mentor. Only schooling worth it is www.fxphd.com .

I currently have 3 guys under my tuition and they do in 2 years what took me 7.

I'll seek out a mentor first or get some mentoring from people online like www.cgtalk.com . Mentoring makes all the difference in the world man.

Go for it!

Yeah I'm trying to teach myself to DJ now, and it is tough. At least getting good or decent is tough...

Will look into and reps.

[deaderinred]

OP, I will be honest with you... If it was me I would look for other forms of employment. There are plenty of people who don't mind working the hours you are talking about, but I am not one of them. You will make more money, but I think there has to be a tradeoff between the money and your time. Time is priceless.

Now, there are plenty of people who work 60 hours of week because they like their job. In my situation no one is going to pay me to fap, so I had to find other ways to make money. There are plenty of jobs out there that will provide you with a balance. You need to find one. I'd rather drive a Ford and work 40 hours a week than drive a BMW and work 60 hours a week. You need to find what's right for you. Good luck.

Agreed and its what i said earlier before i was called retarded. Loans, family, and stuff that require you to be working 60 hours a week is your own fault. How about not having a family until you know you can provide for them without working like a dog? Or not living in new york city until you can afford to do it at 40 hours a week?

[Iluveketchup178]

I work 6 days a week 10 hour shifts. It's only for a little while but i've got no life at all lol

That's 60hours/week. Now imagine someone working between 80 and 100hours/week.

[Patrick-Bateman]

This is unfortunately the case in most white-collar jobs where you make decent money. It's especially true for accountants, lawyers (private firms), and stock analysts

I read somewhere that if you take the salary these people earn and divide it by the number of hours they work, their hourly pay is often as low as a high school educated worker (because they don't earn overtime pay)

[deaderinred]

Any of you brahs have to travel far to get to work?

I have to ride my bike 3 miles to the buss stop then get a buss 7 miles to work

It's so annoying mane, riding in steel toe caps aswel, fuking my knees up lol. Will take months to save up for a car, ffs

If i were you i'd leave my stuff at work and just bike the whole distance with proper shoes and clothing. Plus you'll save on bus fare. You'll do ten miles in 30-40 minutes.

[Poppy83]

I try to work to live and not live to work. My hours are up and down, but I have a LOT of time off (teacher). I typically work 45-50 hours a week, sometimes more or less. Summers aren't really off because I constantly am working for other certifications or having to attend workshops, but whatever. There is no way I would want to work more than 50 hours a week. That's crazy. I like my hobbies too much.

[PlasticTrees]

I imagine you'd adapt to those hours after a little while. 50-60 hours a week is a lot but you can still have a somewhat normal life with those hours once you get used to it. Higher then that and you really don't have time for much else after work.

And you don't get paid for your lunch break? or are you on salary? sucks either way

[Withoutreason]

If i were you i'd leave my stuff at work and just bike the whole distance with proper shoes and clothing. Plus you'll save on bus fare. You'll do ten miles in 30-40 minutes.

Man theres a shiit load of hills, I haven't got the energy to do it. I'm starting to get depressed again, i can see myself quitting and going back on the dole soon

[Patrick-Bateman]

Agreed and its what i said earlier before i was called retarded. Loans, family, and stuff that require you to be working 60 hours a week is your own fault. How about not having a family until you know you can provide for them without working like a dog? Or not living in new york city until you can afford to do it at 40 hours a week?

People often don't get to choose to work more hours, it's part of the job requirement. For example, most law firms have a minimum number of billable hours attorneys must meet that usually require 60-80 hr work weeks, depending how good you are at managing your time at work. The only alternative is public interest (very low pay) or government (hard to get into)

[AlphaDog3]

Agreed and its what i said earlier before i was called retarded. Loans, family, and stuff that require you to be working 60 hours a week is your own fault. How about not having a family until you know you can provide for them without working like a dog? Or not living in new york city until you can afford to do it at 40 hours a week?

I don't know about all that. But I do know once I "settled down" I decided to move to a smaller city with a lower cost of living which meant I would need less money (less work) to get by. I decided pretty quickly I did not want to spend over an hour each way getting to/from work. Some people don't mind... but it was not for me.

There are benefits to living in either a big city or small town. It works for me better to live in a small town and visit a big city. I have no problem going to a big city for a few days and visiting friends or getting a hotel room. But, I enjoy chilling in a smaller town the majority of the time and doing things I like with my spare time.

Life does not come in a one size fits all. There will always be sacrifices made, OP just needs to find what works best for him.

[SiberianExpress]

**** 60+ hours. I already do 40 hours in a job i hate. It seems like the only choices in life are working in sh*t jobs or being an employed, useless member of society.



How exactly do successful people break out of this? I can't picture Arnold working as a waiter for example.

[Sammer011]

That's 60hours/week. Now imagine someone working between 80 and 100hours/week.

I actually worked 7 days a week 12 hour shifts last year and after the month I did them I was absolutely drained. You have no life too. Eat, sleep and work was all I did.

[beerbaron105]

I have worked 124 hrs overtime July/August, feels bad man

paycheque feels very very good!

[CLK-GTR]

you cant have much of a life no, but you do learn to make the most of your free time. my hours have tailed off now im not so junior but i remember doing 7am until 8/9pm, hitting the gym after work and getting home just in time to go to sleep for the next day. now im in anytime from 7 til 9 and im out of there by 6.

ive seen lawyers do days on end...finishing after midnight is a weekly occurance. a girl i dated at a magic circle firm did 5 straight days in the office once

[Jerma]

ITT: people who have never been in the military

[Zealv3]

Unless I'm working for myself and progressing my own business, I'm not working more than 48 hr weeks for someone else. It's cliche but I work to live, not the other way around. Planning on starting my own business in the next 2 years so I intend to give up a good chunk of my life to set myself up nicely for fun times down the road.

[tino124]

Any of you brahs have to travel far to get to work?

I have to ride my bike 3 miles to the buss stop then get a buss 7 miles to work

It's so annoying mane, riding in steel toe caps aswel, fuking my knees up lol. Will take months to save up for a car, ffs

I had a 80mi+ commute each way this summer for my internship. Took me an hour and a half on average. Will NEVER be doing that again.

[Iluveketchup178]

I imagine you'd adapt to those hours after a little while. 50-60 hours a week is a lot but you can still have a somewhat normal life with those hours once you get used to it. Higher then that and you really don't have time for much else after work.

And you don't get paid for your lunch break? or are you on salary? sucks either way

Yeah I can have a "life" because I still have sat and sunday off to chill out. But the other 5 days are just not mine lol. If I only slept 4-5hours per night I would have more time to enjoy life during the week but unfortunately I need 7 hours otherwise I'm tired.

When I'm eating I'm not working so I don't count them as work hours . Otherwise I would be "working" 60 hours a week but that's bs, I'm only working 55hours. What I have realized is that often people exaggerates theirs schedules. Like they pretend they are working 70 hours per week but actually it's more like 50.