• Question: how long and on what days do you work

    Asked by anon-177562 to Daniel, Andrew, Becky, Helen, Nicola, Urslaan on 11 Jun 2018. This question was also asked by anon-177556, anon-177574.
    • Photo: Daniel Marsh

      Daniel Marsh answered on 11 Jun 2018:

      I work 5 days a week normally, sometimes for 8 hours but more often its 10. This isn’t all in the office and as a scientist you are often left thinking about the things that you are researching even when you are not really working.

    • Photo: Urslaan Chohan

      Urslaan Chohan answered on 11 Jun 2018:

      I work five days a week, 7.5 hours a day (officially). Though sometimes I end up doing more! It depends upon the task at hand.

    • Photo: Becky Thomas

      Becky Thomas answered on 11 Jun 2018:

      Depends on what I’m doing as my job can be so varied. Generally it’s Mon-Fri 9-5pm, but sometimes I need to be flexible with those hours.

    • Photo: Nicola Reid

      Nicola Reid answered on 12 Jun 2018:

      So as the others standard working hours are usually a 5 day week, 7.5 hours a day.

      However, as I have young children I currently work 3.5 days, 3 long days and one half day.

    • Photo: Andrew Singer

      Andrew Singer answered on 13 Jun 2018:

      Work days vary from 7 to 12 hours. It depends if I have a lot ‘on’ or things are quiet. I think it’s normal to work 7-9 hours. I work most days, but weekends HOPEFULLY are more leisurely and for not as long.

    • Photo: Helen Littler

      Helen Littler answered on 15 Jun 2018:

      I have flexibility over working hours as some days I need to visit places so it is a long day. Every hour I work, I have to record what I was doing which is the thing I hate most. I always seem to be doing it last thing on a Friday.

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