Longest work day?
FreeOffersNow
30-05-2006 04:27:32
So I just got in from working 500PM to 630AM (which works out to 13 hours + a 30 minute lunch)...what's the longest work day you've endured? I'm just going to finish this cinnamon roll and head off to sleep for a few weeks.
CollidgeGraduit
30-05-2006 04:30:06
The summer between my freshman and sophomore years, I worked at a factory. We had tons of work, so we we were working 7 days a week, and were allowed up to 4 hours overtime each day -- the only catch was, if you wanted to work overtime on Saturday and Sunday (both were paid double-time), you had to work overtime all week first. So, there were several weeks where I worked 7 12's in a row. That was ROUGH.
drummer_kew_03
30-05-2006 04:38:30
I worked a 4 days in a row of 12-14 hour shifts at a fireworks stand last summer. It was at least 90 everyday. cry
KeithA
30-05-2006 05:48:57
Paid ~14 hours (on salary)
Unpaid ~16 hours (college newspaper)
manOFice
30-05-2006 08:28:14
good lord 7 12's...thats crazy
theysayjump
30-05-2006 08:31:02
When I was a Dishwasher there'd be times like Thanksgiving, Christmas, NewYear, Easter, Mothers Day etc where I'd go in at 6-7am and leave it 1-2am. Sometimes it'd be over two days and sometimes just one.
So about 18-19 hours for me.
When I worked in Scotland at a hospital I would often put in double shifts. Work the night shift and stay on until the afternoon/evening.
kdollar
30-05-2006 08:35:17
jump is the winner, those scottish have so much better work ethics )
theysayjump
30-05-2006 09:04:50
Nothing wrong with hard work.
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RM200
30-05-2006 09:13:34
16 hours... after 12 hours it gets painful.
dmorris68
30-05-2006 09:38:31
Hehehe, amateurs. Try joining the military.
I was in the Armored Cavalry for 3 years, including a 6-month tour in Desert Shield/Storm where we were the 7th Corps lead element into Iraq. Outside the war, we spent 9 months out of a year in the field. Many times we worked 2-3 days straight without a nap. In the war, I was awake the entire time of the ground offensive, from start to finish, as was everybody else around me.
Now I work a lot of 12-16 hour days, without being asked, and don't even get paid extra for it. Then again I'm paid pretty well, and I love what I do, so it's all good as far as I'm concerned. )
bballp6699
30-05-2006 10:08:25
When I first started training as a cook at the restaurant I used to work at I would work from open 530am to close 11pm...
So... 17 1/2?
KameksCurse
30-05-2006 10:13:51
Try being a medical resident...36 hour [u38a5330d3b]shifts[/u38a5330d3b] are not uncommon...
Edit Thanks for the grammatical correction!
KeithA
30-05-2006 10:19:42
[quote646bd591c4="KameksCurse"]Try being a medical resident...36 hour days are not uncommon...[/quote646bd591c4]
I can imagine a 36-hour shift, but there is no such thing as a 36-hour day.
CollidgeGraduit
30-05-2006 10:21:45
[quote6e18ba4c80="manofice"]good lord 7 12's...thats crazy[/quote6e18ba4c80]
Yeah, it was.. but I didn't keep in touch with ANY of my high school friends, so I really didn't hang out with anyone. And working 7 12's instead of 7 8's turned into a huge paycheck. Saturday was timeli1.5, Sunday was timeli2 (I think I said it wrong in my first post. So, in one week, I'd get paid for 60 (regular days) + 18 (Saturday) + 24 (Sunday) = 102 hours. I wanted to get my car paid off in one summer.
good2speed
30-05-2006 10:40:40
July 4th weekend 2005.
Thur - Mon.
5 day weekend I logged 80 hours.
around 16 hours a day.
Symantec merged with Veritas and I was needed to be on call that entire weekend. A lot of downtime here and there but had to be one of the most boring weekend of my life.
FreeOffersNow
30-05-2006 10:57:10
[quote34d73029b0="RM200"]16 hours... after 12 hours it gets painful.[/quote34d73029b0]
Yea...I really wasn't "feeling it" until about the 11th-12th hour. The thing is, I wasn't expecting to have to go in...so I ended up going in on an empty stomach which made me not only hungry all night, but didn't help much energy wise either.
tylerc
30-05-2006 12:16:24
If you count school and then work, I would work from 7am-10pm with about 15 minutes in between school and having to leave from work.
ilanbg
30-05-2006 12:22:29
Longest time I've ever worked was about five hours.
It was pretty exhausting. I don't think I'll be doing that again any time soon.
lol
how about 100hr work weeks, 30 hrs straight overnight. welcome to my world. very rarely do i get up to 100 although it has happened. usually, depending on the month, i work 80 hrs.
this past week these were my hours (not including transit time)
monday - 7am - 5pm ( 10 hrs)
tuesday - 7am - 930 pm (14.5hrs)
wednesday 7am-930pm (14.5hrs)
thursday 7am - 5pm (10hrs)
friday OFF (although I read work related stuff for 4 hours) - 0hrs
saturday - 7am - midnight 17hrs
sunday 000 to 10am - 10 hrs ( so 27 straight)
monday 7am-9pm - (14hrs)
today - 7am-9pm (hopefully) (14hrs)
rest of the week - likely hours
wed - 7am-4pm
thurs - 7am-5pm
friday - 7am - midnigt
sat - 0000 to 10am
sunday - 830pm-midnight
i start nights sunday so 830pm to 1030 am the following morning except for monday AM i will work til noon
it sux (
but that is what u have to do in my field )
[quote3d9948d7fb="KameksCurse"]Try being a medical resident...36 hour [u3d9948d7fb]shifts[/u3d9948d7fb] are not uncommon...
Edit Thanks for the grammatical correction![/quote3d9948d7fb]
i see we share a job. remember 36 is illegal now though it does happen
tylerc
30-05-2006 13:45:31
What do you do jy3?
ilanbg
30-05-2006 15:53:03
[quotecdf0fb1169="tylerc"]What do you do jy3?[/quotecdf0fb1169]
He's a hustler. It's not just a job—it's a lifestyle.
UberVash
30-05-2006 18:07:12
I don't work at a business, but i used to do volunteer work for my school.
630am-get to school
1030pm-leave
730am-get to school
1030-leave
Over two days...so that is 16 hours one day and 15 the other...with only a 15 minute break for each day.
FreeOffersNow
30-05-2006 18:12:03
I guess I should mention that I'm a selector in the shipping department of a P&C (Grocery Store) Perishables Warehouse...thus my job is pretty labor intensive...thus much more tiring than, say, a 6 hour school day that has just got tylerc all tired out ;)
CollidgeGraduit
30-05-2006 18:13:17
[quote481bc8fb06="FreeOffersNow"]I guess I should mention that I'm a selector in the shipping department of a P&C (Grocery Store) Perishables Warehouse...thus my job is pretty labor intensive...thus much more tiring than, say, a 6 hour school day that has just got tylerc all tired out ;)[/quote481bc8fb06]
Scoff if you must, but YOU try going to school after drinking a Head and Shoulders Martini like tylerc
tylerc
30-05-2006 18:29:45
Ya rly.
Try going to my school, then say it's easy. When your college is harder than my high school, I'll be the first to let you know.
CollidgeGraduit
30-05-2006 18:36:27
Riiight. College is harder than high school, by default, because of the majorly increased responsibility of not living with mommy and daddy anymore. I don't care how hard your high school is, overall, it's gonna be easier than dragging your own butt out of bed to go to class, force yourself to study, and handle all the new freedoms in general.
doylnea
30-05-2006 18:39:56
[quote4cc87561e9="jy3"][quote4cc87561e9="KameksCurse"]Try being a medical resident...36 hour [u4cc87561e9]shifts[/u4cc87561e9] are not uncommon...
Edit Thanks for the grammatical correction![/quote4cc87561e9]
i see we share a job. remember 36 is illegal now though it does happen[/quote4cc87561e9]
everyone who is/knows/dates/hangs out with/met on the street one time after band camp a residemt points and laughs...how's enforcement of that rule going? ;)
Fugger
30-05-2006 18:46:20
[quote8af274ee02="tylerc"]Ya rly.
Try going to my school, then say it's easy. When your college is harder than my high school, I'll be the first to let you know.[/quote8af274ee02]
And what HS is that?
FreeOffersNow
30-05-2006 18:57:30
[quote9233d7c174="tylerc"]Ya rly.
Try going to my school, then say it's easy. When your college is harder than my high school, I'll be the first to let you know.[/quote9233d7c174]
With 3482 posts during this school year (well, since September 14, 2005...which translates to 13.50 posts per day), somehow I can't imagine your high school being all that difficult.
geej86
30-05-2006 18:58:03
i havn't seen any 15 hour workdays but I spent the last 10.5 hours bustin up concrete in the hot sun, that ain't no bitchwork fosho
tylerc
30-05-2006 20:21:37
[quote3968b8185c="FreeOffersNow"][quote3968b8185c="tylerc"]Ya rly.
Try going to my school, then say it's easy. When your college is harder than my high school, I'll be the first to let you know.[/quote3968b8185c]
With 3482 posts during this school year (well, since September 14, 2005...which translates to 13.50 posts per day), somehow I can't imagine your high school being all that difficult.[/quote3968b8185c]
Take into account winter break (2 weeks) and weekends, me staying up late on school nights because I'm not tired, and the fact that I do my homework in class during the lectures instead of paying attention, and you can see all the extra time I have.
Fugger--Homestead High School
tylerc
30-05-2006 20:24:26
[quote7eca655a16="CollidgeGraduit"]Riiight. College is harder than high school, by default, because of the majorly increased responsibility of not living with mommy and daddy anymore. I don't care how hard your high school is, overall, it's gonna be easier than dragging your own butt out of bed to go to class, force yourself to study, and handle all the new freedoms in general.[/quote7eca655a16]
My friends I have talked to at various colleges have said that our school is tougher than the schools they go to.
IU-Bloomington--top 10 business school, top 40 overall university.
Purdue--another top 40 overall university, great engineering program.
Michigan State-solid school I guess I don't know much about it
Notre Dame-speaks for itself
[quoteb3f70c33b4="doylnea"][quoteb3f70c33b4="jy3"][quoteb3f70c33b4="KameksCurse"]Try being a medical resident...36 hour [ub3f70c33b4]shifts[/ub3f70c33b4] are not uncommon...
Edit Thanks for the grammatical correction![/quoteb3f70c33b4]
i see we share a job. remember 36 is illegal now though it does happen[/quoteb3f70c33b4]
everyone who is/knows/dates/hangs out with/met on the street one time after band camp a residemt points and laughs...how's enforcement of that rule going? ;)[/quoteb3f70c33b4]
yeah no shit.
EatChex89
30-05-2006 20:30:25
i work regular 8 hour days.
you guys enjoy your long shifts!
mnx12
30-05-2006 20:57:46
Haha, I hate work. Back when I worked a 7 hour shift, 5 days a week I felt like shooting myself...now I usually work 3-4 hours a day, 4 or 5 days a week.
Fugger
30-05-2006 21:14:57
[quote97b1e764cc="tylerc"]
My friends I have talked to at various colleges have said that our school is tougher than the schools they go to.
IU-Bloomington--top 10 business school, top 40 overall university.
Purdue--another top 40 overall university, great engineering program.
Michigan State-solid school I guess I don't know much about it
Notre Dame-speaks for itself[/quote97b1e764cc]
I'll give you credit, your HS is ranked 5th in Allen County (Behind Concordia, Blackhawk, Bishop Dwenger, and Canterbury) based off a few student performance stats from the Indiana Department of Education. Also ranked way above my school (Highland High School, Highland, IN)... however... if your school is really as tough as you claim are your friends coasting college? I really find it hard to belive someone at ND is claiming HS was easier than going to ND... I mean really hard to belive.
guelah75
30-05-2006 21:20:31
[quotea9d3814b8b="theysayjump"]
So about 18-19 hours for me.[/quotea9d3814b8b]
same here i am a kitchen manager so somedays are longer than others
long hours but good pay
kyks17
30-05-2006 23:13:40
i worked 12 hour days, 5 days a week for a full month last summer. wasnt peachy, but it made it so i could have some vacation time paid for (im a student worker and can take off whenever, but with no pay). and i get 1 hour paid lunches so that helped.
one time at a previous job i was scheduled 3pm - 12am, followed by 630am - 330pm....not as tight as alot of u have posted about, but it was rough for me. then they realized i could sue them (actually, theyre the ones who told me i could) for it and that never happened again heh
tjwor
31-05-2006 00:08:04
[quotec69b1fce5f="CollidgeGraduit"]Riiight. College is harder than high school, by default, because of the majorly increased responsibility of not living with mommy and daddy anymore. I don't care how hard your high school is, overall, it's gonna be easier than dragging your own butt out of bed to go to class, force yourself to study, and handle all the new freedoms in general.[/quotec69b1fce5f]
I really feel like college will be easier than high school...
My senior year, I took 9 college hours per semister, I woke my self up (2/3rds of the year I woke up earlier enough to run 3-5 miles before school) I do homework because I want to not because my parents tell me to (they left it up to me) and pretty much everything was on my own... You can't tell me having less classes per day is will make it harder for me...
kyks17
31-05-2006 00:35:56
depends on what classes u take in college, plenty of my friends have no trouble with college, and still lots of others find it very difficult. the deciding factor hasnt been how tough a high school they were at, but rather their college major.
tylerc
31-05-2006 04:00:59
[quoteb49ee9ff22="Fugger"][quoteb49ee9ff22="tylerc"]
My friends I have talked to at various colleges have said that our school is tougher than the schools they go to.
IU-Bloomington--top 10 business school, top 40 overall university.
Purdue--another top 40 overall university, great engineering program.
Michigan State-solid school I guess I don't know much about it
Notre Dame-speaks for itself[/quoteb49ee9ff22]
I'll give you credit, your HS is ranked 5th in Allen County (Behind Concordia, Blackhawk, Bishop Dwenger, and Canterbury) based off a few student performance stats from the Indiana Department of Education. Also ranked way above my school (Highland High School, Highland, IN)... however... if your school is really as tough as you claim are your friends coasting college? I really find it hard to belive someone at ND is claiming HS was easier than going to ND... I mean really hard to belive.[/quoteb49ee9ff22]
Sorry, meant to say people I have talked to at ND said that Homestead has prepared them very well for college.
May I also note for everyone else that Concordia, Blackhawk, Dwenger, and Canterbury are all private, and Homestead is public.
FreeOffersNow
31-05-2006 11:51:03
I'd compare Homestead to my high school, but because the schools are in two different states, comparing test scores, etc. would be pretty meaningless (
It'll suffice to say that my high school is a relatively well known as "a great high school."
one huge difference between college and high school is that high school should be attended by everyone, college is not for everyone. college also is not for everyone at age 18