https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:46:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1434175 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:13:16 +0000 MamaCate 1434175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I checked 50-60 but there are months that it is 70+. Like working 6-6 6 days a week. The worst part is he is in med school so it is not even paid! </p> <p>As a result I am pretty strict about only working my 40 hours so someone can drop off and pick up LO, cook dinner etc.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1434116 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 14:58:59 +0000 lamariniere 1434116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 40. He does put in overtime, which rolls into time off, but the way the organization is structured, you can only put in so much overtime per month, which I think is great. It's very family friendly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1433999 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 14:31:53 +0000 MrsStar 1433999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At the moment 50 hours a week, he's contracted for 40 but his work place is super busy so he's doing 10 hours overtime a week. He occasionally works on Saturdays too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1433926 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 14:14:15 +0000 bhbee 1433926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd say 60+. lately they've been adding to his workload (but no upside in $ or promotion so it sucks) and he's been traveling more. it makes it really hard if you work FT too. luckily I had a flex schedule when I was FT and now work PT (seasonally). I felt like everything was on me in terms of the house, feeding and taking care of LO, etc. if we had both had crazy schedules (and more income), I would have tried to outsource as much as possible of the house-related work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1433814 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 13:42:00 +0000 Weagle 1433814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lozza: Ditto. So thankful that he can't work over a certain amount and that it's impossible for him to bring work home. We're riding this fed gov't train through retirement! By then our kids will be older and he can retire and return as a contractor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1433791 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 13:37:09 +0000 blackbird 1433791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>40 on the nose. I checked 40-50 though, since he has grad school now, too, and has occasionally worked more than 40/week. But rarely </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1433710 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 13:02:17 +0000 Anagram 1433710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd say my husband usually works 50, but more if there's a big deadline looming on a project. </p> <p>Lately, he's been leaving at 7:50 am and getting home at almost 8 pm, but he also has weeks where he is home by 6:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1433654 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:30:08 +0000 littlek 1433654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: I was wondering the same thing as @MsLipGloss. I have a billable hour requirement and I have to work way more than the billable hours to meet that goal even if I'm 100% on track all day. There's aways something that comes up that I can not charge to a client. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1433645 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:25:52 +0000 MsLipGloss 1433645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: I don't know a single attorney who works under an annual billable requirement who has set hours or who *gets* an hour for lunch every day. Is he a sole practitioner? Or does he work in-house? Or for the state? There are work environments where attorneys are required to track their hours, but don't have an annual billing requirement to meet. But that's certainly not the norm. If I put in a 10 hour day, on a good day, I will be able to bill about 8 and some change for that time. And that's assuming that every single thing that I do is billable (meaning a client would pay me, as an attorney, to do that particular task)--a rare occurrence, indeed--and also means minimal interruptions and admin stuff to take care of, and certainly means that I don't take an hour for lunch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1433602 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:07:17 +0000 jedeve 1433602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: Oh, I wasn't implying that he does! Just that he does a lot of billable hours for how "little" he works. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1431576 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 14:07:16 +0000 MsLipGloss 1431576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: They don't exist. I have never known anyone who had one, that's for sure. I try not to dwell on it (just too depressing!), and try to find ways to accent the positive (the time we do have together, and as a family). It's so hard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1431507 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:46:18 +0000 bpcmarj 1431507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>From April-November he works about 90 hours a week. The rest of the year he is working MUCH less, and some weeks not at all. He may be working even more this year because he is running his own boat and not just the deckhand...this summer is going to be insanity. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1431467 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:33:52 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 1431467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>60-70 but that's including commute time. And then a lot of times he's on the phone throughout the night or on his laptop. But he just started this job in September, and he's the boss, so, he doesn't have much of a choice but to work a lot. But he's a work-a-holic anyways lol I knew that before we started dating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1431451 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:30:29 +0000 deactivated_account 1431451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband works 40 plus overtime. But he works nights so he sleeps during the days, and often also on the days he isn't working. If I just get some fun and attention out of him a few times a week then I'm a happy camper! I like my alone time anyhow. </p> <p>Its tough when you lose DH's ability to help around the house. We reworked our budget to enable us to hire a cleaning lady. Best decision of our marriage. Now, when he has free time, I'm not bitching at him to clean the toilets. He still doesn't make the bed, or put his clothes all the way into the laundry basket. But I pick my battles.</p> <p>ETA: @littlek: a girl can only do so much around the house when she's working and taking care of a LO. Try not to put too much pressure on yourself, lady!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1431156 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 12:13:45 +0000 MapleMoose 1431156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>60 is an average week. 70-90 during month ends and busy season. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1431094 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:54:26 +0000 MrsH 1431094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He used to work 50-60, now he works a lot less. The benefit of starting your own business/WAH I guess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1431075 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:45:08 +0000 mrs. bird 1431075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's supposed to work 40, but he's been picking up OT and doing 2x 12s over the weekend, sometimes more. He's been off 2 days so far this year... :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1431065 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:42:33 +0000 Shutterbug 1431065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's out the door by 6:15 every morning and he's home again by about 8:00 every night, but 2 hours (ish) of that is commuting sooo... 60ish hours/week? I wish he was paid hourly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1431064 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:42:10 +0000 mrskc 1431064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Technically he only has to work 37.5 hours a week but I'd say he puts in a full 40-44 hours. He's a teacher and goes in early and stays a little late. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1431053 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:39:07 +0000 bookwormmama 1431053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's a Ph.D student, so an annoying amount. Like probably 60-80 hours a week. He usually goes to the lab everyday of the week (including weekends, though that is usually only for a couple hours). The sucky part is he is only "required" to work like 20 hours a week, but because he's getting a degree he puts in way more time than is required in order to finish his projects. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1431047 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:36:14 +0000 Mamasig 1431047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>84 - he works shift work, so he works seven 12 hour night shifts, then seven 12 day shifts, then he is off for a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1431042 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:34:01 +0000 MrsB2012 1431042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>40 in the slow season 60+ in the busy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1430957 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:04:29 +0000 snowjewelz 1430957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually have no idea b/c DH is not in a "normal" profession! But I would probably say he works over 40 hours a week if I just count everything that he does for "work", no matter where he is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1430947 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:02:09 +0000 sandy 1430947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say between 50-60 hours is normal...and probably every other month he has a 70+ hour week. He also travels for work a few times a month...and never to cities on the west coast. It's been Florida or Massachusetts 90% of the time...those weeks suck </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1430927 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:55:59 +0000 autumnlove 1430927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>40-84 hours a week. He has to work a week of 12 hour shifts every month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1430907 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:51:56 +0000 Jenn23 1430907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He works about 55 to 60 a week, about 10 of those at home. He works a few hours late at night after I go to sleep and a few hours on the weekends. But he is checking his emails/calls on his phone constantly. But he's had weeks in which he's worked 70-80 hours and I hardly see him. His work never stops and he has international calls at all different times, sometimes in the middle of the night. I wish he worked less hours, but I knew what I was getting into when we were dating and saw how many weekends he worked, etc.</p> <p>@Lozza: Oh my gosh, that is awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1430858 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:38:19 +0000 Lozza 1430858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am feeling really appreciate at the moment that DH works for the federal government. He is supposed to work exactly 80 hours per pay period (ie 40 hours/week); if he goes above that, he can have up to 24 hours of "rollover minutes" (so if he worked 104 hours in a pay period, he could take three days off during the next pay period). He can't go above that- as in, they will tell him to go home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1430812 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:28:16 +0000 luckypenny 1430812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you count the work he does from home and from the office, it's between 50-60. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1430801 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:25:18 +0000 littlek 1430801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: interesting. Sounds dangerous. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-does-your-so-work/page/2#post-1430799 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:24:25 +0000 HLK208 1430799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: he's a boiler engineer - he's trying to get promoted right now so if his work calls him in, he goes. He usually works 12's but if something goes wrong at work, he stays for 18. </p>