https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:05:49 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393829 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:03:53 +0000 marley 2393829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: @Mrs. Detour: at my previous firm, the woman partner who did my review told me that in order to succeed, I would have to be willing to drop everything, at a moments notice, including my child's needs. I gave my notice in 3 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393797 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 14:49:00 +0000 Mae 2393797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Detour: How could they be that dense?! One of the women interviewing me for this position told me that this firm has been focusing on having better work/life balance for people because they were seeing SO many women working 5 years then just quitting because its just unsustainable to work like they want you to and spend any time with your kids. I never had big law aspirations. I have friends who do it and make unbelievable money but like... seriously not worth it to me even before I had a kid! Working is good but I want to have things outside of work too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393788 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 14:44:24 +0000 Mrs. Detour 2393788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mae The hours expectations drive me insane. Our FT billable hour requirement is 2000 + a ton of "good citizenship" hours like recruiting (which requires travel), publishing articles, client alerts and the like, none of which are billable. As the only partner-track woman on my team, a lot of the recruiting and mentoring junior attorneys falls to me (le sigh) so I went PT to get my billable requirement down to 1600 since the consequences of missing your hours is rough (no bonus, no deferred comp, 6 months-ish to find a new job)</p> <p>My firm seems genuinely confused as to why there are so few women (and almost no women with families) in the more senior ranks except for us part-timers. I am constantly reminding the partners that I work for that they did not have a hard billable hour requirement when they were promoted.</p> <p>@pinkcupcake Once there's a bigger dent in my student loans, I'm out. I joke to my husband that I'm going to do something nuts like open an etsy shop just to celebrate my freedom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393757 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 14:29:35 +0000 kentuckygirl 2393757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The typical hours in my office are 50+, but after LO fortunately my boss lets me work 45 max due to daycare hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393755 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 14:27:52 +0000 Mae 2393755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@marley: Ah that sort of makes sense. And sounds sort of like my previous firm. I did work a lot more hours there but it was sort of because I could. And I wasn't as efficient as I could have been because we were also a plaintiffs firm and did not have hour requirements. I had expected (if I'd kept that job) I could cut my hours down post-baby and just be more efficient. But I don't know how that would've panned out since I didn't stay in the position. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393750 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 14:25:23 +0000 marley 2393750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: I work for a mid-sized plaintiffs firm. We have no billable requirements. We just have to get things done (win, settle). I don't know how defense attorneys do it. :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393746 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 14:22:06 +0000 Mae 2393746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@marley: thats amazing! What size firm do you work in? I had hoped that if I found a smaller firm it would be more reasonable hours, but the first position I was offered turned out to be a 2000 billable minimum with a decent load of non-billable work, and the second place I got close to said they prized work/life balance only to find out that they thought that meant 7:30-6. noooooooo. lol That is when I gave up on litigation positions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393743 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 14:20:58 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2393743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was teaching my "required" hours were 8:30-4:00, but there was lots of work that had to be done outside of those hours, so I typically worked 7:30-4:30, with at least one night that I would work until 6 and occasional nights until 8 or 9 after a break for dinner. Sometimes I would do work on weekends but I tried not to. We got about 15 minutes for lunch, but that was usually spent desperately running around the school taking care of things that can't be done when the students were with me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393740 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 14:19:26 +0000 marley 2393740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm also a litigator and feel extremely lucky. I work from home one day a week and in the office the other days from 10-6:30ish. If there's something urgent, which is often, I get it done from home. Weekends, midnight, etc.</p> <p>ETA: lunch depends on how busy I am. Sometimes I forget to eat. On slow days, I grab something from outside and eat at my desk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393703 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 14:00:20 +0000 Mae 2393703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pinkcupcake: lol understandable. we need me to go back. Student loans suck. But I'm hoping I like being back and doing something. And I think liking the people you work with is like 75% of your work place happiness if the money and hours are right. Several of this firm's staff attorneys were just promoted to associates on partner track and it was implied to me that that may be on the table if I do well. Which would definitely be a step up considering this is a large firm and my last firm was tiny. But like... I don't want to be a big law associate! lol. I'm hoping I can either just do the staff attorney thing for sort of a long time, or maybe if they like me well enough work into some sort of alternative/part time type arrangement that remains just 40 hours/week. I really don't need or want to be partner. I just want to do a good job and go home and have dinner with my husband and daughter. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393693 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:54:26 +0000 pinkcupcake 2393693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: it sounds nice :) I'm thinking about going back to work too (daughter is 3.5) but am so burned out by law that I can't even think about it without getting an ulcer... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393686 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:49:13 +0000 Mae 2393686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pinkcupcake: lol I know right? But its a staff attorney position so not exactly moving my career forward probably. I don't really know what my long term plan is I just know I need to work now and this is where is right for me right now. And the team seems really nice. I think this sort of thing is the best of all worlds for this stage of my life. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393658 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:29:59 +0000 pinkcupcake 2393658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: wow, those are probably the best hours in legal I've heard of. LOL. You're pretty much part-time! </p> <p>Was an attorney in my past life. 8am - 6pm with a :15 lunch that I scarfed down in front of my computer was an easy day. Most days I didn't leave the office until 630 or 7. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393628 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:08:44 +0000 Anagram 2393628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work full time in a middle school. My actual hours are 7:50-3:00pm, with a 50 minute lunch (lunch depends on schedule. We have some schedules where each class period is 45 minutes, or 30 minutes, so lunch is the same on those days). And then we have required after-school faculty meetings at least once a week, sometimes more. Then the work day is more like 7:50-4:00 pm.</p> <p>And we have required parent/teacher nights, science fair nights, literacy nights, etc.</p> <p>And everyone has the expectation that you do some work on your own time, outside of school hours (contact parents, grade papers, respond to emails, plan lessons).</p> <p>I the hours for my job would be A-ok, if only I didn't live an hour away and have 2 hours a day to be in the car. Add in daycare pick up and drop off, and realistically I spend almost 3 hours a day between home and work. And that sucks, big time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393616 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:55:01 +0000 Mae 2393616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Detour: doesn't it drive you nuts that 45 hrs in office + another 10 at home is part time in law? When I interviewed for the job I'm starting next month the manager asked why I wanted the job (bc going from litigator to staff attorney is not a normal thing) and I said I wanted a 40 hr job in a field that considered 40 hr jobs part time. He laughed and I thought I was exaggerating a little. But apparently not!</p> <p> @KayKay: I think that is true. My husband is lucky that his job is legit 9-5. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393410 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:09:30 +0000 KayKay 2393410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do think that FT 9-to-5 jobs, where you show up at 9 and leave at 5, including a "paid" lunchbreak, are hard to come by anymore. The only place I routinely hear of them are in the unionized factories near my hometown where there are 8hr shifts with 30 minutes paid lunch and 2 15 minute paid breaks. </p> <p>Most other FT WOH jobs nowadays are more like everyone hear as commented -- no paid lunch, so you either work through your lunch or are at the office minimum of 8.5hrs a day. </p> <p>My last job/boss was awesome and didn't track my hours, just my work. So as long as I was completing what she expected a FT employee to do (or more) and was around for the better part of the day, it didn't really matter my exact hours: coming in a little later, leaving a little early, whatever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393304 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 09:07:42 +0000 mamabolt 2393304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work in the tech industry. I WFH one or two days a week and in office the rest of the time. When I'm in office I'm there about 8 to 5:15 but that includes spending my lunch at the gym. At home I start very early and take some breaks for chores, errands, etc. As a whole I work around 40ish hours during quiet times and 50 hours during busy times. Those extra hours are always at home either super early or late. I'm glad to have the flexibility to get things done at different times and overall not work excessive hours regularly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393214 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 05:58:38 +0000 hellobeeboston 2393214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I technically work "9-5", but work in a pretty flexible environment. I bill my hours so I need to bill 40 hours a week, 35 of those need to be billed to a payable job. But, I can work from home if I need to, which I end up doing 1x a week or so, not always. Or finish up at night. I end up going into the office by 9:45/10 (I have an hour commute) and leave by 4:30 usually, some days later.</p> <p>My husband is an attorney and just got an in-house counsel job at a bank and that is going to be 40 hours a week, no more! Yay! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393213 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 05:41:31 +0000 farawayyama 2393213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I teach. I'm generally in school from 7..15-4.30</p> <p>I typically work through and don't take a lunch break so I can get away with only doing a little bit at home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393202 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 03:10:55 +0000 lamariniere 2393202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I had an office job in the US, I worked 8-5 with a 1 hour lunch. But it was just a job and not a career. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393181 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 01:55:58 +0000 gingerbebe 2393181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a government attorney and before baby I worked 8am to 5pm with an hour lunch, but we're allowed to take a 30 minute lunch to leave early (so 4:30pm). That would be a 42.5 hour week. However, we have 3-4 times a year where its busy and we get PTO for our overtime hours and then we have maybe 2 months out of the year where its really slow so if you want to take a lot of time off or leave early its not that big of a deal. </p> <p>The reason I like my job though is that they allow for flexible work schedules. We use proprietary software so we can't telecommute and have to be in the office, but lots of people here work odd schedules. A mom just went 80% time so she could have every Monday off, another works 60% time and works 3 days a week, another is at 85% time so she can leave at 3pm every day and pick her kid up from school. I'm currently working 3 days a week, 7 hours a day (I'm in by 8am and out at 3:30) and would have been open to going 5 days a week eventually BUT I got knocked up again. </p> <p>If you have work that needs to get done, obviously you're expected to figure out how to get it done, so I can't say its strictly those working hours, but people often leave, put have dinner and put their kids to bed, and come back and finish up if they need to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/3#post-2393151 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 23:05:56 +0000 wheres_c 2393151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: wow! that sucks! Is he in tech? Most of the Austin tech companies are super flexible I've found! DH gets out at 5 every day (but sometimes goes in early for India calls).<br /> I WFH most days but have no obligations other than the hours designated to my projects - I'm a consultant though which is super flexible! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/2#post-2393149 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 23:03:04 +0000 wheres_c 2393149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually work 9-4 most days and 9-2 once a week with an hour lunch. So about 30-32 hours?<br /> Hours are only tracked to projects to as long as I hit 32 hours a week I hit my target.<br /> It's not tracked as far as which days or what times I work.</p> <p>I work as a consultant for a large tech company. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/2#post-2393143 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 22:58:40 +0000 skipra 2393143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am not working FT now but my most recent FT job I would normally work from about 8-5:30. It was frowned upon by some that I left so early but I also arrived hours before those people. My job was in the finance sector so quarterly and year-end were much busier with meetings running until 8-9pm and all weekends too. There were working moms that would leave early aka before 6 but they were still expected to at least work evenings at home. The hours at that job were SO much better than my previous job. Some industries I think you have to be "part time" in order to only work 9-5. So sad :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/2#post-2393128 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 22:31:36 +0000 Mrs. Detour 2393128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a BigLaw attorney and I work in the office 5days/week 8-8:30-5 then at home from 8-10pm. I had to go "part time" and take a 20% pay cut to be able to reliably leave at 5 and only do a couple of hours over the weekend. </p> <p>I love the work I do, but I'm (unofficially) off partner track while I'm part time and don't think the late evening hours are going to be sustainable on my marriage so I'm starting to look for something new. I've basically resigned myself to leaving law since I can't handle the bureaucracy of government jobs (many of which are more than full time) and in-house work is rare in my field. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/2#post-2393119 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 22:17:10 +0000 loveisstrange 2393119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It varies. I generally work 8:30- 5:15/5:30. So about 45 hours a week. I work in purchasing/corporate sales. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/2#post-2393107 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 22:04:20 +0000 MrsSCB 2393107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am in the office 9-5, and I rarely eat lunch away from my desk. So 40 hours. Although fairly often, on Fridays at around 3:30 or 4, my boss will say, "let's all go home now!" So that's nice :-) I do sometimes do some work on the weekend though, so it probably balances out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/2#post-2393098 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 21:50:53 +0000 Bibliolove 2393098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My hours vary as to start times, but I have to be in by 9. I work until 5:30, with an hour break. Most people take about an hour in my department. </p> <p>My office offers flex lunches, where you can take an hour and half lunch and make up for it at the end of the day. I never do it, it's mostly for people that work out during lunch or go home for lunch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/2#post-2392981 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 19:23:15 +0000 SweetCaroline 2392981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a CPA working in corporate accounting at a very fast paced company. During my slow time (~10 weeks a year), I work around 40 hours a week. The rest of the year I work 50-60 hours per week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-per-week-do-you-work-if-you-are-full-time/page/2#post-2392976 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 19:19:45 +0000 jape14 2392976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work 7:30/8-4. I eat at my desk 2-3 times a week and go out to lunch the other days; many of which are to some degree working lunches with my colleagues. I also do work at night and/or on the weekends as needed. I work in academic research. </p>