Union tradesman here, heavy industrial. The most I ever pulled in one week was 102 hours. It was for a time sensitive, round the clock, “once we start this we can’t stop until it’s done” kind of affair. Imagine two 12 hour shifts, but when you’d normally leave, you’d stay as long as you could to help get the night shift guys up and running.
It only lasted the one week, and we all made an obscene amount of money, but any longer than that and I would have had to tell them I had to go back to my usual 60 hours. I had to force myself to stay sharp because there was dangerous shit that needed to be done, I couldn’t imagine 4 weeks of it. No one should be forced into it, even commuting home after work like that is dangerous.
That’s a unique case tbh. I don’t think that’s applicable in case of banking or any other desk jobs. That’s just employers trying to squeeze the employees instead of hiring more.
After 84 I felt like was on razors edge trying to keep up. Chores and errands were hard to keep up with and food always had to be quick (I was broke to that ment ordering food wasn’t an option).
I luckily had a boss that told me to quit the other job and not to worry I was secure at that one. I would have kept working both careers if he hadn’t though :/
Yeah. It’s awful. We should never have to do it. But, I like getting the chance when I can. Nice to pay all the bills in one fell swoop off a single week of work.
I had no other real opportunity to stay out of the rental housing trap. I would have been paying an extra couple hundred a month and putting zero dollars to equity.
Even deployment overseas that’s rare, like snipers going to the bathroom while maintaining position is one thing but you can’t work someone that long and maintain composer.
Union tradesman here, heavy industrial. The most I ever pulled in one week was 102 hours. It was for a time sensitive, round the clock, “once we start this we can’t stop until it’s done” kind of affair. Imagine two 12 hour shifts, but when you’d normally leave, you’d stay as long as you could to help get the night shift guys up and running.
It only lasted the one week, and we all made an obscene amount of money, but any longer than that and I would have had to tell them I had to go back to my usual 60 hours. I had to force myself to stay sharp because there was dangerous shit that needed to be done, I couldn’t imagine 4 weeks of it. No one should be forced into it, even commuting home after work like that is dangerous.
That’s a unique case tbh. I don’t think that’s applicable in case of banking or any other desk jobs. That’s just employers trying to squeeze the employees instead of hiring more.
Big agree
After 84 I felt like was on razors edge trying to keep up. Chores and errands were hard to keep up with and food always had to be quick (I was broke to that ment ordering food wasn’t an option).
I luckily had a boss that told me to quit the other job and not to worry I was secure at that one. I would have kept working both careers if he hadn’t though :/
Yeah. It’s awful. We should never have to do it. But, I like getting the chance when I can. Nice to pay all the bills in one fell swoop off a single week of work.
I had no other real opportunity to stay out of the rental housing trap. I would have been paying an extra couple hundred a month and putting zero dollars to equity.
I don’t think I ever did more than 60 hours a week. But then I live in Europe…
Even deployment overseas that’s rare, like snipers going to the bathroom while maintaining position is one thing but you can’t work someone that long and maintain composer.