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Offline Gunslinger

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What's the most hours you've worked in a week?
« on: October 08, 2006, 09:53:07 PM »
Mine was last week.....worked 126 hours.  0400 to about 2130/2200 (4AM to 10 PM sunday to saturday.  I've been working this since the 26th and I'm pooped.  :(
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Offline skernsk

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« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2006, 10:33:40 PM »
Got me beat.

I did 98 hours in a week, followed by 100.5 the next week.  You don't want to know how much I paid in taxes on that cheque.:confused:
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Offline Halo

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« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2006, 11:22:04 PM »
I think a lot of military and law enforcement and others like some medical and emergency people would say 168 -- 24/7, way more than they would like, because even their rest is subject to no-notice requirements.  

What's the record for actually staying awake and still functioning?  Three or four days?

126 hours is a LOT.  18-hour days.  On behalf of the rest of us, thanks for all that hard work.
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« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2006, 11:30:58 PM »
Not counting OTR trucking, the longest week I worked was 112 hours doing road construction. I also had a 3 hour round trip commute.
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« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2006, 11:41:39 PM »
Without remembering the exact hours, I recall a particular stretch of excessive work for a month.  By the end of that time, everyone was so tired it was like being punchdrunk.  You had to be very careful or errors could quickly multiply because of fatigue.  

Since then I've always thought a month of max effort was about the limit that could be sustained before performance degradation sets in, however subtly.  

How does that track with the experience of contributors to this thread?
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« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2006, 11:55:00 PM »
About 120, government job believe it or not.
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« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2006, 01:05:08 AM »
How many were productive? That's the rub. Were you just there making mistakes? If you're working for yourself, have at it. If you're working that much and getting paid by someone for being on the clock, it's gross mismanagement.
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« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2006, 01:08:56 AM »
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Without remembering the exact hours, I recall a particular stretch of excessive work for a month.  By the end of that time, everyone was so tired it was like being punchdrunk.  You had to be very careful or errors could quickly multiply because of fatigue.  

Since then I've always thought a month of max effort was about the limit that could be sustained before performance degradation sets in, however subtly.  

How does that track with the experience of contributors to this thread?
I'd agree with that. You get in a rut, get in a rhythm and get careless. Tunnel vision sets in pretty quick, too.

Rolex, in my case it was a construction deadline that had to be met. We got it done in time and saved the company $10,000 a day on contract penalty.
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« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2006, 01:31:13 AM »
During peak season in Dec. its easy from 5-9pm. That isnt so bad. earlier I worked in the depot here for a german shipping company and they wanted us there from 5-9am and from 14:30-8pm and that wasnt counting the commute of 1:30 there in the mornings and 45 minutes on the way home. that got old fast
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Re: What's the most hours you've worked in a week?
« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2006, 01:45:16 AM »
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Originally posted by Gunslinger
Mine was last week.....worked 126 hours.  0400 to about 2130/2200 (4AM to 10 PM sunday to saturday.  I've been working this since the 26th and I'm pooped.  :(


i can be incorrect but, you not work, you serve
diference? hell yes

you get soldier's pay
we get salary

we can quit anytime
you will get courtmartial

we can say sh** about goverment
you cant

i bet you dont have union..........
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Offline Nilsen

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« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2006, 03:41:04 AM »
In civilian life i would say 50 hours max.

That is effective hours.

Ive had weeks were i may have spent over 60 in the office but the effective hours were still in the 50s.. Sitting in an office for an hour just because you had to be there/available for some reason would not count as an effective hour in my book.
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« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2006, 03:49:43 AM »
I thought everyone in Norway was a fisherman? :confused:
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« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2006, 03:55:10 AM »
lol shrimp.




i once woked for the chain 'TGI Fridays' singing happy birthdays for kids and stuff. worked there for about 8 months and i think the longest hours i ever worked was about 80 in a week.  thats made up of split shifts and overtime, got very rich and the tips were amazing.

building fences (IE a weeks work of manual labour) i wont top more than 9 hours a day, and i earn 3 times more than i did in TGI fridays, but therre arnt as many attractive waitresses.
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« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2006, 04:32:04 AM »
130 or so. Agricultural stuff. Darn, was I tired :(
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« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2006, 05:20:34 AM »
15 hours a day, 7 days a week. For three months.
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