As an engineer in the US what is a typical work day? Mine is 9 hours including an hour unpaid lunch. Is that normal or are there people that really get to work at 9 and leave at 5?
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#2Mostly 9-5 or 10-6. I don't usually eat lunch.
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#3Mostly 9-5 or 10-6. I don't usually eat lunch.
I use the full hour about once a week, but you are expected to be around 9 hours regardless.
Thanks, I am glad to hear that at least someone works the schedule I expected though.
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#4Mine is 8 to 5 with one hour lunch break. That is the minimal expected. I hear about other developers regularly working 10-12 hour days though.
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#5Working remote for me has been 9-5 with an hour for lunch.
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#6I have worked at a startup before and after acquisition. I am a morning person and have small kids so I normally worked 8-4. I got a little push-back for leaving early, but after a few days of telling my boss what I had already accomplished by the time he got in in the morning, it was pretty much ok.
Now, I work from home, so I usually work something like 8am-3 plus 8pm-9 so I can play with my kids after school. Highly recommended.
But if you're asking this question, then what you probably need is advice about how to talk about this with your boss.
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#78:30-5 (I leave a bit early to beat traffic. Sometimes if I can't sleep I'll VPN in to work and do some code janitor tasks. A few times a year my work load gets heavy enough that I'll work extra at night or very early to get through it, but that's not my normal routine.
My lunch is anywhere from 0 to 90 minutes but I probably average about 30 minutes.
During the day I'll sometimes go for a 30 minute walk. I keep a guitar at work so if I get hung up on something I'll play for bit.
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#8Typically something like 11:30 - 19:30, but with wild variations. I work in academia so I enjoy a lot of freedom in that respect.
It's not rare that I work in the evening, or during weekends, but I am never required to (although when paper deadlines are due, there is a strong expectation that you will in order to finish things up).
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#108:30-5 (I leave a bit early to beat traffic. Sometimes if I can't sleep I'll VPN in to work and do some code janitor tasks. A few times a year my work load gets heavy enough that I'll work extra at night or very early to get through it, but that's not my normal routine. My lunch is anywhere from 0 to 90 minutes but I probably average about 30 minutes. During the day I'll sometimes go for a 30 minute walk. I keep a gu…
Presumably you have your own office, or do your work colleagues enjoy the impromptu performance?