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Re: Ask HN: Typical work hours

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Post by markwaldron » Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 1:58 PM UTC

I'm working at a fin-techy start up outside NYC. Hours are normally 8:45 - 19:00 with an hourish paid lunch. Very flexible though - people leave early frequently

Re: Ask HN: Typical work hours

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Post by _tomasz » Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 1:59 PM UTC

10am until 3 or 4pm.

M/W/F I work from home and at the moment T/Th I drive to the office about 30-50 minutes away depending on traffic.

Edit: Work as Senior Software Engineer for a startup in the US.

Re: Ask HN: Typical work hours

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Post by aaronbasssett » Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 2:00 PM UTC

Scotland UK, we work a 4 day week; 9:30–17:30/18:00

28 days paid holidays

I normally grab lunch at my desk except on Wednesdays were we have a staff lunch which normally takes an hour.

Re: Ask HN: Typical work hours

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Post by scarecrowbob » Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 2:02 PM UTC

I'm a remote web developer who works for a company in Virginia. I'm in rural Texas. I usually work 10-5 central, taking an "unpaid" hour for lunch. But I will also push that around however I need to in order to get work or personal tasks done.

Re: Ask HN: Typical work hours

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Post by cachichas » Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 2:04 PM UTC

required 7.5hrs/day + .5hr for lunch but i put in an additional 50mins - 1hr per day and get every other Friday off. Vancouver, Canada (about 50 employees)...

btw, when school is off, i get to come in at 6am. on school days, i come in around 7:30

Re: Ask HN: Typical work hours

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Post by dhimes » Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 2:06 PM UTC

kminehart wrote: post #19

I enjoy my job a lot. Web developer in Northwest Arkansas. I usually come in at around 8:00, take maybe an hour lunch at around 11 or 12, and leave at 5. If I get called in the middle of the night, I'm always happy to help out. When I worked for the government my hours were a strict 8:00 - 4:30 with a 1 hour lunch. When I worked for Toshiba, it was 45 hour weeks; I hated that job so I would come in at 6:00 and leave…

What sucked about Toshiba? I bought one of their laptops...

Re: Ask HN: Typical work hours

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Post by sealthedeal » Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 2:07 PM UTC

You should work as long as it takes to get your work done, then deuce out. Tracking how long you work is not productive.

Re: Ask HN: Typical work hours

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Post by arconis987 » Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 2:10 PM UTC

adrianN wrote: post #36

arconis987 wrote: post #17

7am - 7pm in office, plus 1 hour commute each way.

I hope you're writing lots of job applications.

Yeah, it's intellectually interesting work, but it takes its toll.

Re: Ask HN: Typical work hours

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Post by tapan_k » Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 2:13 PM UTC

BLR: 9:00a-6:30p [includes 30m paid lunch] + 30m commute each way

Re: Ask HN: Typical work hours

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Post by some_throwaway » Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 2:16 PM UTC

drewg123 wrote: post #38

When I was working for Google in MTV, I would get to the office around 6am and leave around 3:30pm. I worked early hours to avoid the chaos of the open office. I had ~3 hours of good concentration until most people arrived & the distractions started. As a bonus, I got to pick up my son from elementary school and spend quality time with him. I would often answer email in the evenings. So I ended up working ~9-10 hours…

I work for Google in MTV now. I typically get in around 9:30-10 and leave around 5 with half an hour of lunch and sometimes a trip to the gym in the middle. I never work or read email in the evenings, so I probably average slightly under 7 hours a day.

There's no pressure to work more, and I really value and appreciate that.

Still, I feel like admitting to enjoying your free time and working ~35 hour weeks is a scandalous taboo that would ruin your chances to get hired elsewhere, so I posted this on a throwaway.