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Who's in the Office? The American Workday in One Graph

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Re: Who's in the Office? The American Workday in One Graph

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Post by mhurron »

walshemj wrote: post #29
mhurron wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IT professionals (as a group) aren't really any different than any other group of workers.

Professional "exempt" workers I think you meant to say it will be quite different to a shift worker on the line at Ford or GM

No, I didn't. There are IT shift workers too.

The post I was replying to said they thought Computer and Math workers would be more night owls. Something that is really just based on the mothers basement late at night stereotype of those called geeks.

I was saying that IT workers just aren't that different than everyone else.

Re: Who's in the Office? The American Workday in One Graph

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Post by walshemj »

mhurron wrote: post #31
walshemj wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Professional "exempt" workers I think you meant to say it will be quite different to a shift worker on the line at Ford or GM

No, I didn't. There are IT shift workers too. The post I was replying to said they thought Computer and Math workers would be more night owls. Something that is really just based on the mothers basement late at night stereotype of those called geeks. I was saying that IT workers just aren't that different than everyone else.

Well the number of hourly paid tape ops or punch card operators is probably not that many any more.

And don't forget those special laws that where passed to categorise hourly paid IT workers as exempt.

Re: Who's in the Office? The American Workday in One Graph

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Post by lilsunnybee »

josu wrote: post #22

Why is there a peak at 3 am for legal? It looks like an statistical error to me, unless it has something to do with conference calls and people starting their workday in Europe.

Legal doesn't even start climbing from 0 until after 6 am. Are you looking at "protective services" perhaps, which has a slightly-pre-3 am trough?

Re: Who's in the Office? The American Workday in One Graph

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Post by josu »

lilsunnybee wrote: post #33
josu wrote: post #22

Why is there a peak at 3 am for legal? It looks like an statistical error to me, unless it has something to do with conference calls and people starting their workday in Europe.

Legal doesn't even start climbing from 0 until after 6 am. Are you looking at "protective services" perhaps, which has a slightly-pre-3 am trough?

This bump http://i.imgur.com/dt0iVfG.png

Re: Who's in the Office? The American Workday in One Graph

#35

Post by lilsunnybee »

josu wrote: post #34
lilsunnybee wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Legal doesn't even start climbing from 0 until after 6 am. Are you looking at "protective services" perhaps, which has a slightly-pre-3 am trough?

This bump http://i.imgur.com/dt0iVfG.png

Oops I'm sorry. I missed it.

Re: Who's in the Office? The American Workday in One Graph

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Post by sebkomianos »

nawitus wrote: post #25
howeyc wrote: post #6

Do 9-5 jobs with paid lunch exist? Everything I've seen is either 8-5 or 9-6 or some variation of that. Heck, where I am now is 9 hour days plus they encourage you to take lunch, 7-5. Half-day Friday though.

They (kinda) exist in Finland, as lunch is unpaid, but the workday is 7.5 hours and the workweek is 37.50 hours. Lunch is often optional, but a typical workday can be from 9 to 5 with a 30 minute lunch break. There can also be two ~10min "coffee" breaks in addition to the lunch break but they typically matter only in non-software development work environments..

Is 7.5 the standard workday in Finland or are you talking only about your case? If it's typical, it's very encouraging to read about it and it explains a lot about why it's mostly Scandinavian places that are willing to experiment with 6 hours also.

Re: Who's in the Office? The American Workday in One Graph

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Post by nawitus »

sebkomianos wrote: post #36
nawitus wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They (kinda) exist in Finland, as lunch is unpaid, but the workday is 7.5 hours and the workweek is 37.50 hours. Lunch is often optional, but a typical workday can be from 9 to 5 with a 30 minute lunch break. There can also be two ~10min "coffee" breaks in addition to the lunch break but they typically matter only in non-software development work environments..

Is 7.5 the standard workday in Finland or are you talking only about your case? If it's typical, it's very encouraging to read about it and it explains a lot about why it's mostly Scandinavian places that are willing to experiment with 6 hours also.

By law the maximum is 40 hours per week (8 hours a day). The length of the workday is determined by a "generally binding" collective labor agreement[1]. It depends on the sector you're working in, but is often 37.50 hours per week. In the IT industry it's almost everywhere 37.50 hour per week. Some sectors have a 40 hour work weeks, but have extra days off here and there to bring the average down to 37.50 hours.

1. http://www.tietoala.fi/english/

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