Working moms - hours poll

[Deleted]

I have 2 part time jobs.

1. Desk job- 8:30-3:30 3 days a week
2. Coaching- 4-6 or 7 3 days a week plus Saturday mornings. I double up 2 days so I have 2 really long days but 2 days at home.

[Ashley&Scott]

I can't see the poll. I work 40 hr weeks, typical office hours.

[fortmyersbride]

An average week is 32-35 hrs/wk. But I also get to work between 5:30 and 6am, so even if I work a 35+ hr wk I'm still home before 2 everyday.

[huskymom]

40 hrs, 9-5

[justjen]

It tooooootally depends on the week. Baseline is 40, and I'm *really* trying to avoid staying late as much as possible. But I didn't get home until close to midnight on Thursday, so it happens.

But I also have a 3 hour roundtrip commute.

[ssmjlm]

I'm going to a 5/4/9 schedule next month and will keep that through baby. So my hours will be 730-500 with me doing drop off at 7 and DH will pickup at 430.

I'll have every other Friday off.

[pamela]

40 hours most of the year, 72 hours for 4 weeks of every 18 months plus extra on occasion depending on how the plant behaves.

[CloudBee]

No less than 45, typically 47-50, and an average of 55-60 during our busy seasons.

[Deleted]

Right now, 40hrs or less per week. When kid #2 arrives, I'm planning on cutting down to 32hrs/wk max. And after we move to our new house, I hope to start working at 6am so I could be home early.

[Deleted]

32-35 hours per week for 33 weeks of the year. I am off the remainder (summer and longs breaks for Christmas, thanksgiving, and spring break).

I do have to chaperone 3 trips per trimester but I get to pick the trips and they are usually things I enjoy like outlet shopping, mall trips, or movie trips. And I could bring dd to most kid-friendly outings assuming there is room for her carseat. They are very flexible with parents.

I was working 45 hours a week last year (and all previous years) but my contract was re-written when I announced my pregnancy.

[Deleted]

This year (since late Aug) I work 8:15-11:15 daily. Last summer it was 8:15-5pm Tues & Thurs.

[egishere]

36-40. I have a lot longer commute since moving to CO so I leave the office earlier than I should. I am supposed to be working 9hrs Mon-Thur. On Fridays I work 4 hrs from home.

[Deleted]

Pre work situation implosion: 40 hours/ week, MAX. I'm a union government employee. And anything past 40 became FLEX time.

Post work implosion and post baby, the Big Boss has apparently declared that he wants us in the office 8am-5pm regardless of if we were at a work meeting until midnight the night before. He'll pay us overtime instead. While the prospect of more money is nice, I'm effing peeved at the idea of having to work strict hours rather than having a flexible schedule.

[Deleted]

50-60

[Deleted]

I also hate you all. seriously no other mom works 50-60 hours a week?

[starlily]

40 hours a week, 8:30 - 5. Sometimes I get out 30-60 minutes early.

[h]

35-40 outside the house. Sometimes an additional 5-10 from home after my kids are asleep, depending on how busy I am and how productive I've been at the office. This is technically "part time" for my employer.

It used to be more like 60, but I took a large paycut after DS2 was born to get a more reasonable schedule.

[zarapipe]

7-3.30 m-f. 40 min commute as well


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[spankswife]

I work 40-45 most weeks. In tax season, I work about 62/63 hrs a week, over 6 days (7-6 m-f, 7-3/4 on sat). My busy season will start 1-2, and will last about 12 weeks. It is a lot, especially losing Saturdays. That means Sunday I have to rest and do errands. DH is a SAHD though, an does most, if not all, of the house work and cooking during that time. The only thing is it is a long day by himself with DD who is 2.5. She goes to school 3 hrs a day, and still naps, but she is very high energy.

We usually take. nice trip the last week in April to bond, rest, and just catch up, so that gives us something to look forward to....

ETA me leaving at 6 in tax season is me being adamant of family work balance. I used to stay til 7, but with a 20 min drive, and an 8 o'clock bedtime, I need to see DD in the evenings, so I now leave at 6. That will prob change as she gets older, but it works for now...

[Deleted]

I generally work MWF 8-8. So 36 hours a week.

[jessj222]

I only work PT, 21 hours/week.

[otowngirl]

8:30-5:30 M-F, plus another 5-10 hours outside of that. I'd say 45-50 on average.

[fortmyersbride]

Dec 30, 2012 0:36:03 GMT -5 @iheartcosmos said:

I also hate you all. seriously no other mom works 50-60 hours a week?

I was working FT 60-65 hrs/wk when we just had DS. It was having the second kid that "broke my spirit" and caused me to switch to PT and quit taking call. DD also had a lot of health issues in the first year, maybe I could have kept it going otherwise.

[froggy76]

I work about 40-45 hours per week. If I have more work to do, I log on after DD is in bed. I am constantly checking e-mail when I'm home, though.

Evening schedule:
5:15- leave work, pick up DD
5:45- home, nurse, play
6:00- DH gets home and cooks
6:30- eat
7:00- bath, jammies, book, nurse, in bed by 8

Then, DH walks the dog and we wash diapers and bottles and clean up the kitchen. It's typically 9:30 before we can even think about relaxing, assuming we don't have other stuff that needs to be done (work, laundry, grocery shopping.) Even though I don't work long hours, I find being a working parent completely exhausting and I dread the evenings.

When DD was little, we had much less structure. She just slept in our arms in the evenings until she was about 4 months old and we started a bed time routine.

ETA: Sorry, I should have answered the evening schedule question in your other thread!

[Deleted]

40 hours a week, typically something like 7 - 330 or 7 - 400. My job is super flexible.

[Deleted]

Dec 30, 2012 0:36:03 GMT -5 @iheartcosmos said:

I also hate you all. seriously no other mom works 50-60 hours a week?

When I do I get paid OT or am earning credit for a vacation or something.

But in all honesty, I don't particularly like my job. It's not bad but it's not stimulating or interesting either. I stay solely for the good hours. So there is a big trade off. When H talks about his job - even the stressful parts of it - I feel a twinge of jealousy.

[Willis Jackson]

I work 4-9am two mornings a week.

[galaxy8227]

I work 8-4 M-F and then 4-10 on Tues and Sat (2nd job waitressing)

[Deleted]

37.5 hours per week. I've been toying with going back to a compressed work week and taking every 2nd or 3rd Friday off, but I can't quite stomach the change to a longer day yet.