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Title: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: dave f on January 21, 2016, 02:00:25 pm
as a rule I start at 7. 45 back home around 2pm at latest some time 3pm  I just do that day .don't bother starting the next days work what do you guys do
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: DaveG on January 21, 2016, 02:10:06 pm
Normally about 4
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: Jonny 87 on January 21, 2016, 03:57:31 pm
8:30 till 4:30 mon-fri,

5:30am to 7:30 am on some Saturdays.

It can vary though.
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: Mick Kent on January 21, 2016, 04:32:53 pm
5am till 5pm  most days I love a pound note though  ;D
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: Rich Wilts on January 21, 2016, 05:30:40 pm
6 hours, summit like that anyway.
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: rosskesava on January 21, 2016, 05:35:37 pm
10am - 4pm.

I'm lazy.
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: chris turner on January 21, 2016, 05:36:46 pm
6 hours, summit like that anyway.

Ditto. Apart from tomorrow, 2 weekly job that's 7.30am start.
 I normally leave home at 8.30, pit stop at MacDonald's then on to first job at 9, try to be done by 3pm.
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: Johnny B on January 21, 2016, 05:46:26 pm
9am till when it gets dark.

John
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: wfp master on January 21, 2016, 08:56:45 pm
as little as possible.
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: Smurf on January 21, 2016, 09:05:34 pm
as little as possible.

Good answer  ;D
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: Matt. on January 21, 2016, 09:59:07 pm
Not for me I like to do at least a 12hr day through the week, like to finish about 1ish on Saturday ( 4am start ), have about 4 hr every Sunday but can easy end up same as Saturday

My current work schedule up is the wall a little with doing a job that requires me there everyday during day light hours
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: dave f on January 22, 2016, 06:42:28 am
what ??? ???
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: paulben on January 22, 2016, 06:58:50 am
8 Till 1:30/2 very rare I work till 3
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: dazmond on January 22, 2016, 07:33:07 am
none at the moment.

can anyone spot the workaholic on this thread? ;D
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: SeanK on January 22, 2016, 09:19:03 am
Not for me I like to do at least a 12hr day through the week, like to finish about 1ish on Saturday ( 4am start ), have about 4 hr every Sunday but can easy end up same as Saturday

My current work schedule up is the wall a little with doing a job that requires me there everyday during day light hours


Seriously mate as somebody who done the same and who is now paying the price in later life with my health, cut back now before you do the damage.
They don't call greed a deadly sin for nothing.
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: Smurf on January 22, 2016, 11:47:22 am
If you see the types of jobs that matty takes on you will have a better understanding why he tends to work so many hours.

Matty you seriously need to think about employing staff or even start to sub contract the work out for more helpers than just two of you or you may end up in an early grave.
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: SeanK on January 22, 2016, 12:44:01 pm
If you see the types of jobs that matty takes on you will have a better understanding why he tends to work so many hours.

Matty you seriously need to think about employing staff or even start to sub contract the work out for more helpers than just two of you or you may end up in an early grave.

That's better than I put it, sometimes its easy to confuse greed with ambition or just taking on more than you can handle.
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: trippyboy on January 22, 2016, 01:59:28 pm
I only work about 3 to 4 hours per day.
A 5 hour day is a long one for me.
Far too old to be doing stupid hours these days.
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: 8weekly on January 22, 2016, 04:55:25 pm
If you see the types of jobs that matty takes on you will have a better understanding why he tends to work so many hours.

Matty you seriously need to think about employing staff or even start to sub contract the work out for more helpers than just two of you or you may end up in an early grave.

That's better than I put it, sometimes its easy to confuse greed with ambition or just taking on more than you can handle.
I get the impression it's big one off commercial; jobs. STRESS! I guess he can't turn them down and needs to do them as soon as they need them doing or else lose it.
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: Matt. on January 22, 2016, 06:29:02 pm
Come on guys it's not like that, my cost of living is pretty cheap so I don't do it for the money, ok I subsidise my daughters but this is just to help them threw education, an pay my eldests insurance an that .....

It's just ambition, these jobs are one offs last time this got done was at least 8 years ago, and the one I just finished had been attempted a few times but there h&s stopped the previous companies from working due to water coming threw. It's just a bit slow that's all but they happy to pay as long as it's done safe and properly..... No accidents
A few of u no I do a few bits for my local footy team so they keep me on me toes with regular jobs, and then we just have regular day to day commercial work.
Got out this morn at half 4 an finished at 4 to beat trafic getting back home, got to go do a pressure washing job for a customer tho which will take about 6 hour so prob no  sleep tonight, first time am doing an over night this year so can't really complain, will prob feel it tomora afternoon

Dazmond if ur mate in Warrington lives near the motorway I may be able to give him a weeks work next week if he's interested, I will pick him up but don't want to venture into Warrington on me way
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: Matt. on January 22, 2016, 06:55:20 pm
If you see the types of jobs that matty takes on you will have a better understanding why he tends to work so many hours.

Matty you seriously need to think about employing staff or even start to sub contract the work out for more helpers than just two of you or you may end up in an early grave.

I do have staff smurf only part timers tho used to have 2 vans on the rd but just use the one now ........ How can I describe it .......... If the rite person comes along I will consider a full time job for them but they have to be right. These jobs are done on a split with me mate we just in the process of registering a ltd company together and hoping to get a few more jobs similar to these, again if we can find the rite lads we can train them up with us and move forward, these have just asked us to move the finish time to the end of this month so forward 10 days as they want us to go see other work asap ....... Fingers crossed
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: deeege on January 22, 2016, 08:11:24 pm
You do work for a football club Matty? You didn't mention it.....


😃
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: Matt. on January 23, 2016, 06:12:48 pm
You do work for a football club Matty? You didn't mention it.....


😃

Oh sorry deegee ........ Ye I do the odd window for croxteth comp fc  ....... Local school footy team  ;D
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: DaveG on January 23, 2016, 08:41:17 pm
EVERTON?  ;)
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: sunshine windows on January 23, 2016, 09:07:21 pm
I used to be happy leaving home at 8am and working till 3-4 o'clock, possibly longer when I started 10 years ago. I even did the odd Saturday  :o

Now I've got a family I still try and get out at 8am but it ends up 8.30am most days which is when the wife leaves with the kids. I like to try and get to the gym before going home for dinner at 5pm at least 3 days a week. Pick my boy up at 4.15pm from after school clubs a couple of days a week.

I shouldn't have thought I work more than 70-75 hours in the month any more. I have no regular work left from the 22nd of each month
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: dazmond on January 25, 2016, 09:18:01 am
I used to be happy leaving home at 8am and working till 3-4 o'clock, possibly longer when I started 10 years ago. I even did the odd Saturday  :o

Now I've got a family I still try and get out at 8am but it ends up 8.30am most days which is when the wife leaves with the kids. I like to try and get to the gym before going home for dinner at 5pm at least 3 days a week. Pick my boy up at 4.15pm from after school clubs a couple of days a week.

I shouldn't have thought I work more than 70-75 hours in the month any more. I have no regular work left from the 22nd of each month

so part time then. :)
Title: Re: how many hours a day do you work
Post by: dave f on January 25, 2016, 07:50:06 pm
ive been thinking about getting moor better priced jobs and sacking the smaller jobs so as to cut down is just getting time may start to canvass when it gets a bit lighter