Bankers Hours This Week At Work!
By maezee
@maezee (41997)
United States
May 15, 2017 6:53am CST
As a normal overnighter, for the next 6 days I will be doing some training that requires working the bankers hours of 8 am - 5 pm. While I have worked day hours in the past it usually started at 530-630 not at 8, which feels a little late.
I am excited but also dreading the normal busyness of these hours. Traffic coming into and leaving downtown, busyness at the gym, grocery store etc after work. But I will keep you posted. Also a little bummed I have to work 6 days in a row.
Do you work bankers hours? Or what are your "ideal" hours at work?
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7 responses
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
15 May 17
I always do normal hours shift.
I wonder why that hour is known as bankers hours.
For the bankers here in Singapore, many of them work very long hours.
Some of them work 6 days a week starting at 9 am and ending at midnight.
They do not get overtime pay though their basic salary is above average.
I sure do not like to work such hours even if the salary is higher.
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
15 May 17
@maezee Many banks here open from 8 to 5 pm too, but that does not mean the tellers can go back at 5 pm.
By the time they finish all the transactions, and other work, it is nearly 8 pm.
The back office bankers and the bankers in charge of businesses have to deal with customers requests at all hours.
I have worked in a bank before, and fortunately as an agency temp staff, I do not have to pull long hours.
I do not mind the working hours as long as the work location is just 30 minutes ride by public transportation from my home.
It is often the commute that is tiring, not the work.
