Working For 18 Hours In A Day
By Raj
@Butterfingers (66585)
India
August 5, 2021 12:38am CST
A few days ago I was watching a movie and it was just a random movie and not much to talk about it but there was a small scene when a person was delivering the dialogue that he's working for 18 hours in a day and has saved money with it even by starving or eating just once in a day means they are spending a very tough life.
I cannot believe they are working for 18 hours and over that not taking meals properly because your body may not work like it used to be and personally not possible for me to do that.
Have you ever worked for this long in a day? How was the experience?
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38 responses
@arunima25 (85579)
• Bangalore, India
5 Aug 21
I don't know anyone personally who has such long hours of work, but yes there are people who work long hours to bring meals to their plate. My household help works in two houses and that takes few hours in her day and then she does afternoon shift in shirt company putting buttons, ironing shirts and packing them. She works seven hours there. And then she has all her household chores. If I see she sleeps only for 6 hours and is working the rest of the time. But she has got decent education for her sons.
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
5 Aug 21
Yes it's a struggle and they are doing for their family
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@sjvg1976 (41131)
• Delhi, India
5 Aug 21
She is very hardworking
What her husband does? @arunima25
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@LadyDuck (459212)
• Switzerland
5 Aug 21
@Butterfingers I have seen immigrants doing this even here in Switzerland.
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
5 Aug 21
yes you are right but that person was living in a different country, may be earning less so was working for 18 hours and was eating less to save for family but very difficult
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@ThatDisha (4010)
• India
5 Aug 21
not working but i have been studying for 18 hours (with small breaks in between) for past two days
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What is your stream?@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
5 Aug 21
@ThatDisha wow, so only sleeping for 6 hours
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@ThatDisha (4010)
• India
5 Aug 21
@Butterfingers less than 4 hours a day
But since today i am back to my old routine of 12 hours a day
But since today i am back to my old routine of 12 hours a day2 people like this
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
5 Aug 21
Working 12 to 18 hours a day is just normal......if you are the business owner
if you own the business and like what you are doing it's normal because all the work you put in is for yourself and your family and not for a company or a boss we hate.
if you own the business and like what you are doing it's normal because all the work you put in is for yourself and your family and not for a company or a boss we hate.4 people like this
@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
5 Aug 21
Yes but the person in question was working on a job and not his own business
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
5 Aug 21
@Butterfingers that's already more of slavery than a job.
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@RebeccasFarm (86820)
• United States
5 Aug 21
I have and it was when I was hairdressing and it was fine. I was younger.
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@RebeccasFarm (86820)
• United States
6 Aug 21
@Butterfingers I never stopped to eat either..not good
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
6 Aug 21
That's still not easy even when we are younger
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@Shiva49 (26224)
• Singapore
6 Aug 21
@Butterfingers I recall a famous quote - When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when the character is lost, all is lost.
The meaning is wealth is transient.
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
6 Aug 21
yes health is most important so we need to look for that
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@Hannihar (129540)
• Israel
5 Aug 21
@Butterfingers
I have worked two part-time jobs but I do not believe worked all those hours between the two jobs. Was part of it overtime or without overtime?
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@Hannihar (129540)
• Israel
5 Aug 21
@Butterfingers
That is a very very long day. I bet he must want to sleep on any time off he get if he does.
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
5 Aug 21
I am not sure but the dialogue was he's working for 18 hours in a day
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
5 Aug 21
@Hannihar yes cannot imagine working for this long
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@janethwayne (5193)
• Philippines
5 Aug 21
No I always make it sure I eat before I work again.
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@janethwayne (5193)
• Philippines
5 Aug 21
@Butterfingers Yes but I will stop for a while and eat.
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@DocAndersen (54407)
• United States
5 Aug 21
a few years ago there was an external attack on my customer's network we ended up working for 54 straight hours. You are right, by the end of that we were fried and not effective.
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@DocAndersen (54407)
• United States
5 Aug 21
@Butterfingers food was delivered but we didn't have time to sleep
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
5 Aug 21
@DocAndersen that still must be so difficult
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
5 Aug 21
That must be so difficult, Were you taking breaks to eat and sleep for a bit
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@florelway (23160)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
5 Aug 21
That's terrible. Last year I remembered we worked almost that long because we need to finish work when.we distributed financial assistance. We started 8 am until 2 am, but we took lunch and snacks of course. That happens rarely. Our health is more important. But I've heard some people work 16 hours so if they start working at 7 am and ends 11 pm they still have ample time to sleep.
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@florelway (23160)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
6 Aug 21
@Butterfingers yes all works and no play makes one dull and dumb.
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
6 Aug 21
It's really difficult and surely one needs timely breaks
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@snowy22315 (170509)
• United States
5 Aug 21
No, I don't know anybody. Sometimes doctors and nurses work very long shifts though.
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
6 Aug 21
Yes they do and have done during this covid era
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
5 Aug 21
Yes people do that but it's so much difficult
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
6 Aug 21
Yes for family people sacrifice everything
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
6 Aug 21
yes could be they are unable to earn as much they need for the living so they work on different jobs
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@MariaIsHere (286)
• Philippines
5 Aug 21
OFWs do experience this, most often who falls victims are the housekeeper, maid and nanny. Who works in countries that the employer's think they bought slaves not actual human being who went there for doing the job.
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
6 Aug 21
Yes you are right about it, they are the ones who are most exploited
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