do u work a five-day week or six-day week?

China
July 16, 2009 6:58pm CST
Hey, all mylot friends, when i wrote down this question i felt so a little bit lost for my six-day week working rule. i am working in a foreign company, they take six-day week, and its shift working.. we have day shift,middle shift, and night shift.. night shift alway work till 9:30pm.. its really not convenient to use this kind of work shift..bcz u will never know when you will off.. the mmost thing is..we never have any rest in weekend,,bcz weekend is our busiest day... poor me..i can never get any chance to go outside with my friends during weekend.. but one good thing is..we only need to work 6hour per day.. how about u? do u work 6day week or 5day week? thanks for reading hv a nice day
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• Philippines
17 Jul 09
well i work everyday with no rest..because i treated the place where i work as my home already...i love my work so much...i am a devotee to my work...but even though i'm so workaholic i still have time to attend church service which is the most important thing to do..and is required for me...i don't want to lose my church so i prioritize it more than other..
• Philippines
18 Jul 09
Wow! You must be really a work-a-holic. Just remember that - "Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will." Stay in touch.
• China
18 Jul 09
wow,..that's really cool.. u wont feel tired if u really enjoy work i think hehe thanks for reading hv a nice day
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@rymebristol (1808)
• Philippines
17 Jul 09
when i got my first job in a manufacturing company, i only have 1 day off. that means that i work for 6 days a week. it was hard actually cause it was a shifting schedule. my body at first can't keep up with the night shift. i got sleep debt most of the time. then when i got my second job as a call center agent in a financial institution, i have 2 days off. our schedule is during banking hours which is normally 9 in the morning to 6 in the evening. and on my third job, again it was a two days off and almost the same schedule as with my 2nd job. 9 o'clock to 4 in the afternoon.
• China
18 Jul 09
ur third job only need to work from 9 to 4? that's really not so busy.. (*^_^*)
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@mapuang (612)
• Philippines
17 Jul 09
as a business woman i need to work 7 days a week. 14 hours a day just to earn more money. but its worth it. but of course if i get a chance i take an off and go somewhere and bonding with some friends. its so tiring but its ok with me as long as i can earn money.
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• China
18 Jul 09
no matter how much time u spent on our job..i think as long as we enjoy our jobs.that's ok.a good thing heh thanks for reply best wishes
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@cbeee3 (2061)
• India
17 Jul 09
Aww that's too bad.That must get really exhausting. Well, I am currently working from home and have all the time in the world.Ha! So life is good! But prior to this when I was working as an engineer in an MNC, it was a 5 day week ( officially) and the work load depended on the project.Sometimes, it would be light. But I was also on a project where I have worked 7 days a week for almost 2 months! Can you imagine how pathetic life would be then? And the working hours were horrible too. I would be in office by 9.00am and get home only by 8.00-8.30pm Things are ok now.
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• China
18 Jul 09
I can imagin..bcz my maijor is related to software develop..its really hard if u get project and hv to struggle for ur codes.. ehe wish u good life
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• India
17 Jul 09
i work all 7 dayz in week
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• China
18 Jul 09
opps..wish u are not so tired eheh
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@Rodlkm (123)
• Malaysia
17 Jul 09
I can understand how you feel because I have worked in a six day week company before. I was in the hotel industry in a hill resort. What is worse is that I have to work for 24 days straight and then get to go for a 4 day off. In other words, there is no Saturday or Sunday. It's just workday and offday. I had that for 2.5 years and it was tough. When others are free, I'll be busy working. When I'm free, others will be busy working. And you are lucky to work only 6 hours a day. Our shift was still 8 hours then.
• China
18 Jul 09
working for 24hours?? oh..that's really annoying u must be very tired... problem to me now is like urs.. when i am free, everyone is busy.. when i am busy..everyone is free hard to get togeter
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• India
17 Jul 09
i work 0 day a week.....yipeeee!!!...i dont work at all...i dont need to work....becauseeeeee......................................................................................................i have to study :( :( all day and night....poor me
• India
18 Jul 09
i think i should have life without studies and without job....just want to enjoy every moment of life....
• China
18 Jul 09
hey..dont think like student is poor.. i think to me..student is the best job ever in the world.. i just graduated from school last month i can feel the difference
@robert19ph (4577)
• Philippines
17 Jul 09
hello babyorchid, I am on shifting too but with different schedule. Our night shift starts from 11pm to 7am, afternoon shift 3pm to 11pm and the morning shift is 7am till 3pm. During my afternoon and night shift I have 6 working days with 8 hrs work. But if I'm on morning shift I work 5 days only but need to work an hour longer. This way, I can have my two rest days. Shifting for me is better than day shift - day shift is 8am to 5:30pm. For I can do a lot of things especially when I'm on night shift. You need not to file for leave incase I need to go to the bank and other important matters that need to be done. Besides I have night shift differentials that I can not compensate during my day shift.
• Philippines
18 Jul 09
Only 6 hours! Wow! That's too short. We can't accomplish anything here if we only work 6 hours per shift. You must be continuously working to accomplish something for the day. No time for break, I guess.
• China
18 Jul 09
we are using day shift middle shift and night shift too but it wont lasts so long,only 6hours that;s the best thing for me hehe
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@underdogtoo (9579)
• Philippines
17 Jul 09
I work at home, having lost my job as farm manager. I am now trying to make some money on the internet and it is not an easy thing to do. There are a lot of things to read and find out about. I would have to say that I work 7 days a week and I keep very long hours. I do hope that some money will start coming soon.
17 Jul 09
Hi mate, if anyone wants ways to earn on the internet you can email me at mbkimberley@hotmail.com . i have some easy ways to earn cash and some slightly longer ways too. Currently i work 2 hours a day on the internet, i make roughly £250 a month from this. But i can give the easist and quickest ways to earn. For example a survey site which you log into each day, complete surveys (roughly 60seconds a day) and that alone will earn £80 approx. per day. I started this 2 years ago and spent a lot of time finding the enuine sites and ones that pay well and are worth the time.
• China
18 Jul 09
hey, i think dont lost hope...anything is tough at the begining..like me..i am running my own website..and it costs me half a year..still no successed.. but whatever i am trying to solve this problem.. it costs time right hehe thanks for reading hv a nice day
@Ysabel (1201)
• Philippines
17 Jul 09
hi! officially, as stated in my employment contract, i work 5 days in a week. so thats monday to friday... then i have saturday and sunday as my rest days.. like the most of the employees in my country (i guesss). however, my actual job function and the nature of what i am doing is that i am on-call basis.. meaning, even if during evenings, or late evenings, early morning, and basically anytime, at anytime and at any day, i should always be available. that's how it is. so i work mondays to fridays but including saturday and sundays too! its a case to case basis thing. its tiring but i get used to it already.. cheers! :)
• China
18 Jul 09
glad to hear that u get used to this..me too.. thought i lost one day .. but i can learn study and stay home for a half day everyday haha
@agv0419 (3022)
• Philippines
17 Jul 09
Before I work 7 days a week with no day off at all sometimes the shift is 12 hours with overtime. The work is very tiring and I lost so much weight because my sleep is affected when I'm in a night shift. I don't want to work anymore in that kind of work because my health is affected. I can work in daytime but not in night shift I want to work in call center but I can't work in the night shift. I had a problem in sleeping when I'm too tired I can't sleep during the day.
17 Jul 09
nah I dont go to work yet since I am still in school studying for the stuff that I want to do later on. In about a year os so I will be working however I go to school everyday 5 times a week but at the moment we have the summer holidays so I am just currently resting and revising :). I do know many friends who work six days a week though.
• China
18 Jul 09
yes..student..i just said goodbye to my student career.. hehe
@checkmail (2039)
• India
17 Jul 09
Hello babyorchid this is checkmail and work for only five days a week.Though recently I was working 6 days a week, it was an updation jon so had to stay behind and completeit.Others were having five days job.Mostly I prefer the altrnate two weeks of 5 days and six days job.But seeing growth of Japan think we should work all the seven days in the week.
• China
18 Jul 09
7days per week..em..if we dont hv somthing else to do..like party..ceremony..or some festival..i think working 7 days is ok..if u r really enjoy ur work.. otherwise..i think its a kind of torture... haha bt i love my current job.. hehe thanks checkmail.. best wishes
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@janebeth (2032)
• Philippines
17 Jul 09
that's so horrible.. im working on a government and we only have 5 days in a week, quite relaxing right?? lol.. but too bored in the house...
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• China
18 Jul 09
hehe..governemnt work is always considered to be the best work ever in CHina no need to worry about losing job..high-paid..dont hv much work to do. ehe but i am not like this kind of job. i'd prefer more exicting job haha
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@rlaknar (616)
• India
17 Jul 09
Good question.I am working 6 days a week.This is hard but we need to do it.
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• China
18 Jul 09
thanks for reply hv a nice day
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17 Jul 09
wow I am not sure that I could cope with working like that- would probably screw up my body clock completely. I only work during the week (I get every weekend off) and it is usually 9 to 5, but sometimes I do start earlier or leave later depending on the circumstances of the day.
• China
18 Jul 09
now.i am quiet familiour with this working shift.. ehe
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
17 Jul 09
i work a 7 day job but its just not at the same place! i work 3 days outside of my house, 2 at home and on top of this hubby and i look after our aging parents plus our children and the house.
• China
18 Jul 09
oh..do u tired of ur job or this kind of life?
@tuni902 (483)
• India
17 Jul 09
Actually, Online Working and Earning is the Only Job I do, So I work Everyday means fully 7 days a week, But I would Surely agree with it that working from home gives quite relaxed environment then working in Office with a Official time period and Limit. Keep Smiling and Happy myLotting...
• China
18 Jul 09
yes...to be a SOHO is really a good thing but i hv to gain some experiences in this field.. not sure wt kind of online job i can do
@kyh6kr (12)
• United States
17 Jul 09
I am a server. So I pretty much have a 7 day week. Plus my schedule is never set. I work different days at different times every week :(
• China
18 Jul 09
yes..like me.. i will not know wt's my next week schudul.. its not soo good for me to arrange my own things
@agrant24 (38)
• Jamaica
17 Jul 09
I think you should be able to work with that because you only work 6 hours per day while others have to work 8 & 9 hours per day. I would love to have a flexible job like that and the hours are great.
• China
18 Jul 09
aha..i dont know good or not.. it has two sides.. good thing is only 6 hours per day aha
• United States
17 Jul 09
i've just started with a new job...wich requires me to work 5 days in a week...thank God...with my previous job, i had to work for about 6 days as well but the pay's so much lesser compared to my work now....XD
• China
18 Jul 09
wow..ur current job is really so desirable hehe lucky u