How much "legitimate" work do you get done in a day?

[MMXcalibur]

I'm not talking about sitting there with an Excel spreadsheet open staring off into space or bullshitting with co-workers during a "meeting". I mean honest productive work.

[keg in kc]

As little as possible.

[jidar]

Like I'm going to leave hard lasting evidence of that in the form of a forum post.

[Iowanian]

I get a fair amount done in a day, but my production is tied to deadlines.

I don't get as much done as I could some days, but make up for it on the short, hard deadlines that require long, braincrushing hours.


I'm looking at 3 spreadsheets and a medium sized pile this week, that I'm finding trouble getting seriously motivated to complete.

[Chiefs4TheWin]

Originally Posted by jidar

Like I'm going to leave hard lasting evidence of that in the form of a forum post.

This

[ChiTown]

I travel a shit ton.

When I travel, I'm working 12-16 hours/day. In the office - real work, maybe 4 hours.

[suds79]

It depends on the day for me. My job is up & down. Some days maybe it's 7 hours or so. And somedays I could seriously go home after about an hour.

[Iowanian]

I struggle the most with production on the non-billable days, when I'm writing checks, fighting with taxes, paperwork, insurance and other crap I hate doing that only costs money.

I always come through when I've got something due. I figure I deserve the slower days to make up for some of the nights I don't see my kids.

[the Talking Can]

almost none

i wish i had the option for to work a 4 day 9-10 hr schedule

i'd be happier and more productive and efficient, i think...

[seclark]

for every 8 hours a day, i usually work 10.5
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[bevischief]

Originally Posted by jidar

Like I'm going to leave hard lasting evidence of that in the form of a forum post.

[Jenson71]

Originally Posted by ChiTown

I travel a shit ton.

When I travel, I'm working 12-16 hours/day. In the office - real work, maybe 4 hours.

What do you do that makes you travel so much?

I work 10 hours a week. It's mostly 5 hours on Tuesday and 5 hours on Thursday. I'd say my average production is at 80%. That's because we have downtimes, and no one comes to my study seminars.

[PhillyChiefFan]

Originally Posted by the Talking Can

almost none

i wish i had the option for to work a 4 day 9-10 hr schedule

i'd be happier and more productive and efficient, i think...

You would think, but I do that now. With my commute in/out it's like working 12 hr days.

by the time I get home at night, I'm tired as hell with no motivation to do anything around the house and go to bed really early.

Then on the day off that I have, I find myself catching up on all the thing I put off during the week.

There is pros/cons to the 8hr and 12hr days.

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by Jenson71

What do you do that makes you travel so much?

I work 10 hours a week. It's mostly 5 hours on Tuesday and 5 hours on Thursday. I'd say my average production is at 80%. That's because we have downtimes, and no one comes to my study seminars.

I own, or having ownership in 3 different companies. I'm out checking on the assets, or clients/suppliers just about every week.

I'm generally in Chicago, Houston, Dallas, St. Louis, North Little Rock, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis or Birmingham.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by the Talking Can

almost none

i wish i had the option for to work a 4 day 9-10 hr schedule

i'd be happier and more productive and efficient, i think...

I've got this..kind of. We do what is called a 9/80 schedule where in 2 weeks, we work 80 hours in 9 days (this equals eight 9 hour days and one eight hour day). Fridays alternate from being off to working only 8 hours. I love this schedule because I rarely have to use vacation to get things done like appointments, etc since I can just use my off Friday. Also, if I want to take a short trip, that is easy to do too without using vacation. The only drawback is that the weeks with our working Fridays seem exceedingly long.

Oh, and the extra hour at work is unnoticable.