Something wrong with the work life balance!

[Fuzz]

So the average person does a 9-5 average job 5 days a week and spends 11-7 asleep. Agree?

8hrs a day working, 8hrs sleeping, leaving 8hrs to yourself. Sounds reasonable
Until you think that the first two hours are taken up getting ready for work and actually getting to work..
So you're down to six hours.
Take off another hour to get home, get washed and changed.
5 hrs.
Oh, now all the shops are shut and it's dark.
So realistically everyone dreams of the weekend.
So you have 24 hrs over 2 days to get everything done and have a good time.

In effect you work 40 hrs to have 24hrs of fun.

In my book that's a bit pants when you look at it like that, not to mention depressing.

 

[Dark_Angel]

Depends on if you enjoy your job!

 

[JBuk]

We need longer days

 

[mmj_uk]

This is why most of the population are on anti-depressants.

Did slavery really end or just evolve?

 

[cotton_flex]

welcome to the rat race.

 

[Dark_Angel]

Most of the population?

*edit* was responding to mmj

 

[dowie]

Depends on if you enjoy your job!

this....

also good incentive to get a well paid career so you can take early retirement also a good incentive to take a career break every so often.

I fully intend to either take a 6 month unpaid leave of absence from my current employer to go traveling or take a year out to go do a masters degree

 

[dowie]

double post -

 

[Fuzz]

this....

also good incentive to get a well paid career so you can take early retirement also a good incentive to take a career break every so often.

I fully intend to either take a 6 month unpaid leave of absence from my current employer to go traveling or take a year out to go do a masters degree

But you don't see any of this coming when you are leaving school at 17.
(Well I didn't )

 

[dowie]

I dunno - I used to get upset about it when I was 4 and started school - worked out that I spent more of my waking hours during the week in school than I got to spend playing with me lego - distressed me quite a lot at the time IIRC

 

[Indy500]

Unfortunately for most people they need a job to survive...

 

[Phate]

In my book that's a bit pants when you look at it like that, not to mention depressing.

Well don't think about it then?

 

[m4cc45]

To make the OP even happier you've missed out overtime! Seriously though I enjoy my job and my pay enables me to buy stuff so no work = no stuff =



M.

 

[This Side Up]

In my book that's a bit pants when you look at it like that, not to mention depressing.

Yes, I suppose it is.

Then again, there is always holidays/bank holidays to think of, not to mention buying stuff with your earnings (assuming you earn enough to have a little disposable income).

 

[Dev2]

In my book that's a bit pants when you look at it like that, not to mention depressing.

Not nearly as depressing as people who have no job and sit around idling their time. Even a crap job can give people direction and some sense of achievement.

 

[Bear]

So the average person does a 9-5 average job 5 days a week and spends 11-7 asleep. Agree?

8hrs a day working, 8hrs sleeping, leaving 8hrs to yourself. Sounds reasonable
Until you think that the first two hours are taken up getting ready for work and actually getting to work..
So you're down to six hours.
Take off another hour to get home, get washed and changed.
5 hrs.
Oh, now all the shops are shut and it's dark.
So realistically everyone dreams of the weekend.
So you have 24 hrs over 2 days to get everything done and have a good time.

In effect you work 40 hrs to have 24hrs of fun.

In my book that's a bit pants when you look at it like that, not to mention depressing.

And the kicker is that most of us will be doing that for about 45+ years

 

[Archibald0]

I do shifts. 10 hour shifts but I get 3 days off a week, sometimes 4

 

[zetec452]

And the kicker is that most of us will be doing that for about 45+ years

More like 55 years at this rate

Least you guys get 20 days holiday per year. Only get 10 in North America which royally sucks bottom.

 

[NickK]

Even when you're not employed you're working looking for job so the slavery is holistic!

You forgot your 20 days holiday which you don't get as unemployed!

Only way is to remember that if you've not done something in the last 15 minutes then it's lost from your lifetime forever. So live life!
I attempt to get everything done monday-thursday (including the shopping) which leaves friday night and the weekend free.

 

[I get around]

I dunno if i could work 9-5 at an office every day. I'd most likely end up topping myself, seems so depressing, desk jobs, *shudder*