How Many Hours a Week Do You Work?

LAWMAN · December 19, 2003 1:45AM

How many hours a week do you work?

How many hours a week do you do numismatic-related activities?

If numismatic activities are all or part of your work, so state.

SeattleSlammer · December 19, 2003 1:47AM

40 hours over four days....can't beat having Mondays off all the time.

Spend a few hours per week on coins....more if there's a good show to attend.

cosmos66 · December 19, 2003 1:49AM

I am retired so I don't work. I spend about 3 hours a day reading the message boards and/or perusing ebay for Morgans.

jbsteven · December 19, 2003 1:52AM

25-30 hours at my business a week and 15-20 hours a week on my coin business. When I do shows it is four 24 hour days of pure coin business as I barely get to sleep because of so much business at the coin shows.

airplanenut · December 19, 2003 1:53AM

I have 7 hours of school per week, plus some 3-4 hours of homework on a given night... so let's say 52 hours...

In the summer, I work about 45 hours per week (and get money!

).

Jeremy

ms70 · December 19, 2003 1:54AM

My schedule spans a two week time period. 60 hours the first week, 24 hours the second week, for a total of 84 hours over two weeks.

An average of a 42 hour work week.

nwcs · December 19, 2003 1:55AM

40 to 42.

Cameo CC · December 19, 2003 1:56AM

60 hours plus a week, but when you like what you are doing time seems to fly.

Todd

Striker · December 19, 2003 2:14AM

For me its usually 40 hours a week, more if something goes down and I need to stay on longer (I'm in law enforcement) and then a couple hours a day with my coins. Its good because my wife gets home from her work about three hours after I do so I get plenty of quite time to relax and focus on my coins.

razorface1027 · December 19, 2003 2:23AM

18 hours p/wk.... I gots me a "sugar mama!" The rest is spent on my quest to attain a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts, screwing around with the fruit loops in this forum amidst taking care of razor #4, dabbling at the Bay of E, and going to the area psychiatric unit 3 days p/wk as part of my collegiate cirriculum. The weekends, of course, are for staying away from "sugar mama" and the munchkins...

FrattLaw · December 19, 2003 2:26AM

About 55-65 hrs a week, depending if I have a trial on schedule for that week.

I spend another 10-15 hrs on the "coin stuff"

Michael

Blade · December 19, 2003 2:28AM

I am in the high tech business which is pretty intense. I normally work 50-60 hours per week, but this last week was more brutal than usual as everyone tried to close out work before the holidays. Not much holiday fun for me as I got my tonsils taken out yesterday

Since I've got 2 young kids at home, coins are squeezed in when I can. Normally an hour a night and a few more on the weekends. Let's say 8-10 hrs per week total on the coins.

Russ · December 19, 2003 2:30AM

I spend 80 plus hours a week at work, every week, 52 weeks a year. Of course, I screw around a lot.

Russ, NCNE

Newmismatist · December 19, 2003 2:31AM

<< <i>How many hours a week do you work? >>

Too darn many!

<< <i>How many hours a week do you do numismatic-related activities? >>

Not enough - particularly in light of spending too darn many hours working!

mgoodm3 · December 19, 2003 2:31AM

anywhere from 40 - 100 hours.

jacktheknife · December 19, 2003 2:35AM

This week will be a bit more than usual. Two call days in the hospital equals about 60-65 hours over four days. Then two more regular days is about 20 hours. So, this week will be about 80-85 hours. Of course that excludes answering pages about my patients 24/7.

RiffRaff1967 · December 19, 2003 2:36AM

I work about 45 - 52 hours per week, and school about another 10 - 20 hours. My time on forums and ebay are usually done within my work hours, with sniping done on my own time if necessary.

I fit my coins in when I can, only a few hours a week.

Cladiator · December 19, 2003 2:54AM

work = 0 hours per week

numismatically = on this forum 24 hours per day

Colorfulcoins · December 19, 2003 3:13AM

Work?

Coins - waaaaaaaay too much.

Deadhorse · December 19, 2003 3:36AM

55 to 60 hours per week at work. Everybody knows the boss always puts in more hours than the employees.

Of course, my work has me on the internet at least 30% of the time, so I can sneak in here every so often.

15 to 20 hours a week on numismatics and bullion. I rarely have much "free time".

We have been so busy at work that I am still owed 17 days of vacation this year and it doesn't roll over to 2004, also there is no allowance in the budget to pay me for those days either.

As division manager, I do have some discretion with employees in regards to special circumstances as long as it doesn't carry over more than 30 calendar days.

So, let's hope that year end bonus check is a monster, I may just have to find a few special circumstances in January.

You know, like looking for bullion in Cancun or Jamaica, or both...............something special or important like that....

puff · December 19, 2003 3:42AM

Work: 0 hours (retired)

I spend about 4 hours a day on the internet, and the rest of my time doing whatever floats my boat!

Shamika · December 19, 2003 3:45AM

50-60 hours per week towards work.

5-10 hours per week towards numismatics.

morganbarber · December 19, 2003 3:46AM

Zero! I quit my job where I used to work 55-60hr weeks. I am now more than ready to find a 40 hour 9-5 type job.

poptopsRus · December 19, 2003 4:04AM

About 70 hours a week unless I'm doing shows - obviously work in numis related.

coppercoins · December 19, 2003 4:05AM

45-55 hours per week at a full time job in computers.
20-30 hours per week doing web development.
10-15 hours per week attending class or doing homework.
25-30 hours per week in numismatics.

25-35 hours per week eating or sleeping or traveling between other obligations.

The rest of my time is spent with the family....what little is left.

LAWMAN · December 19, 2003 4:13AM

This is a HARD WORKIN' group here. I work about 50 hours a week regularly, 70-80 if I am in trial or traveling for depositions. Then I probably put another 12-15 hours per week into coins if you count time on here.

Who remembers back in the 50's and early 60's when they predicted that, by the turn of the century -- 2001, they meant -- that, due to the labor-saving devices being created (mind you, they hadn't even invented the personal computer yet) that we'd all be working something like 20 hours a week and spending all the rest of our time on leisure?

Right. Not from the responses in this thread.

True story: In London in the 1860's, a bunch of real thinker-types got together to try to figure out how to solve what seemed an insurmountable problem. How to get all the horse droppings off the streets? They predicted that, by the turn of the century -- 1901 they were talking about -- London would be buried in twenty feet of horse poop if current technologies continued. Gee, they missed the development of the automobile.

cointagious · December 19, 2003 5:15AM

about 80 hrs weekly
averages:
30 hrs wk at the law office
20 hrs wk at the auto dealership
15 hrs wk at the coin shop
15 hrs wk on investment property

i haven't taken a non-business related 'vacation' since 1998.

SarasotaFrank · December 19, 2003 5:58AM

probably between 90-100. Working from a home office does that to you. At least twelve hours per day, everyday of the week. But also breaks to read this and other boards, scan ebay, etc. My home office is filled with gadgetry, so I manage to at least be entertained while I work with a tv tuner in one of my computers, dvd.

I doubt I could ever work out of a regular office again.

CarlWohlforth · December 19, 2003 6:09AM

I spend about 20 hours on my coin biz and another 20 on my two other businesses. My 2 other businesses generate %90 of my income. I work at my home office so I don't spend any time comuting

I also garden a bit, do chores around the place and drive my daughter where she needs to go. I feel relaxed and stress free most of the time.

Nysoto · December 19, 2003 6:13AM

42 hours a week for 2003. Much more next year, Everett got the 7E7! I am on the 7E7 Program.

ms70 · December 19, 2003 6:22AM

The way we play on this forum you'd think we were all unemployed!

Windycity · December 19, 2003 7:31AM

70 or so hours a week... on the road 40 weeks a year but always accessing this site on other coin sites. Play with coins 10 hours a week... hard to stay away from them.

Dollars · December 19, 2003 7:52AM

I work 40 in 4 days , fri, sat, sun off...

13 hours mon
7 hours tue
13 hours wed
7 hours thru.

I always wanted a 4 day 40 hourt week. But this was not what I planned. Careful what ya wish for.

keets · December 19, 2003 7:56AM

Work------36, 48, 36, 48, 36, 48, 36, 48...............i think you get the picture. it averages out to 42 hours/week.

Numismatic activities------

that depends on what week it is!! an average is about 25 hours.

...............please don't ask how much i sleep.

al h.

FatMan · December 19, 2003 8:20AM

I don't work for the man. I am the man.

When you own companies you work 24 hours a day. The working mind never really shuts down. I may be typing here on the forum, but my mind is always processing "a Better Idea" for work. If you are referring to hours spent in the office, that varies depending on the needs of the companies. I don't have day to day job functions. I'm kind of the oil can that keeps the machine running. Some weeks it is over 100 hours, other weeks I don't bother to show up.

My numismatic hours are split with my other interest, hiking and backpacing. Spring and Fall are heavy hiking times, Summer and Winter are for coins. I do check out the forum every day regardless of the season as long as I have access. (tough to check when you are out in the woods). During coin season I probably spend 10 hours a week on coins if you include the time here on the forum.

JRocco · December 19, 2003 8:28AM

40-42 hours a week at work, 1 hour or so a day playing with my coins. The rest of my day is claimed by my 3 daughters and my wife,who are the reasons I have to work in the first place.

marmac · December 19, 2003 8:35AM

I am a commercial fisherman,I work for a company based in Seattle beginning January 12th I will be working 12-14 hours a day everyday until 1st of April or so.Then I will be home April-June spending my hard earned cash on coins.Then July back to work until end of September,than back home.

So that would be - 13hours X 7 day= 91 hour work week
91 hour week x 24 weeks a year = 2184 hours of frickin work a year plus or minus a few hundred!

As for Coin hobby time put in ?more than I should ,less than I would like to!

jdimmick · December 19, 2003 2:32PM

It can range anywhere between 25 and 50 hours of work per week, depending on how many plants and which locations have to be covered. I schedule myself and also my inspectors, so I have the flexibility to adjust it to suit me.

I spend about 15-20 hours per week on coins, which includes work time, but dont tell nobody!

goose3 · December 19, 2003 2:34PM

I am supposed to work 6a-2p Tues-Sat but rarely work more than a full week or 2 before taking a Saturday off. So 40 hours but usually 32.

couple of hours a day average goofing around on the PC.

quarterjack · December 19, 2003 2:44PM

Work- last week62Hrs., this week only52Hrs. usually 48+ hrs. weekly.
Coins & coin shows- Ask my wife and kids & dogs

Thats what makes life fun!

Dave

numobri · December 19, 2003 5:09PM

I work 56 hours a week, and have been doing this for the past 10 years.The coins I like cost alot.

Sphinx357 · December 19, 2003 5:13PM

40hours
10hours/day Mon-Thu
Having fridays off is quite nice.

Conder101 · December 19, 2003 7:10PM

90 - 100 hours per week and it may be about to get worse. The other third shift person her at the hospital is quitting and I may have to take over her hours for awhile until a replacement can be found and trained. Maybe as much as a month of 120 hr weeks. Did three months of that a couple years back. Gets old fast.

tsacch · December 19, 2003 10:24PM

ususally 50 hours a week, rehabing people who had strokes, total knee or hip replacements, shoulder injuries, tendonitis or whatever ails them.

Fun job, wouldnt do anything else.

jim · December 19, 2003 11:04PM

Well lets put it this way...

I started work yesterday morning at 6:30 AM and just finished up this morning at 07:00 AM. Twenty-five hours. So, what do I do when I get home? ? I log onto the message boards to see whats up and end up writing this line. For the most part I just read the board rarley do I write. Let's face it.. I'm shot. I work seven days a week and the hours can vary from just a few to as many as last night...or today?? Whatever...Oh hell I'm going to bed. bye for now. Jim

MSD61 · December 19, 2003 11:15PM

I am semi-retired but still put in close to 45 hours with our business

wingedliberty · December 19, 2003 11:26PM

54 hrs/ week on avg. at work
20 hrs/ week on hobbies at a bare minimum

roadrunner · December 19, 2003 11:54PM

Used to be an average of 60 hours a week. Never less than 50 and sometimes up to 90. Recently became the head cheesemaster at work so now I'm up to 70-90 hrs a week for a while. Figure that I've given up (lost) 20 weeks of vacation over my term with my company.

Coins? Probably 20 hours a week.

roadrunner

Trime · December 20, 2003 12:19AM

80 hour + weeks working; 7 hours on coin related activities

Baley · December 20, 2003 12:23AM

I average 60-70 hours a week as a research scientist with a small biotech company.

66Tbird · December 20, 2003 1:26AM

Just surviving is my job, full time at SSD pay. I guess someone has to do it.

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