How much time do you actually spend working at your job? POLL
 

It's a simple question. I used to work in books, then magazines, now advertising. There are times when I'm really busy and I actually devote 80%+ of my time to work while I'm actually at my job. But the rest of the time - the downtime - I would calculate my average somewhere around 40%. This last week I would say I've worked roughly 8% of the time I've been at my desk. I want to know whether this is normal or not.

I guess responses will vary heavily depending on what industry you work in, but that's what replies are for.

Re: How much time do you actually spend working at your job? POLL
 

I used to slack terribly, but I took a new job that is both interesting and challenging. I would say that I work about sixty hours a week and I am productively working on something about 85% of the time. As time wears on, I suspect that will decline somewhat, but for now I suspect I will be on the higher end of the industriousness scale.

Re: How much time do you actually spend working at your job? POLL
 

91-100

even if i am doing this, i'm doing 3-4 other things in the background as well.

there is basically never a time when i am either not working or not thinking about work while i am here, including during lunch.

Re: How much time do you actually spend working at your job? POLL
 

Well I'm on 2+2 at work right now....

Re: How much time do you actually spend working at your job? POLL
 

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91-100

even if i am doing this, i'm doing 3-4 other things in the background as well.

there is basically never a time when i am either not working or not thinking about work while i am here, including during lunch.

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Getting paid to think about work = balla.

Re: How much time do you actually spend working at your job? POLL
 

If I'm sitting here not actually working, but my employees are working and I'm watching them and they might not be working if I wasn't here watching them, is that work?

Re: How much time do you actually spend working at your job? POLL
 

[ QUOTE ]
Of my city the worst that men will ever say is this:
You took little children away from the sun and the dew,
And the glimmers that played in the grass under the great sky,
And the reckless rain; you put them between walls
To work, broken and smothered, for bread and wages,
To eat dust in their throats and die empty-hearted
For a little handful of pay on a few Saturday nights.


[/ QUOTE ] - Carl Sandberg

Re: How much time do you actually spend working at your job? POLL
 

find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life.

The trick is to make it a high-paying job...

Re: How much time do you actually spend working at your job? POLL
 

Because I've been without an assistant for about a month, I'm up to about 50-60% of the day. When I get one, I'll be able to get down to 30-40% (after whatever "teaching" period there is for my assistant).

Re: How much time do you actually spend working at your job? POLL
 

Recently i went through a span where i seriously did about an hour of work in 3 weeks. This week its been about 3. I've been putting in 35 hours a week. I joined 3 fantasy football leagues!