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What’s the most hours you’ve worked in a week
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First week of Covid lockdown. Almost 90 hours.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Starting a company, running at 6 and 7 days a week with 100+ hours. Fuck all sleep, no time for the misses and just balls to the wall work.
Pagusas
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Around 100 in 7 days when I was traveling for a super expensive shoot and working from the plane/hotel and on site. I didn’t get any rest that whole week, and took the following 2 weeks off (one of which i spent at Disney World to treat myself). One of those days I worked from 4am till 4am the next morning, laughing deliriously to myself how I had got up at 4am 24 hours ago and now will be able to fall asleep for 3 hours at 4am the next day
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Maybe 50-55 tops. There's been a few all weekenders I've had to do.
kingwingin
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When I was 16 I worked 112 hours in one week.
Was at a gas station and the afternoon shift guy decided to not come in so I was alone from 6am to 10pm.
Was at a gas station and the afternoon shift guy decided to not come in so I was alone from 6am to 10pm.
The Wheel of Fortune
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I still remember when I was in med school and had to endure eight 100+ hour weeks in a row at the fucking OB/GYN ward (plus classes and midterms). Fuck me, to this day I still don't know how I survived that and I certainly plan to never step foot in that place ever again unless I have children of my own.
The hours at my 2 month Shock-Trauma (ER) rotation were probably a little bit worse, like 110 give or take, but that was vastly more interesting to me so I didn't really suffer through that as much. Plus, I ended up making a lot of good friends there.
The hours at my 2 month Shock-Trauma (ER) rotation were probably a little bit worse, like 110 give or take, but that was vastly more interesting to me so I didn't really suffer through that as much. Plus, I ended up making a lot of good friends there.
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BluRayHiDef
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72 hours.
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I thought my 2 weeks of 92 hour work weeks was impressive, but some of you have put in serious time. Even with those two weeks, it was still only 6 days in a row. I can't imagine working 12+ hours a day for 10+ days in a row.
Both respect and sorrow to you all.
Both respect and sorrow to you all.
Classicrockfan
Banned
40hrs at Walmart but feels like an eternity.
rykomatsu
Member
~100 to 105 hours in 5 business days.
On int'l business trips, my body clock is so fucked up that I can't get more than an hour of sleep depending on time zone. Aside from about 2hrs for commute and meals, I just chug through work.
I am an utter wreck by the time the first full weekend arrives, and end up sleeping for ~20h straight.
Likely I have the gene that allows me to function with little sleep.
On int'l business trips, my body clock is so fucked up that I can't get more than an hour of sleep depending on time zone. Aside from about 2hrs for commute and meals, I just chug through work.
I am an utter wreck by the time the first full weekend arrives, and end up sleeping for ~20h straight.
Likely I have the gene that allows me to function with little sleep.
Threeshotgamer
Banned
When i first opened my business it wasn't uncommon for me to hit 90-100 hours every week. Now i average about 65ish.
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Foamy
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Used to work 91 hours a week all the time. Now the companies are cheap and don't want to pay all the double time.
Golgo 13
The Man With The Golden Dong
Real, actual work? 80 in a single week. Wasn't fun. One day was 19 hours straight. Pure hell. I have a feeling alot of people here are talking about working from home, petting their dog, taking a shit, then a nap, then jerking off. That's not "working", guys.
-aftermidnight-
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I can't remember but when i used to work at my local Probation Depts. Juvenile detention center my 1st year as part time was.....horrible. I remember working like 3 doubles in a row. 6am to 10pm, 3 days straight. i'm glad i'm not working no more 
notseqi
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I was going to ask where I can apply for that position.
gimmmick
Member
88 - 90 in one week. My last management gig I had as a sous chef and it was the busiest month they ever did in their existence of the restaurant. Basically hit the ground running. Longest days was when we had parties (beos) and prep was a nightmare because the restaurant as short staffed. ( 14 hour work days for a good stretch of 3 days ). Worked 12 days in a row before I got my first day off.
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Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Rough stuff mate, mine was a desk job but yours is in another category of hard work. Chef's work damned hard.
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Damn, I would have killed the boss with that many hours.
Tesseract
Banned
it's a weird thing, i'm generally most creative when I'm most exhausted but the halflife ain't worth it
i'd rather just stim up with coffee and burn myself down earlier
MaestroMike
Gold Member
When I'm moving and my heart rate is pumping i feel the creative juices flowing more. I think that's why Steve jobs walked a lot and made huge open spaces for his employees to walk at their hq
Elektro Demon
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90 hours.
Rbk_3
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This
EverydayBeast
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45hours you feel like losing but your wallet is winning it’s a dance respect to everyone in this thread
Davey Cakes
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The week before Christmas last year I clocked one day at 16.5 hours, four days at 12 hours, and one day at 10 hours. That comes to 74.5 hours. Doesn't include lunches, commute, or any of that.
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Ironbunny
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Most i have worked is around 112 hours. Did the whole week 16 hours days and felt like shit afterwards. Putting that to context I usually have 24 hour work weeks as I work 12 hours both saturday and sunday. I cant imagine what it would like be working overtime on such jobs as police or first responders. That must get on your psyche at some point.
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HellforLeather
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120 hours for a few weeks at a time for event setup/teardown for a major auto manufacturer. Yes, it was painful and totally not sustainable. Several people were fired when they slept through their alarms because of how tired they were. I'm hesitant to say anymore just due to how many labor laws were probably broken.
Frito_Pendejo
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Between 72 and 80. I used to work 12 hour days 5 days a week and every other Saturday.
Robot Carnival
Member
technically speaking, since my last job require me to be away from home and stay out of state for long stretches, all those time I'm not home would be work time... so the longest would be the whole week of 168 hours counts as working.
in reality thou, probably 105 hours or so a week at the most. plus the job does have plenty of idling time too even while working, so it's not that bad.
in reality thou, probably 105 hours or so a week at the most. plus the job does have plenty of idling time too even while working, so it's not that bad.
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