The Working Week: Do We Work Too Many Hours? Reviews

This is quite a difficult question to answer as we seem to have developed a culture of working silly hours to get the job done rather than the traditional 9-5 routine. I think this is due to a few reasons, one being the economy, with many people worried about the security of their job they want to ensure they are seen as working hard so ...  Read the complete review

This is quite a difficult topic to cover, for the simple reason, I am self employed. But I'll share some of my views and maybe they will be of some help to a few of 'my friends' on dooyoo. When I was young I hardly saw my Father. He would be up at 6am (before I got up) and back at 8pm (after I went to bed) and I must say I did ...  Read the complete review

Where do you work? A very well known supermarket! What is your job title? Sales Assistant What is your job description? I am not sure how it would officially be described but basically I replenish stock, merchandise, and help the customers with any queries or questions they may have! How ...  Read the complete review

Where do you work? A well known large chain pet shop What is your job title? I don't really have one What is your job description? Simply selling and advising customers on products and pets How long have you been in your current job? About 2 weeks :P I got made redundant at my old job ...  Read the complete review

Work, work and more work thats all I seem to do nowadays I have two jobs because I have a mortgage to pay because my day job doesnt pay enough. Don't get me wrong I do have a good daytime job but I'm just not paid enough. I work 60 hours per week its was 65 but I dropped a shift at my part time job. I think we do work to many ...  Read the complete review

1. Where do you work? I'm a bit like the A team, I go where I'm needed even if it involes drinking drugged milk and going on planes. 2. What is your job title? Newt Farmer 3. What is your job description? My job description is very vague...... But if you want to know what it ...  Read the complete review

I have had several jobs since leaving school and I have to say I have enjoyed working in an office the most out of them all. I particularly enjoyed temping when I was in Australia where I worked in a call centre in a bank. I think it was because I was not under any stress to work to deadlines and anything I did was a major help to them ...  Read the complete review

I had a number of jobs whilst at uni (the worst one ever was working on a sandwich production line) & a number of jobs since starting "proper work". I've worked in retail, in a call centre, for the CPS, the police, the civil service and for a bank. The details below relate to my current role. 1. Where do ...  Read the complete review

1. Where do you work? I work from home 2. What is your job title? Self-employed Usborne Books at Home Organiser (Mixed with trying to build up my photography business- but i'll just talk about the Usborne business here for now) 3. What is your job description? * Promoting and ...  Read the complete review

My working week In the past I have had numerous jobs ranging from bar man, to an engineering officer on a ship. All jobs have there pluses and minuses for instance the job on the ship involved loads of travel but I often had to work in excess of 80 hours a week. I got sick of the sea and decided to retrain and now work as a ...  Read the complete review

Now I have had many jobs through my life so far and yes I can say I do think that many of us work too many hours for too little. I became part-time worker when I had my children. I cant say that I could not work and be a full time parent that is alot of hard work I still need my break. I have worked 2 jobs when I ...  Read the complete review

Even though I don't go out to work these days I am busier than I ever was when I was employed so after reading lots of these reviews I thought what the heck, and decided to conduct one of these little interviews myself! Here goes.. *Where do you work? In my home as a wife, mother, cook, cleaner etc.. *Job ...  Read the complete review

1. Where do you work? I work in a university library. 2. What is your job title? My job title is Assistant Subject Librarian and I look after a variety of subjects, including Performing Arts; English language and Communication Studies; and Religion. 3. What is your job ...  Read the complete review

On average, people in the UK work far more hours than those in the rest of Europe. Why is this? Is our history as a nation of shopkeepers more deep-rooted than I thought, meaning that we work ourselves to the bone in order to succeed? As I work for a Local Authority, I think my views on this subject will vary somewhat from ...  Read the complete review

As its a bank holiday and I am off work today I have decided to write about my job as I love it so much! Where do you work? I work in an office in a town called Ampthill about twenty minutes drive from my home. What is your job title? Fleet Administrator What is your job ...  Read the complete review

Where do you work? I work in a leisure centre and work as a gym instructor and head sports coach, as well as being a duty manager. I also undertake football coaching work. What is your job title? Duty manager, head sports coach. What is your job description? To ensure that myself and the rest of the ...  Read the complete review

My week at work!!! Where do you work? - A local manufacturing and recycling company. We recycle wood and currently 10000 tonnes of scrap timber is what we process each year with just 5% going to landfill. What is your job title? - Operations Administrator What is your job description? - I operate the ...  Read the complete review

Where do you work? I work for one of the big 4 professional services firms in the UK What is your job title? Tax Associate What is your job description? I work within the corporate tax team and my role is to predominantly prepare the tax returns and computations for corporate clients, which include ...  Read the complete review

Since returning from my holiday I have read a number of these reviews discussing their working week and I figured I would give you an insight into mine. If you sense a negative slant it is due to the fact that I have just returned from the beautiful country of Egypt and am suffering from post holiday blues. Where do you work? ...  Read the complete review

Where do you work? - I work for a large business support services company What is your job title? - Project Manager What is your job description? - I am responsible for managing the delivery of various projects. Some are internal projects others are schemes or products for other large ...  Read the complete review