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Title: Working late hours
Post by: Nekov on September 06, 2011, 04:42:20 PM
Hi DTF,

I am venting some frustration with you for the first time (hope you don't mind). It's around 8 pm here and I'm still at the office. I should have gone at 6 but I had to stay because we need to migrate information from our old financial system to the new one. We should have had this info this morning, but the team that is handling that did not make it in time and now I'll have to stay here till midnight or more  >:(. How do I go about not killing someone!?
Title: Re: Working late hours
Post by: lonestar on September 06, 2011, 04:44:21 PM
Sucks man.  Sometimes your the windshield, sometimes your the fly.
Title: Re: Working late hours
Post by: obscure on September 06, 2011, 04:50:42 PM
oh I hear you!

Because of the nature of tasks I carry out, I have to work overtime, 3 months a year.... including weekends... sometimes sit around doing nothing, which is the worst... don't ask me why? I fuckin don't know....

and that's gonna start in nearly a month  :'(
Title: Re: Working late hours
Post by: Nekov on September 06, 2011, 04:55:39 PM
oh I hear you!

Because of the nature of tasks I carry out, I have to work overtime, 3 months a year.... including weekends... sometimes sit around doing nothing, which is the worst... don't ask me why? I fuckin don't know....

and that's gonna start in nearly a month  :'(

 :-\

That really sucks. How do you cope with it?
Title: Re: Working late hours
Post by: obscure on September 06, 2011, 05:00:51 PM
accept it  :sad:
there's no way to get around it... in my company...

good news is, having done an MBA now, I'm looking into switching to music industry... as it's so well aligned with my skills, experience and aspirations.....
fingers crossed....
Title: Re: Working late hours
Post by: ZeppelinDT on September 06, 2011, 05:02:40 PM
I feel your pain.  Last week I was in the office 'til 8:30pm Tuesday, midnight Wednesday and 10:30pm Thursday.  Just comes with the territory sometimes... :/
Title: Re: Working late hours
Post by: bout to crash on September 06, 2011, 05:52:18 PM
I usually work until 10 or 11 PM at one job and overnight for the other and am a total night owl so I have no sympathy for any of you :P
Title: Re: Working late hours
Post by: True Death of Life on September 06, 2011, 05:59:45 PM
My dad has three jobs. He is a minister, but he also is a chaplain at two hospitals, one of which is nearly two hours away. He works from about 7pm-8am at one of them 5 times a month, and from about 8pm-10am at the other. As if this isn't long enough, he somethimes has to stay longer depending on the situation. It sucks. Even worse, he's considering getting a fourth job.
Title: Re: Working late hours
Post by: King Postwhore on September 06, 2011, 07:08:00 PM
Well, I'm not getting home too late but I get up real early and put in about 55 to 57 hours a week. I'd love to cut it down to 50.
Title: Re: Working late hours
Post by: cramx3 on September 06, 2011, 08:48:18 PM
In the financial IT business, working late is normal. Sounds like you are in that business as am I. While I dont work OT too much at the moment, I work till midnight every work day but I dont usually get out till 1
Title: Re: Working late hours
Post by: lonestar on September 06, 2011, 09:18:42 PM
I usually work until 10 or 11 PM at one job and overnight for the other and am a total night owl so I have no sympathy for any of you :P

I work chef hours.  :hat
Title: Re: Working late hours
Post by: Nekov on September 06, 2011, 09:59:00 PM
It's 1am here and still at the office and this doesn't look like it's gonna get any better. Thankfully my coworkers are trying to be upbeat so it's not that bad.

I'm sorry to hear about all of you who have to work a lot.
Title: Re: Working late hours
Post by: obscure on September 07, 2011, 02:35:28 AM
My dad has three jobs. He is a minister, but he also is a chaplain at two hospitals, one of which is nearly two hours away. He works from about 7pm-8am at one of them 5 times a month, and from about 8pm-10am at the other. As if this isn't long enough, he somethimes has to stay longer depending on the situation. It sucks. Even worse, he's considering getting a fourth job.

oh man! I'd better shut the fuck up!