Are you for or against people working 12 hours a day or more? (22)
As you well know, living in Egypt as a builder.and you are asked to. Build a pyramid. You will have to. Work a 12. Hour day.........for a month, to get it finished
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If you’re receiving little money, and working 12 hours
you should stop but I can’t tell you what to do
you should stop but I can’t tell you what to do
I personally believe that it is downright dangerous (in many fields) to work twelve hour days continuously. Research in the 1990's clearly indicated that workers who must use multiple skills (medicine, education, architecture, etc...) and rapidly, at that, have considerable diminished cognitive and coping abilities after the sixth or seventh hour. Of course there are employees who are fully functional; I've known several people who have very healthy drives, all around, with very little rest or sleep. But that is not the average....jmo
Learn to work smart not hard.
My philosophy is to give them 6 hours of a 8 hours per day job.
My philosophy is to give them 6 hours of a 8 hours per day job.
"We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt."
"And you try and tell the young people of today that ... they won't believe you."
"And you try and tell the young people of today that ... they won't believe you."
rohaan: I personally believe that it is downright dangerous (in many fields) to work twelve hour days continuously. Research in the 1990's clearly indicated that workers who must use multiple skills (medicine, education, architecture, etc...) and rapidly, at that, have considerable diminished cognitive and coping abilities after the sixth or seventh hour. Of course there are employees who are fully functional; I've known several people who have very healthy drives, all around, with very little rest or sleep. But that is not the average....jmo
From what I see you are correct. In many jobs working excessive overtime can increase accidents. If not on the job it is still the cause of many at home accidents etc. You are to tired you can't think straight 
In my area it is becoming the norm to work mandatory overtime. I don't want some one operating on me, cutting my hair etc when they are tired and run down. I know that jobs with heavy equipment can also be dangerous. Not just that a person will start to suffer emotionally and spiritually. They will lose track of what a happy emotionally secure enviroment can feel like. They lose themselfs. For little pay? For lots of pay? The outcome is the same. Your prioirities become skewed. There is a loss of lifes balance. Sadly most of us have to work to put food on the table. I could go on and on about todays work enviroments but I will just go sit in the corner and be quiet now. 
Most RNs in a hospital setting work 12 hour shifts...3 days a week...
Not sure if that is good or bad.
Not sure if that is good or bad.
Friendship4ever: Learn to work smart not hard.
My philosophy is to give them 6 hours of a 8 hours per day job.
I work with people like that...Makes it harder on those who have good work ethics.My philosophy is to give them 6 hours of a 8 hours per day job.
would depend on the job. some jobs working 12 is not a big deal. but some it would be.
Studies show that out of an 8 hour shift, only 6 are productive. The last two are slow and sloppy. 12 is not feasible for most, especially really young or old. The worst is night shift and the swing. Companies think workers like having days or nights free. All it does is mess with the circadian rhythm.
I worked five years nights, Friday night and Saturday night. I got double time. Started out up all Friday, half of Saturday and most of Sunday. By the end, up Friday, sleep half or more Saturday and crash Sunday to Monday.
They are now doing 4 day weeks in some areas. And finding out, less turnover and happier workers and equal or better performance.
I worked five years nights, Friday night and Saturday night. I got double time. Started out up all Friday, half of Saturday and most of Sunday. By the end, up Friday, sleep half or more Saturday and crash Sunday to Monday.
They are now doing 4 day weeks in some areas. And finding out, less turnover and happier workers and equal or better performance.
I’d be more concerned with the safety conditions, rather than the hours .
Hundreds, if not thousands of migrant workers killed as a result of bad health & safety standards.
Hundreds, if not thousands of migrant workers killed as a result of bad health & safety standards.
gonelikethewimd: Most RNs in a hospital setting work 12 hour shifts...3 days a week...
Not sure if that is good or bad.
Overall it is not a great idea for the employees. (It's tremendously lucrative for the clinics, hospitals and rehabilitation centers: it cuts out several full-time positions, saving close to, or exceeding, $200,000.00 annually.) That's quite a bonus for them. Not sure if that is good or bad.
lonelytiger68: would depend on the job. some jobs working 12 is not a big deal. but some it would be.
This is actually true, but it is not wise, on the average.
As a contractor I work around 14 hours a day, four days a week, and it's not too bad - I used to work five days a week and it was fine if you had the weekend off...
Working 12hrs. everyday is not good. Even if you get high salary. When you get sick your entire salary will only go to your check up and medicine.
Health is wealth!
Health is wealth!
bodleing2: "We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt."
"And you try and tell the young people of today that ... they won't believe you."
Both my mother and stepfather would angrily say this: "When I was your age we had to get up before 3, take care of the livestock, build a fire to cook and warm by, pack a little bread and maybe an apple if we were lucky, and trudge five miles to school through three feet of snow". "And you try and tell the young people of today that ... they won't believe you."
*later, in my teens, my sister reminded me that my stepfather had been reared in Long Beach, California....
gonelikethewimd: Most RNs in a hospital setting work 12 hour shifts...3 days a week...
Not sure if that is good or bad.
It seems to be about 50/50. Some like it because it gives an extra day off, some dislike it because of what I and others have said and observed. Again, overall, it is not a very good idea.Not sure if that is good or bad.
OutdoorNZ: As a contractor I work around 14 hours a day, four days a week, and it's not too bad - I used to work five days a week and it was fine if you had the weekend off...
Oh, don't get me wrong. I worked full double shifts (16.5 hrs) once or twice every week for 18 of the 30+ years I spent in nursing. Just a reminder to any doctors, RN's, LPN's (VN in some states) Pharmacy Technicians and Medical Aides--the non-med world does not "get it" that we MUST stay over if another nurse doesn't show and/or if staffing is not adequate. You CAN'T leave---if you do there is a high risk of getting fired, losing your license, and being sued for "abandonment". So, often it isn't a choice to work overtime. However, I remain grateful for a career that took very good care of my needs. It sucked, but it paid above-average. Hey, what the hell, it's over, I survived.....
We work 8 hours. Suits us just fine.
I'm for people working or not working as much as they choose.
I am looking for a new job as I lost my last one and there are three choices for a job there is a good chance I will get. One is 06:00 to 14:00 one week and 14:00 to 22:00 the next week or 07:00 to 19:00 working 7 days in a fortnight or 19:00 to 07:00 again working 7 nights in a fortnight. If I work the 12 hour day shift that means I have to work every other weekend but have 1 1/2 more days off a week and drive about 750 miles less each year so less fuel cost and more pay (about £2.50 more per hour than my last job).
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