my contractual hours are 9.30-5.30
i am usually in by 8.30 and actively feel guilty if i ever leave at 5.30. most often i work til 7.30-8pm, but if i have a lot on, it can be a whole run of post-midnight finishes.

theoretically i can log-in and work from home, but in practice i inevitably need textbooks or files, so it never works. i will, however, be doing the Trainee's appraisal from home (whilst watching america's next top model) tonight.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 17:51, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

is it worth it?
I couldn't fucking stand working till half 7 or 8

as far as I'm concerned my job is the least important bit of my life and it already takes up too much fucking time.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 17:53, Reply)

I'm one of those that work to live
I actively resent the amount of time I'm expected to put myself out in order to earn money.
( Kroney, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 17:55, Reply)

that is very much my attitude

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 17:56, Reply)

And that is why I loathe people that leech off the State.
Jealousy.
( Kroney, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 17:58, Reply)

But are you expected to put in those hours
or do you just have a ridiculous work ethic?
(berk, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 17:53, Reply)

both
it is expected that you will be here if necessary, and i am also someone who sunbathes with blackberry in hand when on holiday!

but i could also cut down my hours if i were more efficient during the day and didn't come on here or chat to colleagues - however, that is how i break up my day and make it enjoyable.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 18:02, Reply)

Similar
I have no doubt I could get my work done 9-5 with ease if I didn't cock about on here so much or go for 90 minute lunches and 45 minute coffee breaks in the afternoon!
(berk, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 18:04, Reply)

oh so so so much this

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 18:17, Reply)

When I work I'm not gonna take lunch breaks. Just eat at my desk and carry on as normal.

(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 18:25, Reply)

*Imagines Trainee's appraisal will read*
'Worked the office well and, used their posture to great effect during the 'file carrying' task'

And various other model-type-comments.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 18:01, Reply)

no comment here from me!

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 18:04, Reply)

But be careful not to sign it 'Tyra' all the same, eh Swipe?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 18:05, Reply)

You sound suspiciously like
you may have watched that programme. Shame on you, Jeff!
(berk, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 18:06, Reply)

Remember berk.
I was once married.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 18:09, Reply)

it ended when i found out i was gay
by the sound of that.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 18:14, Reply)

That hurts.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 18:18, Reply)

only if you take it
stick to giving, you'll be reet.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 18:31, Reply)

*Ignores Swipe*

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 18:33, Reply)

You mean Jeff "does it" with MALE dogs?
That's disgusting.
(Cave Duck, Mon 6 Dec 2010, 18:23, Reply)