Are you asking how many hours people work, or at what times of the day people work? From the question, this is not really clear, although the former seems more likely. Furthermore, no indication of intent or reason for asking was given. For example, someone may want to know whether there are regional trends among HNer workloads. In that case, it would be useful if participants included whether the job were local, remote, contract, and or employment.
The stereotype is that we don't work a lot because we're on strike ;) (Aside: There are a lot of strikes and demonstrations because our industrial and public sectors are very unionized and that's how unions negotiate here: a good strike (with or without demonstration) as a show of force.)
We also have a (theoretical) 35 hrs work-week which means around 7,5 weeks of holidays per year.
I work remotely from home, in New York (U.S. Eastern).
My work day on paper is from 9 am until 5 pm.
In actuality, I generally wake up at 9 am or so, shower, eat breakfast and catch up on news until 10 am.
10 am until 1 pm I am productive and "working."
From 1 pm until 2 pm, maybe 2:30 pm I go to the gym (unless it's a rest day) for 45 minutes, then come back home and eat lunch. Then I sign back on.
From 2:30 until 5 pm I am "working" again. If there isn't a pressing need for me to be available I might do a self-debrief of my to-do list and sign off at 4 pm or 4:30 pm. I then leave my office and don't enter it again until work the next day - I completely compartmentalize work life from home life (and respective hours) even though I work remotely.
I've made this sort of schedule very much a priority in my life. I am paid very, very well and it allows me to pursue a comfortable work life balance, health, relationships and other projects outside work. I strictly will not work before 9 am or after 5 pm.
If I need to run errands during the day, I basically just make it known that "I'm afk" for some estimation of time and come back later.
If I receive emails after 5 pm for work, I don't check them until the morning.
I'd estimate I have about 25 hours per week of truly pure, productive work getting accomplished.
I believe most people who can work like this in the software industry should. I have very generous vacation time, but I actually need to focus on scheduling it before the end of the year simply because aside from actual trips I never feel the need to use it.
Combine this with the financial and professional fulfillment this setup gives me and it's basically a dream.
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Usually the work hours for office work is more 9am - 6pm or even 6:30 at the places where I've worked.
We also have a (theoretical) 35 hrs work-week which means around 7,5 weeks of holidays per year.
the remaining 4 hrs I do it anytime of the day.
Software Developer (Philippines)
US, programmer, state-education.
Location: india
Work remote so the day starts at 8 or 9 and typically ends around 7. Usually average around 37-42 hours per week of actual "work"
~9am - 5:30pm
My work day on paper is from 9 am until 5 pm.
In actuality, I generally wake up at 9 am or so, shower, eat breakfast and catch up on news until 10 am.
10 am until 1 pm I am productive and "working."
From 1 pm until 2 pm, maybe 2:30 pm I go to the gym (unless it's a rest day) for 45 minutes, then come back home and eat lunch. Then I sign back on.
From 2:30 until 5 pm I am "working" again. If there isn't a pressing need for me to be available I might do a self-debrief of my to-do list and sign off at 4 pm or 4:30 pm. I then leave my office and don't enter it again until work the next day - I completely compartmentalize work life from home life (and respective hours) even though I work remotely.
I've made this sort of schedule very much a priority in my life. I am paid very, very well and it allows me to pursue a comfortable work life balance, health, relationships and other projects outside work. I strictly will not work before 9 am or after 5 pm.
If I need to run errands during the day, I basically just make it known that "I'm afk" for some estimation of time and come back later.
If I receive emails after 5 pm for work, I don't check them until the morning.
I'd estimate I have about 25 hours per week of truly pure, productive work getting accomplished.
I believe most people who can work like this in the software industry should. I have very generous vacation time, but I actually need to focus on scheduling it before the end of the year simply because aside from actual trips I never feel the need to use it.
Combine this with the financial and professional fulfillment this setup gives me and it's basically a dream.
Information security; specifically web and mobile penetration testing, source code auditing and security tool development.
I clear close to $300k per year in cash salary, pre-tax.
Monday 9am - 7pm Tuesday 9am - 1pm, 1pm - 7pm (part-time job with Uber) Wednesday 9 am - 1pm, 1pm-7pm (part-time job) Thursday 9am - 1pm, 1pm - 7pm (part-time job) Friday 9am - 5pm, 7pm - 12am (part-time job, every 2nd week) Saturday 10am -12pm (part-time job), 12pm - 5pm
Usually take a 10 minute break every 2 hours, plus get lunch most days at 12.15 and return to the office by 12.40.