Don't people work 9 to 5 anymore?

[LotsToLearn]

By the amount of posts on the forums from North Americans during business hours, it's no wonder companies complain they lose billions in productivity due to non work related net usage.

I'm not complaining... as I'm in Canada and it's 1:15pm so count me in. :)

Just wondering out loud.

[timbernet]

Students... stay at home parents.... retired folk.... work at home folk (own bosses)

There are many reasons.

[Pete]

I'm a work at home folk, and I have a boss...

Most Americans are asleep during the first part of my day, so I have to do work until they start waking up.

[bckane]

3rd shift for my 11:30pm to 7:30am

[rcheung07]

I'm a web designer/developer so I'm allowed to surf and go onto all sorts of websites just to see what's out there and to see what technology is being used. And I love my Canon too.

[00silvergt]

I have AADHD I can multitask, I'm a Gen-Xer...that's what I'm going to tell them, at least.

[CountryBoy]

I just got laid off !

[In2Photos]

Guilty! I hate my job. Nothing to do most of the time and then I get slammed with work.

[Mum2J&M]

Stay at home Mom here, but I'm sure I'd be posting from work too. Hey wait, this IS work.

[00silvergt]

Stay at home Mom here, but I'm sure I'd be posting from work too. Hey wait, this IS work.

Yeah, it is. My wife stays home with my three kids (2,4,6). The lowest paying, yet hardest job you will ever love (?). I tried staying one day with my kids and whoa, I will rather work 70 hours and commute 4 hours a day than do that again. My hats off to you and other stay at home moms!

[Jamie Holladay]

Well if I were not on here, I would just be playing solitare.

[EOSAddict]

Have never worked 9 to 5! 7 to 6 maybe!

[f1nut]

5 am start till 12.30 pm so all my afternoons off.

[nicksan]

Who says you have to "work" at work?
;););)

[Ronald S. Jr.]

We have a business at home. My only real job for the moment is to "hold the fort" and cook the meals. My desk is right by the front door. So, here I am!

[00silvergt]

We have a business at home. My only real job for the moment is to "hold the fort" and cook the meals. My desk is right by the front door. So, here I am!

Hats off to stay at home dads/husbands as well!;)

[Ronald S. Jr.]

I'm just a stay at home man. I'm not a dad or husband. :lol: thank god!

[gjl711]

...I can multitask....
As most of my meeting are over the phone, I keep a window open to POTN. When I’m not talking or having to pay very close attention, I read a few posts.
Guilty! I hate my job. Nothing to do most of the time and then I get slammed with work.
Well I hate my job as well, but I usually have all kinds of things to do. Trouble is that it is never ending. I start early, somewhere around 6:00 am. and am still on the phone until midnight. It is never ending.

Have never worked 9 to 5! 7 to 6 maybe!
I always wondered what a 9 to 5 job would be like. To be able to leave and actually have an evening off. WOW!!

[00silvergt]

GJ, I'm just like you, hence sometimes, my posts gets kinda OT, I do a quick three line reading...I have 6 windows opened right now, with ten tabs in Firefox...

[ironchef31]

2 monitors at my desk

[gjl711]

GJ, I'm just like you, hence sometimes, my posts gets kinda OT, I do a quick three line reading...I have 6 windows opened right now, with ten tabs in Firefox...
I wish I could use FF at work, but alas, I am stuck with IE6

[00silvergt]

I wish I could use FF at work, but alas, I am stuck with IE6


Oh... that sucks!

[buto]

I'm the IT guy at my job. So I know no one will be looking at what I surf :-D

[00silvergt]

I'm the IT guy at my job. So I know no one will be looking at what I surf :-D


Well, unless you are a part of a big corporation. You may be local IT/IS, but if you are running off of a Proxy and/or worse, Websense, they may not say anything, but believe me they know, someone knows...

[gjl711]

I'm the IT guy at my job. So I know no one will be looking at what I surf :-D
So give us some tricks of the trade. I ha heard somewhere that you can surf from inside a Word document and it avoids the surf police.

[Mum2J&M]

Yeah - my husband's IT assistant got caught checking out porn all day and they let him go.

[00silvergt]

So give us some tricks of the trade. I ha heard somewhere that you can surf from inside a Word document and it avoids the surf police.

Won't work. If there is a proxy server involved. All Internet traffic is diverted to the proxy server so that only the proxy's IP address is available to the public. If you do an IP trace to my post, you will not get me true IP address, but the address of my Proxy Server.

But keep in mind, that all Internet bound traffic and traffic originates from the internet are all routed through the proxy server(s). There may be literally millions of entries per day. Each time a resource is access from the internet it will log. For instance, opening this site, you can easily download 100 different resources just by loading it up. So it is easy to get your activities hidden in the mess of everyone else's activities. But, if you raise suspicion they can filter the data so that only your data is visible and sorry, Charlie. Now with Websense running on your proxy, it is even worse. Websense will/can create reports on everyone, some people or your activities in a blink of an eye. It will also track time on the internet, etc. It will/can contact your direct report to notify her/him that you just tried to access a filtered content site.

[EticketXb]

I work Nights 6-3 (only 12 days a month, and on salary) so early mornings are out but everything else is fair game......

[Wazza]

I started my new job last week here in UK, 2nd and 3rd day, I had to work 8:30 to 8:30. Not bad working 50 hours in a week, when my contract says 35.

[EOSAddict]

Hey Warren, not had chance to welcome you to UK since you arrived! How you settling in? So what job did you get?

[00silvergt]

I started my new job last week here in UK, 2nd and 3rd day, I had to work 8:30 to 8:30. Not bad working 50 hours in a week, when my contract says 35.


All this time I thought Europeans work less hours? :?:

[In2Photos]

I wish I could use FF at work, but alas, I am stuck with IE6
Same here. We use Win2K, and have 17" CRT monitors. I have the most recent PC, a 3.0GHZ P4 with 1GB RAM. :rolleyes: And we do Autocad and GIS stuff. :confused:

[mkuriger]

i post at work. :-D

[00silvergt]

Same here. We use Win2K, and have 17" CRT monitors. I have the most recent PC, a 3.0GHZ P4 with 1GB RAM. :rolleyes: And we do Autocad and GIS stuff. :confused:

LOL, that's pushing things to the envelope! LOL IS/IT need to stop spending all the money on their salaries and start buying/leasing some machines. 17" with CAD, that's brutal!

[Wazza]

Hey Warren, not had chance to welcome you to UK since you arrived! How you settling in? So what job did you get?

Cheers mate,
Check my blog and you can see how busy I have been. I've just got a job as a Customer account manager, for a national finance company... so I have targets, a portfolio of accounts which I must keep in contact with, make sure they're not falling behind, and some selling and signup of loans and insurances. I hope to be out of here in 4-5 months, then have a few weeks off.

Trying to plan my next few weeks. Canterbury this weekend to see family, and photo opportunities.
Duxford museum/airport near Cambridge soon
Shoreham airshow in 4 weeks
Stonehenge
White cliffs

And end of year, Lake district, more of Scotland.
PM me anyway sometime, or respond to a thread of mine, or I'll probably forget about this post. :oops:

[liza]

I'm a teacher 9 months of the year, so in the summer I only work at my own business. And since I'm my own boss, I can surf as much as I like. :)

[00silvergt]

I'm a teacher 9 months of the year, so in the summer I only work at my own business. And since I'm my own boss, I can surf as much as I like. :)


Another overlooked profession, thank you for teaching! I just had the urge to say that.;):D

[liza]

Another overlooked profession, thank you for teaching! I just had the urge to say that.;):D

Thanks. I teach high school special ed, produce the high school yearbook, shoot sports for the newspaper, and have my own business. Can't surf at school, but I sure can when I'm at home. :)

[JWright]

I was laid off from my last job a year ago. At my age it's hard to find steady work, especially with a history of five jobs in the last ten years. I'm still looking, but right now I'm more semi-retired and shooting part-time for an aviation monthly. My wife loves it because she no longer does house work... I do it all.

[00silvergt]

Thanks. I teach high school special ed, produce the high school yearbook, shoot sports for the newspaper, and have my own business. Can't surf at school, but I sure can when I'm at home. :)

Nice, even better, I'm sure it takes much more patience to teach special Ed. Albeit, nowadays, aren't they all "special Ed"? Speciallly in HS? ;):p

I was laid off from my last job a year ago. At my age it's hard to find steady work, especially with a history of five jobs in the last ten years. I'm still looking, but right now I'm more semi-retired and shooting part-time for an aviation monthly. My wife loves it because she no longer does house work... I do it all.


Ah, back to the scullery for you, huh Chief? ;):p

[thekid24]

not a 9-5er here....more like a 6-3er:D

[Miyagi-san]

4pm-5am......4 days a week...

..can't complain................quite literally can't complain actually haha

[00silvergt]

4pm-5am......4 days a week...

..can't complain................quite literally can't complain actually haha

You must be one of those "we do more before 9am, than anyone else the whole day?" guys, huh?

[Zilly]

Students... stay at home parents.... retired folk.... work at home folk (own bosses)

There are many reasons.
most students sleep till mid day tho . . .

[00silvergt]

most students sleep till mid day tho . . .


Really? Happen happen to day classes like 8-9?

[Zilly]

Really? Happen happen to day classes like 8-9?

ptish miss lectures just do tutorial thats like 3 hours a week then its just self study the rest of the time you drink/partay or you sleep

[00silvergt]

ptish miss lectures just do tutorial thats like 3 hours a week then its just self study the rest of the time you drink/partay or you sleep


Hmmm..."I believe the children is our future, teach them well and let them lead the way..." LOL BTW, what area of study are you getting into? Please don't say Geriatric Medicine. :p;):lol::lol:

[Zilly]

Hmmm..."I believe the children is our future, teach them well and let them lead the way..." LOL BTW, what area of study are you getting into? Please don't say Geriatric Medicine. :p;):lol::lol:

gynocology


joke!

nah media moving image is what i study but imlooking at going into photography *im a idiot i know*

[Maureen Souza]

I work from 6 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. three nights a week and don't have access to POTN from there. I am off 4 days/week so that is my time to jump onto the computer.

[00silvergt]

gynocology


joke!

nah media moving image is what i study but imlooking at going into photography *im a idiot i know*

Whew!

LOL!


Seriously, you do it, whatever it is you do it!

[SuzyView]

I follow Maureen around all day. :)

Actually, I am a lady of leisure and work is just a hobby, photography is for fun. This forum is an addiction and I can't stop reading the posts.

[Zilly]

Whew!

LOL!


Seriously, you do it, whatever it is you do it!

we produce short films using a variaty of tecniques

its easyer to show you than tell you if your intrested this is the stuff all done by us CLICK (http://www.brooksbymelton.ac.uk/media/portfolio%20page_filmnoirs.html)

[LotsToLearn]

Well it's great that whatever the reason and however/whenever you're able, people get on and make some contributions to the fun and informative POTN, et al.

Be sure to take some time and actually go out and shoot too though!

[In2Photos]

LOL, that's pushing things to the envelope! LOL IS/IT need to stop spending all the money on their salaries and start buying/leasing some machines. 17" with CAD, that's brutal!
What if I told you I am the "IT" guy? We are a small company and our IT team consists of me to fix/setup anything I can. What i can't do or don't have time to do we call our "Computer Guy" whom sells us computers. At least I got a new machine, some of the people get hand-me-downs. :confused:

[00silvergt]

What if I told you I am the "IT" guy? We are a small company and our IT team consists of me to fix/setup anything I can. What i can't do or don't have time to do we call our "Computer Guy" whom sells us computers. At least I got a new machine, some of the people get hand-me-downs. :confused:


Then, it will as always come down to cost. Is it currently functional? Not ideally functional, but can you still get productivity from the machines without incur too much cost due to the lack of performance, which will considerably offset the cost of a new machine or machines? If yes, time to see the "Computer Guy" and buy some machines. If not, then even though it sucks, you are not losing enough money to warrant the purchase.;)

[gjl711]

we produce short films using a variaty of tecniques

its easyer to show you than tell you if your intrested this is the stuff all done by us CLICK (http://www.brooksbymelton.ac.uk/media/portfolio%20page_filmnoirs.html)Now that looks like fun. Heck, If I did that, I would definitely post less. Trade ya jobs. ;)

[00silvergt]

Now that looks like fun. Heck, If I did that, I would definitely post less. Trade ya jobs. ;)

Sorry GL, I got dibs ;)

[JAZZ D.P.G.]

Love the idea of 9 to 5! Where do you get one of them?

My job is feast or famine, either very quiet or all-out emergency hyper-stressed 911 system down scream fest.

In either state, the visit to the forum gives me a change of pace and a chance for the blood pressure to normalize.

[3Turner]

8 to 330ish for me....and depending on the day of the week/workload, I work out of the house 1-3 times per week....so on those days, my posts/day show a slight increase.

[Jay_Williams]

I am a 7th and 8th grade history teacher that just got off of 10 weeks vacation. :) But, it is back to the grindstone...no more 9 to 5 posts for me...for awhile anyway. :D

[Click-it]

Internet at work you have to love it.

[lostdoggy]

Me 2:30PM to 11:00PM Mon thru Friday. 4 hours on the floor 4 hours reseaching grievances. A good way to avoid honeydo list!!!

[JCR]

Time is relative :)

[buto]

Well, unless you are a part of a big corporation. You may be local IT/IS, but if you are running off of a Proxy and/or worse, Websense, they may not say anything, but believe me they know, someone knows...

Luckily I work for a medium sized company and I know our routes to the internet. And we do not run a proxy or log anything. The owner of the company isnt willing to purchase anything...

[JWright]

Ah, back to the scullery for you, huh Chief? ;):p

Maybe so, but at long as I keep at it, the wife doesn't hound me as much about finding another job. Besides, I actually enjoyed mess cooking... The only place where I haven't caved in yet is grocery shopping.

All I have to do is last until next summer and then I'll be eligible for Social Security and and able to retire for good...

[mellowd]

I work 4 days on, 4 days off, 12.5 hour shifts

[elysium]

By the amount of posts on the forums from North Americans during business hours, it's no wonder companies complain they lose billions in productivity due to non work related net usage.

I'm not complaining... as I'm in Canada and it's 1:15pm so count me in. :)

Just wondering out loud.

I just get bored at work since there is not much going on. No biggie. (UK based)

[Village_Idiot]

9-5:30 is my only internet time :P

[arch1tect]

I'm decent at multi-tasking, so I still average about 8 hours of work out of my 10 hours I'm here.

[Aldwyn]

I am a unix systms admin... I have either feast or famin when it comes to work.

So when I am in times of famin, I hit the 'Net... often, lately, this forum included. :)

[00silvergt]

Luckily I work for a medium sized company and I know our routes to the internet. And we do not run a proxy or log anything. The owner of the company isnt willing to purchase anything...

Well even then you will route to your ISP, so it is a bit reaching, but technically they can still trace you. Again not probable or practical, but still doable.

Unix, huh? You guys speak your own language...WTH GREP, CHRONTAB, etc...LOL

[producerism]

if i get stuff done at work here too fast, they will expect too much ;)

[Tsmith]

Only reason I'm here and not work (8:00~4:30) is thanks to a sinus infection thats giving me fits.

[00silvergt]

Only reason I'm here and not work (8:00~4:30) is thanks to a sinus infection thats giving be fits.


With 5,744 posts, I kinda doubt that is completely true! LOL;):D

[Time Thief]

Stay at home dad for now. Have the photography business but that is slow. I am trying to get a job at the fire department so maybe we can eat:lol:. Got laid off a year ago and started this business, great in the spring but the summer has been slow. Now I am hoping to get this job as it will still allow me to keep the business with the schedule I will have.

[buto]

Well even then you will route to your ISP, so it is a bit reaching, but technically they can still trace you. Again not probable or practical, but still doable.

Unix, huh? You guys speak your own language...WTH GREP, CHRONTAB, etc...LOL

LOL when I first joined this forum everything was a new language.
Infinite focus, focal length, f stop, chimp :eek:

[00silvergt]

I know, it is a different jargon, lexicon, etc. with each for each forum. We also seem to use terms and acronyms that no one outside this forum will understand. LOL

[michaelgreen78]

9-5? Luxury! I do 7-7 and hate it! Still, the boredom at work inevitably leads me to the internet and POTN.:D:D:D

[Lord_Malone]

Guilty! I hate my job. Nothing to do most of the time and then I get slammed with work.

Ditto.

[PeaPicker]

Workin 9 to 5... always makes me think of Dolly :)

[CountryBoy]

Hmm, on my first post I said, I just got laid off. Now their saying it was a big mistake, some type of miscommunication.
Guess they don't want to pay unemployment .

[LotsToLearn]

Hmm, on my first post I said, I just got laid off. Now their saying it was a big mistake, some type of miscommunication.
Guess they don't want to pay unemployment .

A miscommunication!?!? Man... what kind of HR'ing is that? Almost like a doc telling you you're dying when you're not. I guess that's good though, unless you were anticipating a nice package out of it.

[CountryBoy]

A miscommunication!?!? Man... what kind of HR'ing is that? Almost like a doc telling you you're dying when you're not. I guess that's good though, unless you were anticipating a nice package out of it.


No package. I kind of knew it would come to this. It was more like "lack of communication" between departments. But the time off was nice, :).

[Tom W]

By the amount of posts on the forums from North Americans during business hours, it's no wonder companies complain they lose billions in productivity due to non work related net usage.

I'm not complaining... as I'm in Canada and it's 1:15pm so count me in. :)

Just wondering out loud.

I rotate - 0600-1800, 1800-0600, and 0700 to 1500 hrs. It's the nature of the work - 24 hour coverage, 7 days a week including weekends, holidays, and such.