slo’s FRIDAY 12/8 poll - Working On The Weekend

[slo]

Not everyone gets the weekend or the entire weekend off.
So…I ask on this Friday…..

Do you work weekends?
Did you work weekends?
How often?
Both Saturdays & Sundays or just one day?
(multiple choice)


For Me……I do work on Saturdays about 2-3 Saturdays a month. This Saturday being one of them

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I sometimes have to work weekends for my full-time job because I’m that busy it’s not a requirement and I don’t get paid any extra because I’m salaried it’s just I may be swamped and need to get something done
I do a little side work so I often do that on the weekends
Since I work from home to me it’s not a big deal - it only bothers me if I have to do it for my full-time job the side job is my choice at least I’m getting paid for that

 

[Kitty 34]

Years ago when the kids were very young I would work weekends at my sister-in-laws party store. I would open the store and work until noon. Also when I worked at King Soopers in Colorado I always worked weekends and most holidays. Again, years ago.

DH worked weekends quite often through his years. It was overtime and we always enjoyed the extra pay.

My youngest DS always works weekends; it's just part of his work week. His weekend is Monday and Tuesday.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I used to have to work about every other Saturday (like half day).

Now, it is a few times a year we have to come in on a Saturday (half day) to do stuff for the quarter.

 

[TippyThomas]

We were farmers and pretty much worked every day to some extent.

 

[_19disnA]

Never had a need to work weekends. Our office was a M-F type of business. On the rare occasion when I needed to access our internal systems that weren't available online, there was never anyone else around. Lots of people would TALK like their worked endless hours/weekends, but mostly they were the type who liked to LOOK busy until 10 minutes after the boss left for the day. Then they were one of the first out the door................LOL.

 

[Lord Manhammer]

If you mean work on the weekends in the "go into a job" then no, Professors rarely go on campus during the weekend unless they have Saturday classes, are doing research, or have an event. But I have done work on the weekends like grading or meeting preps. I've actually been trying to do less of that to achieve a healthier work-life balance. It's been worth it.

 

[footballmouse]

I work at a hospital so I work weekends as my 2nd job.

 

[Skywalker3]

DH and I are federal workers, and for our jobs, we do not work any weekends.
For over 10 years, when I worked for the public library, we worked every other Sat, and 1 Sunday/month. I did not at all like working that many Saturdays. 1/month would've been better.
Love not working on the weekends, but I used to totally relate to Slo's meme.

 

[#1hoosierfan]

I have been a teacher for 25 years, so technicallhy no weekends for me. I do, however, work on lesson plans and grading on the weekend.

I worked retail in high school and college, so I worked weekends then.

Dh is salaried and works from home. He will often log in for a for a few hours and work Saturday and/or Sunday to catch up on what he did not get finished thru the week.

 

[tony67]

So in general I do not work weekends and I set that expectation early on.
I also don't work after 5 or so and set that as well.
For the most part no one is on their death bed saying they wish they worked more.

That said you still have to be flexable and when there is a reason then I do it.
I've worked 36 hours straight on a holiday weekend to save the company 10s of thousands of dollars, just to be laid of 5 years later.
I've done late night when something has to be done.
I've stayed late, gotten up early or event the middle of the night to take calls with folks in other parts of the world.

As a manager I had all my team come in on a Saturday once in 12 years.
They all made six figures and it was a one off. I also provided a decent lunch.
My boss told me not to have them come in, but we had to finish something and this was the only way to do get it done.
We got it done, and then 2/3rds of the team was laid off that week. I guess my boss knew something I did not.

Anyway, the key is to set the expectations up front and then be flexable as long as the company is flexable.
Also keep in mind as soon as you can be replaced by someone for less or AI they will probably do it.
They don't recall the things you did for them and just look at the bottom line.
The last few layoffs were just sorting salaries and going from the top down.

Also don't take calls off hours or check emails unless its part of an agreement.
Lasty if they want you to take calls or read emails they need to provide a phone.
Never use your personal phone - ever.
I don't understand people that do.

 

[Schneewittchen37]

I don't work weekends, but some of my staff do, so I have to keep a half an eye on things all the time.

 

[jo-jo]

As a grocery cashier,yes , worked almost every Saturday.

Now retired.

Does housework and taking care of hubby count???

 

[Meriweather]

Retired. Never worked on weekends at a job.

Being retired I do some work at home on weekends. That stuff is never ending.

 

[kdonnel]

I have never had a job where I had to regularly work the weekend. Always had a M-F 8-5 job.

Having said that I have sometimes had to work the weekend because of project requirements.

 

[Moliphino]

I do not currently work weekends, aside from extremely rare circumstances. Like less than once a year.
I did work weekends 10+ years ago when I was at Macy's. Didn't mind Sundays so much because they were time and a half and shorter hours.

 

[ronandannette]

I sometimes have to work weekends for my full-time job because I’m that busy it’s not a requirement and I don’t get paid any extra because I’m salaried it’s just I may be swamped and need to get something done
I do a little side work so I often do that on the weekends
Since I work from home to me it’s not a big deal - it only bothers me if I have to do it for my full-time job the side job is my choice at least I’m getting paid for that

This. I can go into the office or bring my laptop home; I have a routine report for Monday mornings that almost never gets done during the week. I also go on-call 24/7 for a week at a time, eight times a year, as part of my duties.

 

[design_mom]

I don't work weekends unless there's an emergency deadline (and thankfully at my two most recent jobs, those were very rare.) The last job that I worked that didn't have a mostly M-F schedule was in high school (a long time ago.)

 

[utahgirl]

First job out of college was customer service at Nordstrom. I usually worked every other weekend. I enjoyed my years there & was very glad I was not on the selling floor.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

This. I can go into the office or bring my laptop home; I have a routine report for Monday mornings that almost never gets done during the week. I also go on-call 24/7 for a week at a time, eight times a year, as part of my duties.

I’m “on call “ 24/7 365 - that’s just not right - but with that being said - on the other hand - my employer can also be one of the most generous people on the planet but other times he can treat you like an indentured servant it’s really crazy but often times really do not like the fact that I get phone calls at 10 o’clock at night or on the weekends it’s like can’t wait until I workday and nine times out of 10 it literally can
Because I dropped dead someone else is going to be taking care of this you’re not gonna be calling me in the grave well I guess these people would probably try