Re:Oooh - I'd kill for a four day week...
by officemonkey on Thursday December 30, 2010 @07:23AM
(#2052018)
The best job I ever had (schedule-wise) was when I worked 30 hours/week at home.
My normal day would be: get up at six and start work answering emails. Around eight I'd rustle up a quick breakfast and eat it at my desk while I started making the calls I needed to make. Done at noon.
If the 6 AM start time seems horrible, consider this: my commute from bed to desk was less than 30 seconds and being done before noon was a powerful motivator.
However a large portion of my job was traveling to different meetings throughout the state. Depending on the location, these trips could take three to five hours. So, if I had two meetings a week, I'd cut back my "office time" the day before or the day after.
Regardless of how much travel I did, I was done for the week when I hit 30 hours. I was done before Friday 90% of the time.
For about four months of that time, my fiancee (who also worked from home) was living with me. We would often go have lunch together or see a matinee.
My normal day would be: get up at six and start work answering emails. Around eight I'd rustle up a quick breakfast and eat it at my desk while I started making the calls I needed to make. Done at noon.
If the 6 AM start time seems horrible, consider this: my commute from bed to desk was less than 30 seconds and being done before noon was a powerful motivator.
However a large portion of my job was traveling to different meetings throughout the state. Depending on the location, these trips could take three to five hours. So, if I had two meetings a week, I'd cut back my "office time" the day before or the day after.
Regardless of how much travel I did, I was done for the week when I hit 30 hours. I was done before Friday 90% of the time.
For about four months of that time, my fiancee (who also worked from home) was living with me. We would often go have lunch together or see a matinee.