For me (as a programmer) it really varies a ton. I used to put in insane stretches, due to the medication I needed to take in the past and that is how I got used to things in college.
Now I work more regularly, but still can put in a solid 6+ hr day most of the time, and yet some days… yeesh I’m lucky if I can get a third of that. So I work more on other days to compensate.
HR Lady?
We all know HR is actually just an AI bot now.
Their pronouns are: (Kill/All/Humans)
Productive work with measurable results? Two hours. Four hours meetings. Two hours getting interrupted, forced socializing, and then trying to remember what it was I was about to do.
Sometimes I only have 2 hours of meetings but they are all 30 minute meetings with an hour or two between. So I am barely back in my flow by the time he next meeting rolls around.
The “flow” thing is what most non-IT folks don’t understand. It’s tough to jump back in and just start solving the same puzzle I was working on hours ago with no backtracking to figure out which micro piece of the 20 regular-sized pieces I was working on.
That’s probably why I would procrastinate on technical work with project management work back when I was in IT.
Sometimes when I really get into something, I just stay late and work on it while the office is empty.
Thankfully I’ve been in positions where if I work the rare 10-12 hour day, I can take the time off later in that timesheet cycle. It helps that I always have a bunch of results to show after those nights.
Cloud eng with ADHD here. It really varies between 30 minutes to 16 hours, both extremes being rare
Some days I feel I’m getting absolutely nothing done, but also quite recently I was hyperfixating on a project and would continue working off hours with a glass or 5 of whiskey because I was having too much of a blast
However I’ve been reminded before by my manager that the random chatter and stupid meetings are still part of work, and while there’s optimizing that can be done, I shouldn’t count them as slacking so eh I guess 8 hours a day it is then.
As a housewife, both 0 and 16? Since I don’t actually have a job, I feel like I’m not being productive if I am not cooking, cleaning or organizing. Try to make it so my spouse doesn’t have to do a single thing once she comes through, especially on her days off.
as a lesbian workaholic whose apartment is a disaster i feel slightly comforted to know that lesbian housewives actually exist, as I might want to marry one someday…
Don’t worry, we exist! It took a while to be totally comfortable with it, especially since we both have a FIREY hatred for the mysgonstic “trad wife” social media BS. But I genuinely enjoy doing errands, groceries, cooking and scouring the web for new recipe, so this setup works for us.
Before we met, my future wife was spending a fortune on door dash 3+ times a week. I’m thankful she can earn enough to support for both of us, it’s a huge win win where she can just be HOME when she is home and I can do the things I love anyways.
Oof, I feel the hate for social media tradwife propaganda and throwing money into the delivery food hole 💀
y’all sound like people just doing what suits/pleases you and what’s better than that?
it’s also super satisfying in a relationship to have complementary strengths. like “look at us being SO EFFICIENT together” lol
I wait tables. If I’m not working at full speed every second I’m on the clock, I will be complaining about how slow it is.
