what's your working hour like in your country?

guitarman · fourth grade Joined: 04 Nov 2005 Posts: 728

In Singapore, the working hour is something like this:

Start: 8 or 8:30 depends on company
End: 5:30 or 6:00 depends on company
Lunch break: 1 hour

It's worst to work in an IT company in Singapore as you are expected to come finish work any time or even you have to camp in the office just to finish up work. Well, Singapore is a developed country and hence life is in a fast pace mode.

I've heard lots of good news about USA, UK and Australia that life is much better and most shops close at 5 PM... ow.. that's so good life, isn't it?
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Although, I do not have experience in working in Cambodia myself, I could see that my dad usually goes to work at 7:00 a.m and back for lunch time around 11:30 a.m. After lunch, he sets off back to work at 2 and is back at 6:30 PM.
Life isn't that bad in Cambodia Smile

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triumph · second grade Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 94

That is very similar to the US. The traditional times have been 9:00-5:00 but you will see a lot of 8:30 or 8:00 start times, and some 6:00pm finish times.

As places get more congested, and rush hour worse, some businesses trying to change hours up to keep people from spending so much time in their cars. Where I live in the US EVERYONE drives a car.

Klaas Koopman · Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 4:42 pm Post subject:

depends where you work, if you work in a bakery it's different ofcourse!

but most is like starting 9 then at 10 a break then at 12 another brake then at 2 or 3 another break and then at 5 you can go home!

angivodka · first grade Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 19

i am in the uk. working hours totally depend on the type of job, but general office working hours are 9 - 5.

ninikins · first grade Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 25

Usually its 8 or 9 till 5, average working week is around 40 hours a week but lots of people do 32 I think..

anarch · first grade Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 28

Yes, in the United States, I find that most places work an 8-5 or 9-5 day with 32-40 hours. Few places seem to pay overtime anymore either (usually, if you work over 40 hours, you get paid for you time plus a half.. so if you normally make $10 an hour, you get $15 for any hour over 40 .. or double time on Sundays or holidays).