• Question: Do you work every day? :)

    Asked by RoRo to Rebecca, Josh, Chris on 17 Jun 2015. This question was also asked by katie.
    • Photo: Josh Meyers

      Josh Meyers answered on 17 Jun 2015:

      Most days yes, other than saturdays… and sundays… and sometimes fridays.

    • Photo: Rebecca Dewey

      Rebecca Dewey answered on 18 Jun 2015:

      Almost. I certainly work most Mondays to Fridays. I don’t usually work weekends or bank holidays but sometimes if I have stuff to do for a deadline then I will. Or if someone participating in my study is only free at the weekend I can arrange for them to have their brain scan on a Saturday or Sunday.

      We don’t have holidays like you have school holidays. I have 30 days “annual leave” that I can choose to take when I want. On top of that (and I’m very lucky because my employer, the university, is very kind) I have the time between Christmas and New Year off, so I don’t have to work 24th Dec-1st Jan.

      If I have worked a very long day (maybe I’ve been travelling at a conference or I’ve had a lot of testing to do and had to spend up to 12, 14 or 16 hours in work, then I can take a day off.

      Other than that, yes, every day! As Rob says, Academia is very good for its flexibility – most employers don’t give you this much freedom!

    • Photo: Chris Armstrong

      Chris Armstrong answered on 18 Jun 2015:

      I make it a point to take weekends off, you can’t be effective 24/7. Gotta have time off to decompress.

      I would love to say I leave my job at the office, but that is far from true, I get caught up and bring work home far too often.

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