• Question: How many hours do you devote to your work a day

    Asked by anon-323117 on 22 Mar 2022.
    • Photo: Charlay Wood

      Charlay Wood answered on 22 Mar 2022:

      You have to be flexible. Some experiments can take many days to finish. And some experiments only take a few hours. Good time management is key!

    • Photo: Amit Vernekar

      Amit Vernekar answered on 22 Mar 2022: last edited 22 Mar 2022 2:15 pm

      Depends on the type of experiments that we do in our laboratory.

    • Photo: Andrew Parrott

      Andrew Parrott answered on 22 Mar 2022:

      Just like Charlay says you need to be a bit flexible. Generally I have pretty “regular” days at around 8 hours, but sometimes I have worked much more if the experiment needed it – but then I would take a rest the next day!

    • Photo: Jasmine Almond

      Jasmine Almond answered on 23 Mar 2022:

      My working hours are 8:30 AM till 5 PM, so around 7 and a half hours a day when you take out time for lunch.

    • Photo: Ian McKinley

      Ian McKinley answered on 24 Mar 2022:

      This varies a lot. Sometimes, especially when I am in Japan, this can be 14 hours a day, 7 days a week. But this is only for a few weeks – then I take a long holiday. This is typical for consultants – crazy hours when a job is urgent then times when there is little work and I can spend more time enjoying sport and my other hobbies.

    • Photo: Veselina Georgieva

      Veselina Georgieva answered on 24 Mar 2022:

      I should work about 7.5 hours but I do 10-12 sometimes

    • Photo: TJ Preston

      TJ Preston answered on 30 Mar 2022:

      My range is between 2 and 10 hours per day. 4 hours is average.

    • Photo: Sophie Strickfuss

      Sophie Strickfuss answered on 30 Mar 2022:

      About 8 hours. I sometimes work longer days when I am near a deadline, but I try to be a positive role-model for my team. Work-life balance is very important.

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