History of the 40 hour work week

[Smallcock]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mark...ans-work/ar-BBAHRGc?li=AA4Zjn&ocid=spartanntp

Curious, do most of you work only 40 hours per week? Prior to early retirement I worked 80 - 100 hours per week for over a decade and a half. I burnt out several times but I just could not see, and still do not see, any road to financial success without working smart, long, and hard.

Retiring at 60+ is not my idea of fun. I want to enjoy now while still relatively young.

 

[bazokajoe]

Yes,I work 40 hrs a week.
Your salary and your spending habits will determine financial success. Of course your financial goals will be different than everyone else.

 

[Indiana]

Well I'm there at least 50 hrs a week.
But I probably only work 20 lol.

 

[frankcastle]

Yes,I work 40 hrs a week.
Your salary and your spending habits will determine financial success. Of course your financial goals will be different than everyone else.

Yeah I think we take on too much debt. Buy houses bigger than we need. This hobby doesn't help.

A buddy of mine once pointed out that some of our best times were spent in one bedroom apartments where the home theater was a 23" cathode ray tube hooked up to a boom box.

 

[Keebler Elf]

Working smart and working long hours are two different things.

While I agree working hard pays off, I know too many people who work long long hours and burn their life away then look back and question whether it was worth it. Money can't buy back time.

 

[hornyashell]

Working smart and working long hours are two different things.

While I agree working hard pays off, I know too many people who work long long hours and burn their life away then look back and question whether it was worth it. Money can't buy back time.

Will said!

 

[fuji]

Some weeks I work 20 hours, other weeks I work 60. It depends what's going on. I get paid the same regardless.

 

[hot.scorpio71]

No matter what you do or how many hours you work you will never be successful or financial stable as the government well liberal government will rap you in taxes and more taxes

That's why people are leaving Ontario and or Canada

 

[Jiffy Pop]

My way of thinking is exactly like Keebler Elf. For me time to enjoy life is more Important then the money.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mark...ans-work/ar-BBAHRGc?li=AA4Zjn&ocid=spartanntp

Curious, do most of you work only 40 hours per week? Prior to early retirement I worked 80 - 100 hours per week for over a decade and a half. I burnt out several times but I just could not see, and still do not see, any road to financial success without working smart, long, and hard.

Retiring at 60+ is not my idea of fun. I want to enjoy now while still relatively young

Nah, getting divorced and retiring is the two best things you will ever do in your life, trust me!!

 

[oldjones]

The article in the OP and the 40 hour standard apply to wage-slaves, originally sweatshop workers and factory hands, not people who have decision-power over how many hours they devote to making money.

If your 'chosen' work-week of 60 to 100 hours doesn't involve some version of: "This is when you show up, and you go home when we say. Or you don't have any work at all here. Ever.", then the standard work-week isn't about you.

Not that comparing hours worked isn't fun and instructive, but it's always a game of applesranges:bananas:whatever

 

[rhuarc29]

I work whatever is necessary, to a limit. I am technically required to be in the office 40 hours a week, but I'm offered a great deal of flexibility. On average, I'm probably in the office 50 hours anyway. Sometimes upwards of 70 or 80 hours. My limit's not so much based on total hours as it is on how much I need to get away from the office. For example, I can do 80+ hours no problem on tasks I enjoy, but 30 hours of straight bullshit and I'm out of there!

 

[Ryan4life]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mark...ans-work/ar-BBAHRGc?li=AA4Zjn&ocid=spartanntp

Curious, do most of you work only 40 hours per week? Prior to early retirement I worked 80 - 100 hours per week for over a decade and a half. I burnt out several times but I just could not see, and still do not see, any road to financial success without working smart, long, and hard.

Retiring at 60+ is not my idea of fun. I want to enjoy now while still relatively young.

Were you working for yourself? or someone else?

 

[yomero5]

37.5-40 hr/week, depending on the employer. I would kill myself before doing 80-100 hr/week.

 

[Smallcock]

Were you working for yourself? or someone else?

Self... I don't think I could commit that much time at a company or for someone else.

 

[Mr. Piggy]

I spent 37 years in the trucking industry before finally retiring last year. Started off driving local around the gta then within the province and finally long distance. The last 23 years I owned my own truck but was contracted to different companies over the years. The first 2 years was Ontario/Quebec, out all week with weekends off. The next 13 years was Canada/US, out approx 2 weeks then home for 3 to 4 days. The last 8 years was Canada only, out 3 to 4 weeks then 5 to 7 days off. What a shitty lifestyle it is. You are not always working, driving but living in a truck, I don't even want to start counting how many hours per week, month whatever. The only good part about all those years is, I got to see Canada coast to coast and a lot of the US. I don't miss the trucking industry at all.

 

[Smallcock]

Working smart and working long hours are two different things.

While I agree working hard pays off, I know too many people who work long long hours and burn their life away then look back and question whether it was worth it. Money can't buy back time.

This is a great point. I think that if you can get into something that allows you to reap big enough financial rewards to retire early it makes sense, otherwise grinding all of your life away for money is a waste. In the time I spent working, the work itself was a creative and rewarding process which I learned a lot from, about the business,the world, and myself. My undivided attention also allowed me to avoid conventional pitfalls of living a "normal" life like wasting money on trivialities and finding oneself in debt, settling on a life partner who really is not compatible, being burdened with kids without stable finances, trying to please others instead of chasing my own passion, and so on. Ultimately the payoff is living the rest of life carefree and physically it's something I need. The older I get, the more easily tired I get, the less bs I'm willing to tolerate, safety and comfort are increasingly important, and the freedom to do as I please whenever I want is priceless.

 

[frankcastle]

This is a great point. I think that if you can get into something that allows you to reap big enough financial rewards to retire early it makes sense, otherwise grinding all of your life away for money is a waste. In the time I spent working, the work itself was a creative and rewarding process which I learned a lot from, about the business,the world, and myself. My undivided attention also allowed me to avoid conventional pitfalls of living a "normal" life like wasting money on trivialities and finding oneself in debt, settling on a life partner who really is not compatible, being burdened with kids without stable finances, trying to please others instead of chasing my own passion, and so on. Ultimately the payoff is living the rest of life carefree and physically it's something I need. The older I get, the more easily tired I get, the less bs I'm willing to tolerate, safety and comfort are increasingly important, and the freedom to do as I please whenever I want is priceless.

If you are debt free and single then chances are you are doing much better financially than you think!

But it sounds like you are an older guy so saving/tax free stuff won't work.

Think your best bet is to find ways to make life cheaper..... downsize, move to a cheaper area, rent out basement, cheaper car

 

[Smallcock]

If you are debt free and single then chances are you are doing much better financially than you think!

But it sounds like you are an older guy so saving/tax free stuff won't work.

Think your best bet is to find ways to make life cheaper..... downsize, move to a cheaper area, rent out basement, cheaper car

I'm in my thirties. All I want to do is fuck, travel, eat great food, and sleep a lot. I care about absolutely nothing else.

 

[frankcastle]

I'm in my thirties. All I want to do is fuck, travel, eat great food, and sleep a lot. I care about absolutely nothing else.

Ah. Sorry I misread your original post. Congrats on being under 40 and retired.