How many hours do you work a week including commute?

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I'm interested to know how "location and total hours" stacks up around the country?

What do you do and how many hours a week do you spend doing it, including travel?

Me:
I work in the city and have a 3 hour round commute. So it's 50 hours a week for me (although I'm fortunate enough to be trialling a 4 day week at the moment)...

How many hours do you work a week including commute? 109 votes

30 or less
11% 13 votes
31-40
31% 34 votes
41-50
33% 37 votes
51-60
12% 14 votes
61-70
6% 7 votes
71+
3% 4 votes
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 35,242 Forumite
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    Around 70 if you include the 4 hours commuting a day. But I'm not sure including commuting gives a useful figure.
  • bamgbost
    bamgbost Posts: 469 Forumite
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    I commute 3 hours a day round trip to. And do a 36hour week in office.
    So all together 51 hours a week!

    Unfortunately working from home is not permited! ( old school company!)....
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  • bugslett
    bugslett Posts: 416 Forumite
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    None now, but when I finished work it was around 65 hours, around 10 hours commute.
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  • Brodiebobs
    Brodiebobs Posts: 1,032 Forumite
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    wow.. I cant imagine commuting that amount of time.

    I work 35 hrs a week and live 15 mins drive away from work, occasionally walk if I don't have school run to do and that takes 45 mins.

    So including driving commute 37.5 hrs.

    Live in the north in a town not a city.
  • SensibleSarah
    SensibleSarah Posts: 607 Forumite
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    10 hours a day with commute - so 50 a week. 7.5 hours actual work a day (so 37.5 a week), plus an unpaid hour for lunch that we have to take in full each day. Commute is around 45 mins each way (but only 5 miles in distance - gotta love traffic).
  • 74jax
    74jax Posts: 7,923 Forumite
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    Around 10hrs a day 5 days a week. So 50. But I might do some work on a weekend.
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  • Barny1979
    Barny1979 Posts: 7,921 Forumite
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    40-45 hours per week with commute, sometimes less, as work from home twice a week most weeks.
  • MovingForwards
    MovingForwards Posts: 16,921 Forumite
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    46h 15mins public transport

    40h if driving
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear it in 2026.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
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    35 hours a week. Traditional Monday to Friday.
    5 hours drive time. (no A roads!!)
    So 40
    Xmas shut-down!!!

    Can be a strange job but it’s what you make it.

    I am really lucky, when I think where I was this time 2 years ago.
  • maisie_cat
    maisie_cat Posts: 2,068 Forumite
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    Before I retired I did a 50 hour week plus around 3 hours a day round trip. I did get to work from home twice a month or so.
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