Your working day. What's it like?

Did you wake with wood in your hand?

Sorry couldn't help myself!!

 

So You googled it then, ie asked someone that knows everything !

 

I was rather hoping i was being directed at the female market Luvvy !

 

And on rice pudding. Mmmmmmmm

 

Better still , i nice little selling job at that Adult shop just off the A 38 near Fradley .

 

Self employed chartered surveyor so set my own workload and hours, usually start after I've done the school run and finish before school pick up. Working from home means I don't commute, spend most of my time on the computer writing reports plus occasional property inspections as well as all the admin that goes with working this way. Plenty of time to spend with family and walking the dog during the day.

 

Marmite

 

Heating engineer (plumber) mainly commercial ,boiler houses & plant rooms mainly
Bit of a mercenary really sub contract.not always for the best money but the more interesting jobs
Finding it harder,the older & fatter I get ,I must say

 

Set off for work about 7.30 and usually arrive 30 seconds later if I've had no hold ups getting across my Sussex farmyard (sometimes deer are crossing!).
Get to it looking after my flock of organic free range hens. The working day varies from really horrible smelly jobs fixing stuff inside the sheds, to really nice like today, outside mowing.
Life is dictated somewhat by the farm and my livestock as of course that has to come first.
Usually try and pack up by 5 or 6pm but only if everything is ok.

 

I leave home at 8.30 and walk the boy to school, then continue the mile-ish walk to work. I then sit at a computer, broken up by going to meetings, until 2.55 when I leave for the return walk (which is usually a run-walk as I never leave on time!) to school, getting home at about 3.30. At about 6 I sometimes go back into work for meetings or work from home later in the evening.

I work in local government (don't linch me please!), not in a controversial department like planning or housing though - I'm what some people call 'back office', but I prefer 'back bone'. I write the rules and make sure everyone sticks to them. The team I manage is responsible for the decision making processes, looking after the councillors, the Mayor and the civic office, managing corporate complaints, and various other random things. It's hard work and constant cuts over the years mean the workload is ridiculous, but I get to work flexibly around school times, so I can't complain too much!

 

my work starts when I get home from work... tidy up, get changed out to garage, come in, get washed make tea, have tea sit through coronation street, wait till wife nods off, then wash dishes tidy up get old togs back on and go out to shed, work in shed till 11 ish, shower, have cup of tea, watch some crap telly, till dozing off then go to bed .. get up go to work fill in some time there, come home and repeat.

 

Mines up at 7:20 down stairs to open up (I'm a caretaker/ and work in despatching reference materials during the day)

After opening up the building, back upstairs for a coffee then I start my day in despatch, basically packing up samples and checking paperwork for customs clearance, regular breaks which I take in the flat, and get to see my wife and little lad regularly thru the day(we homeschool our boy) finish in despatch at 5, lock up when everyone has gone. I do a fair bit of over time with maintenance on this old property, the hall where we live/work is 150 years old, so there's a fair bit of maintaince on it, the last few years we have been restoring the old orchard too, it's been left for 70+ years to do its own thing.

 

I go to school I play, have lunch 1 1/4 hrs. More play in the afternoon. Then home.

In between I might do a bit off work and observations.

 

diverse range of owners