The Economy... How many hours per week are YOU working?

Started by DigitalCrapShoveler, August 03, 2010, 08:19:05 PM

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Since the economy has been in the hole, how many hours are you working now per week? If the economy has put you on part time, this especially includes YOU.

60-80+
1 (2.6%)
50-59
2 (5.1%)
39-49
21 (53.8%)
38 or less
12 (30.8%)
I don't work because I just had a freakin' baby.
3 (7.7%)

Total Members Voted: 39

Voting closed: August 08, 2010, 08:19:05 PM

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DigitalCrapShoveler

August 03, 2010, 08:19:05 PM
I'm interested if things have picked up, remained stable or gotten worse in the Printing industry, specifically Prepress.

Rumor has it, the magazine industry is taking off again.
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beck

#1
August 03, 2010, 08:42:39 PM
We never had much of a slowdown.

Mostly due to us picking up 2 huge customers (1 food, 1 medical) that have just taken off.

beck
Nevertheless....beck has hit the proverbial nail on the head.
Joe

DigitalCrapShoveler

#2
August 03, 2010, 08:45:53 PM
Quote from: beck  on August 03, 2010, 08:42:39 PMWe never had much of a slowdown.

Mostly due to us picking up 2 huge customers (1 food, 1 medical) that have just taken off.

beck

It's a poll Beck... vote.
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Joe

#3
August 03, 2010, 08:54:48 PM
Well I picked 39-49 but it rarely is more than 40...except this week I'll have about 50 because I worked Saturday. I'm actually surprised the hours haven't been cut or a body or two canned.
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beck

#4
August 04, 2010, 04:05:58 AM
Quote from: Joe on August 03, 2010, 08:54:48 PMWell I picked 39-49 but it rarely is more than 40...except this week I'll have about 50 because I worked Saturday. I'm actually surprised the hours haven't been cut or a body or two canned.
It's a poll Joe... vote.
Nevertheless....beck has hit the proverbial nail on the head.
Joe

youston

#5
August 04, 2010, 05:34:51 AM
40-59 hours, but that's to cover the hourly employees here. They've been on 32-hour weeks for almost 18 months.

ninjaPB_43

#6
August 04, 2010, 06:21:53 AM
I just had a baby, so you can guess how I voted.   :ninja:  (just wanted to steal Skryber's thunder...   :tongue: )
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David

#7
August 04, 2010, 06:50:52 AM
We just had another round of layoffs on Friday and Monday.
4 people in Prepress this time, with additional ones in the sheetfed and web pressrooms.
They got rid of one of the guys that had been here longer than me (I've been here 27 years).  Man it's tough to come in and face this crap.




it's sucking big time around here.
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gnubler

#8
August 04, 2010, 08:34:41 AM
Quote from: ninjaPB_43 on August 04, 2010, 06:21:53 AMI just had a baby, so you can guess how I voted.

Looks like there's still one or two stuck up in there. Push. HARD.

I work a standard 40 hrs and am grateful for it. Last job (newspaper) started at 40 hrs but by the time I left I was down to 28-32 hrs and that was WITH me *inventing* a lot of work (doing website projects in addition to newspaper work).
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So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

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tapdn

#9
August 04, 2010, 08:42:27 AM
Not voting. I would seriously skew the curve.  :rolleyes:
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delooch

#10
August 04, 2010, 08:47:04 AM
well the economy has cut our shop from a staff of 7 down to a staff of 2 with almost the same workload
now im working 50-55 hour weeks to keep up, but im still only getting paid for 40

DigiCorn

#11
August 04, 2010, 08:47:29 AM
I work 29-39, but I voted for 39-49 since there wasn't an option that included me.
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beck

#12
August 04, 2010, 08:59:13 AM
It's a poll, people.  Vote.
Nevertheless....beck has hit the proverbial nail on the head.
Joe

David

#13
August 04, 2010, 09:09:59 AM
or is it a pole?!?

we'll never know
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beck

#14
August 04, 2010, 09:15:37 AM
Don't start ripping on us Pollacks!

beck
Nevertheless....beck has hit the proverbial nail on the head.
Joe
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