• Question: How many hours do you work?

    Asked by Logan to Shruti, Mark, Faranak, Douglas, Charlene, Alistair on 1 Mar 2019. This question was also asked by mackie.
    • Photo: Alistair McConnell

      Alistair McConnell answered on 1 Mar 2019:

      That can vary a lot, I like to work 10.00 till 6.00 during the week and have the weekends off, but if I have a paper due or experiments to run I will stay longer. Sometimes if I am really into the robot I am building at that moment I will go in on the weekend!

    • Photo: Shruti Turner

      Shruti Turner answered on 2 Mar 2019: last edited 2 Mar 2019 5:17 pm

      When you do a PhD, there are no set hours. You have to do the work that is required to get the jobs done that you need. Some days, I might only do 3/4 hours and on other days I’ll work maybe 0800-1800 in the office and then come home and eat dinner and do some more work. I try to take my weekends and evenings off because it’s important to have a break, but sometime you’ve just got to do what you’ve got to do! The great thing about my job is that it doesn’t really feel like work, because I chose my research because I love it, so I don’t mind working a lot on it.

    • Photo: Charlene Chung

      Charlene Chung answered on 3 Mar 2019:

      I work 8 hours a day, but if there are some deadlines that are approaching I do stay in longer in the office or work a bit over the weekends.

    • Photo: Mark Bentley

      Mark Bentley answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      Approx 7:45 till 17:30 – 18:00

      Toooooo much, but I have sooo much work to get through.

      Also I think and plan some jobs when driving to work, or at weekend riding my bike, I usually have better ideas when peddling my bike in the middle of a Forrest!

      So in general all the time, if you are an engineer you are always thinking….!

    • Photo: Faranak Bahrami

      Faranak Bahrami answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      As Shruti mentioned, when you are a researcher (phd student) there are no set hours. sometimes I have to work on the weekends as well because I have deadlines. but usually, I try to stick to my timelines so that I don’t need to work on the weekends. I start my work at 8:30, and try to get things done by 17:00. sometimes I have stayed until 19:00. but if you plan your work properly and learn to be efficient, you don’t need to spend more.

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