• Question: How much time do you have for yourself does your job take up a lot of your time?

    Asked by Joshua3117 to Vinita, Rachel, Pam, Christopher, Brian, Andrew on 1 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Rachel Hudson

      Rachel Hudson answered on 1 Mar 2019:

      My job usually takes about 7/8 hours a day and once I’m done for the day there’s no obligation to do more (everyone needs to have rest time and a personal life).
      Sometimes near to launch, instrument delivery or if we have overnight testing, however, then we might have to stay at work late but then usually everyone is excited to for the milestone!

    • Photo: Brian Weaver

      Brian Weaver answered on 3 Mar 2019:

      I’m paid for 8 hours a day, 5 days per week. Sometimes I work longer to meet deadlines for the PhD. After I graduate, I hope to find a job where I have no commitments outside of the 8 hour work day. For now, I think it’s worth the extra effort to get the degree.

    • Photo: Pam Anderson

      Pam Anderson answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      My job usually takes 7/8 hours per day but sometimes I have to do a bit more outside of that time. I also travel a lot for work and that can mean some evenings and weekends are spent travelling. I love my job, so I don’t mind doing a bit extra!

    • Photo: Christopher Youens

      Christopher Youens answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      My job usually takes about 8 hours a day, and the work/life balance is usually really good. Though I’m occasionally down as the on-call engineer, so during those times I need to be available to support any emergencies day or night.

      Other than that, if I’m working on fixing a problem with a spacecraft it can usually be a really long day. But I tend to take a bit of time off after to balance out the hours.

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