Is 8 hours a day common thing ??

[expat]

37.5 hours a week? Nice if you can get it, that part-time work.

[tim123]

Oh yes

Public Sector - 35 hours a week
Australia or media companies are usually 37.5
ANy other consultancy, finance - 40 hours (ON paper)

Most engineering companies do: 36, 37 or 37.5 often with no overtime available.

[swamp]

35 hours a week here, at most. Not much going on during those 35 hours either. This is life in the public sector.

[norrahe]

most of mine have varied from 35 to 37.5.

[TheVoice]

We never offer more than 35 hours per week.

People need lives.

[PM-Junkie]

Specifying number of hours per day...dangerous IR35-type stuff.

[cojak]

Even on 35, 37.5 hours a week contracts, I could work (and get paid for) up to 40 hours.

Since living in CH, 8 hours days is the norm. ( not including lunch ). Nestlé had a 9 hour working day on their Globe project. I think that was just to cover how long it took the pc to boot up...

Fortunately, my current client isn't bothered about how long I'm in the office, so long as the work is done.

Ah.. Globe....

I still have the t-shirt!

[TheFaQQer]

5 days a week. Never specify the hours, unless it's an hourly rate.

[BolshieBastard]

Banking client I work for used to be 40 hours minimum per week. They reduced it to 35 just over 12 months ago without loss of pay.

I've been on some jobs where I was on a daily rate. The normal day was expected to be 8 hours but when the PM said jump, she wanted 15 hour days and no extra. I said no and walked.

I know one colleague who worked on a job and was expected to work a minimum 40 hours pluse 4 hours a week for free!

TBH, if you've only ever had jobs that require 37.5, you cant have had many contracts or been very, very lucky.

[NotAllThere]

Specifying number of hours per day...dangerous IR35-type stuff.

Bollix

Ah.. Globe....

I still have the t-shirt!

Ah, I thought you looked familiar...