Leaving on time
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When you're on your deathbead, will you regret leaving on time against your agency's wishes? No.
Are you contracted until a certain time of day? If so, and there's no more work to do...leave. No one wants to be the first our the door, but we can all change that mentality. As designers we pull enough late nights to not have to feel guilty about staying late.I once did a calculation that if you stayed 1 hour late every day, then you in essence negate your holiday allowance.
We work 227 days a year (52x5days a week, minus bank hols and 25 days annual leave).
So if you stay 1 hour late each day, that's 227 hours per year extra that you work.
There are 7.5 working hours in a day where I work.227 / 7.5 = 30 days
That's 30 extra days worked, in a year where you're only given 25 days of holiday. So you've cancelled out that time already.
Makes you think.
That said, being a designer is a privilege, and much more fun than a lot of boring desk jobs, so an hour late isn't that bad if you truly enjoy your job.
- Being a designer is a privilege? Hmm.qTime
- Soon they will tell you that having a job is a privilege.
But good points on the maths!qTime - Being a designer should be a privilege, better than being an accountant! And with unemployment the way it is, having a job is a privilegeBaskerviIle
- having a job is kind of a privilegeBaskerviIle
- No its a necessity. Next your be telling us that getting paid is a privilege.qTime
- Some accountants I know like their job. Plus they take home a lot more.qTime
- I feel privileged to be a designer.monospaced
- Exactly Mono. We're lucky our passion is also our jobBaskerviIle
- A pleasure, yes, but privelige? We provide a service just lika anyone else.CyBrainX
- Don't kid your self that this is the best job in the world and your lucky.qTime
- Just look at that guy who die of cancerqTime
- I'm sure accountants like their jobs and feel privileged too.monNom
- Baskerville, the swivel eyed elite want you to think that your 'lucky to have this job' so you slave away more hours. 'lucky'.qTime
- Ummm, you sound like a kid sometimes qTime. Trust me, doing what you truly love is a privelege.monospaced