jacko198
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Registered: 1st Mar 07
Location: Buckinghamshire
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18 hours is quite normal in the Broadcast world.
Doing strictly come dancing the other week i did 60hrs + in 4 days, which is a killer
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sharpy28
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Registered: 1st Nov 08
Location: Ashton-Under-Lyne (Manchester)
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I do 7am til 4pm mon-Friday and Thursday, Friday and Saturday night at the club start at 8:30 finish between 4 and 5am
longest I've done, was went to work Thursday morning then to the club straight after, finished there at 5am was back at work for 7am Friday then did the same Friday night, was at work Saturday morning for some over time at 6 then the club Saturday night got home finally at around 5:30am Sunday morning, to say I was fucked is a understatement, so I had Monday off work and slept all day 
[Edited on 27-11-2012 by sharpy28]
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Stuart H
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Registered: 17th Jul 09
Location: lanark , scotland
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I was working 14 hours a day for 5 days straight for about a year , was only 20 then. Now doing 4x10 hour shifts , monday to thursday.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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i once did 8 hour days for 19 days on the trot. earned a shit load but was shattered by the end of it.
manual work, so none of this sitting in an office bullshit.
continuously - 12 hours. maximum we can work, then have to have 8 hours rest.
[Edited on 27-11-2012 by Ben G]
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djgritt
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Registered: 1st Nov 07
Location: Dorset Drives: Focus ST / Hyundai i20N
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22hrs has been my longest stint at work - left home at 06.30am, got home at 04.30am (then was on my way back to site at 08.30 the same day)
Done a fair few 14/16/18hr site days since, mostly when I'm overseas though, as the sooner I get the work done, the sooner I can head home.
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scoob
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Registered: 16th Oct 03
Location: Beverley, E Riding of Yorkshire
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96 hours is the longest I've ever done.
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Seany
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Registered: 13th Dec 06
Location: Dunfermline, Fife : Drives Astra cdti Sri
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1 shift of 36 hours with a few lunch dinner breaks, then home for a few hours kip then 18 hours straight after.
Work needed done so I did it. I got the rest of the week off paid, 3 extra days holidays and a voucher for asdas for £100.
Wasn't that bad tbh just stinging eyes, slept for ages after it all.
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Welly Wanger
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Registered: 5th Jan 12
Location: Cambodia stroke Yorkshire
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First day been an apprentice sparky start at 7 got home at 3.30 next morning, 119 hours in one week came out with £150 for the week.
Worked away for 7 weeks doing 12 hour days 7 days a week.
A few 36 hour shifts when jobs went tits up.
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Cavey
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
Location: Derby
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Not work work, but had to move house before a England v Sweden in the euros or WC (04 or 06) so was up at 7, got the van, moved everything, went to work in a pub/club, had 1,000 odd people in there, worked 12-6 7-12 or something similar
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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Forever working 7 days a week. This year I've actually had about 3.5 weeks off in total (2.5 of which were for a mates wedding in SA) the previous year I only had about 2 weeks off I think.
Regularly work 10-12 hours a day, especially in the unit. Longest I worked was 20 hours in a day iirc.
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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3am till 12.15pm.
Purely because my work are tight bastards and anything over that would need to be payed as double time.
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jrdn7
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Registered: 14th Feb 11
Location: Ireland
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I did 50 hrs straight in June covering a 2 day football tournament. It started at 9 sat morning & ended at 6 in the evening, I got home & worked right up to 9 the next morning editing photos (30k of them), back at the pitch for 10 to cover the next day's work until 6 again, back home & finished editing Day 2's pics (35k this time inc celebrations) and got them emailed off and prints done & in the post at 12 on the monday.
Fell asleep about 10 mins after finishing everything and didn't wake up until 2 on the tuesday afternoon. The stress + lack of sleep had me fucked for weeks!
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scottyp1989
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Registered: 29th Jul 07
Location: Warley, West Midlands
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Done 23 hour, started at 6am finished 5am next morning, that was ontop of doing 5 days of 15 hours so a 98 hour week.
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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45 hours a week for me. I did a 0830-2230 the other week though.
Rather not make it a habit 
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
i once did 8 hour days for 19 days on the trot. earned a shit load but was shattered by the end of it.
manual work, so none of this sitting in an office bullshit.
continuously - 12 hours. maximum we can work, then have to have 8 hours rest.
[Edited on 27-11-2012 by Ben G]
Hero 
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JonnyJ
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Registered: 23rd Sep 05
Location: Scotchland
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When i shoot weddings they are regularly a 15-16 hour day. Fucking draining, constantly working, if im lucky a get to sit down for about half an hour when people eat and even then I'm working out my next shots. Felt dead after every single one 
None of this standing on a production line with no pressure bullshit.
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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...stopping because you've done a specific number that day?
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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07:30-18:30
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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105hrs a week.
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Danny W
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Registered: 14th Nov 05
Location: Northamptonshire
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Work 12+ hours a day usually 5-6 days a week but if staying away on a 2 week contract will work the 14 days straight. Etc.
Totally depends what contract we've got booked in and where abouts inthe country as to how many hours per week I do.
Smoke Grey 5 Door
EastMids Regional Events
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Russ
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
Location: Armchair
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this is worse than a how much do you earn thread.
mugs, i get paid for 37.5 hours, i probably do 37.5 hours
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
this is worse than a how much do you earn thread.
mugs, i get paid for 37.5 hours, i probably do 37.5 hours
No wonder people earn so much on here... Some people do 3x my hours... Willy waver "I earn £45k a year"
Cool mate but your year is 3x as much work/hours as mine so in terms of my job, you earn £15k a year
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Danny W
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Registered: 14th Nov 05
Location: Northamptonshire
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wish I did earn as much as some of the people on here
Smoke Grey 5 Door
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spencer88
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Registered: 6th Oct 08
Location: cornwall
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I earn fuck all, even when I do crazy hours
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craig8
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Registered: 31st Dec 04
Location: Glasgow
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I would earn fuck all if I didn't do those hours, usually more than double my basic wage with overtime each week
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