Many jobs are still based on the mythical, 40-hour working week. But honestly how many hours do you really work for your job every week?
Many of us in the IT sector, whether it’s private or public, work more than 40-hours per week. Some of these extra hours are spent at the office, some are not. Do you count all the time that you check your work e-mail at home or when you are on vacation? How about the time that is spent discussing work problems when in the off hours with other people from work?
According to the statistics from the Families and Work Institute, the average work week for men has increased to 49 hours, and 43.5 hours for women.