worky workwork!

[danaeris]

Brought to you by the letter Q, my own curiousity, and a conversation I once had with karenbynight, I bring you the highly unscientific work poll. Yes, I know there are other factors, like how extroverted you are, or how HARD you're working while you're at work. But I didn't want the poll to get TOO long.

Oh, and I DID compile the results for the grammar poll I did, I just have to get around to posting them. Happy con goodness got in the way. :)

[Poll #474923]

Incidentally, I suspect that my bad mood may have broken finally. I hope. We'll see.

Comments

This is going to give me the reputation of a pedantic quibbler, but then again, I am.

[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

wrt the last question:

If our fulltime job includes having days off that arn't saturday/sunday, should we cound saturday/sunday as weekdays, or answer the question as is, even with a tuesday day off?

On a similar note, if our fulltime job isn't 5 days/week, should we adjust for that, or answer as is?

Re: This is going to give me the reputation of a pedantic quibbler, but then again, I am.

[danaeris.livejournal.com]

A full time job is by definition 35+ hours/week; less than that isn't full time. For the purposes of this, define a weekday as any day you work. If you only work 3 days a week super long hours, then choose two other traditional weekdays to consider weekdays.

[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

I am involved in something social 2-3 nights per weeknight, depending on the week. It alternates.

I might be more social if it weren't for the fact that I am in some sort of therapy 1-2 nights a week, and prefer to have a night to myself now and again, too.

If I attend fewer therapy sessions in the future, then I'll end up possibly going to more social events. I may also decide to spend time on my own hobby like painting instead.

[beowabbit]

I answered "Drive on my own", although sometimes I take public transit (and sometimes if I've slept at cathijosephine's apartment I walk).

Work is not the limiting factor in doing social stuff on weekends outside the house; laundry, bills and cleaning are. :-) I answered "3/5", but I often find I've scheduled the entire week. ("3/5" is probably a floor rather than an average, come to think of it.)

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

Just to add to the pedantry... does hanging out with my S.O. count as socializing or not? Because my answer varies quite a bit depending whether that counts. I see my S.O. 4-5 work days but I see other friends 1-2 times, usually only 1.

[fyfer.livejournal.com]

I was wondering that too. I decided that going out somewhere with an SO counts, but sitting around at home doing normal home things with an SO doesn't (that would be more obvious if I lived with an SO, but I don't).

Incidentally, it's something that's been a slight stress factor in some of my relationships... if someone's making the effort to come see me, does sitting around at home count as a date? I'm often zonked from work/school and have less energy to go out than the SO.

[thespian.livejournal.com]

i find, if I am out and about anyways, I socialize *more*.

[icedrake.livejournal.com]

Seems to me that this poll suggest an extrovert bias. I have the energy to go out and do stuff every day, but I most often consciously choose not to. I just prefer the quiet of my own home. Call me weird. Oh wait, you did :)

[jadia.livejournal.com]

I'm a grad student but my research lab is structured so that I am expected to be in on normal work hours (and I'm actually in for longer than those these days). Do you still want my data?

[aaangyl.livejournal.com]

My problem is less about working or not, and more about living in the middle of nowhere. If I lived in the valley proper I'd probably socialize another night or 2 a week. I can maintain some semblence of a social life with a 90-minute-each-way commute as long as I'm working under 50hours a week, it's the 60+ hour weeks that just kick my ass into the ground. But living where I do, we're talking that same sort of commute to socialize most of the time, and obviously I'm highly unlikely to do the commute on a weekend AS WELL as during the week, so the worst impact of job/commute for me is on my weekend socializing, actually. I'm not much of a weekday socializer anyway, my career is kinda all-consuming during the week.

unrelatedly...

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

...is that actually your licence plate? 'cause if so you kick ass! (You might very well kick ass for other reasons too but I have no data on this).

Re: unrelatedly...

[aaangyl.livejournal.com]

The image is not an actual photo of my plate, but that is what my plate reads. The image is from when I originally ordered the plate, from the DMV website. I've just failed to replace it with a photo of the real thing for over a year now. It's really made my car uber-recognizable, I get LJ pings from people that saw me drive by from time to time.

Re: unrelatedly...

[aaangyl.livejournal.com]

This one's from the parking lot at work.

[cos]

What about if I don't currently have a full time job but have had several in the past, with different commutes? Do you want me to pick one at random and answer for that one only? Or should your poll allow multiple answers?

[iclysdale.livejournal.com]

Avoiding all pedantry, I'm really glad to hear that you're feeling slightly better about the world.

[wytetygryss.livejournal.com]

My social time is limited more by lack of money and the fact that when I'm forced to talk to strangers 8 hours a day at work all I want to do is come home and veg withy my family than anything... heck, even on the weekends I just want to be home having quiet time. I guess that's what an introvert gets from working at a call centre though....

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

I'm carpooling now, working 15ish hours a week, commuting 2-3 hours each day, and have very little energy/time for socializing. I've had periods where I've been working a lot more and commuting more but had more energy outside of that. It seems to depend more on my overall health and mood than on time spent commuting/working.

[anitra.livejournal.com]

I don't know you, but I saw your response to rigel's work concerns, and figured I would give you another data point for your poll.

My commute is 40-50 minutes each way, so I picked the 90+ option even though I'm borderline onto the 60-90 category. I have one permanently-scheduled group activity every week, and my husband generally arranges social activities 1-2 other nights per week (he's more outgoing and has a shorter commute than I). Without him, I'd rarely leave the house on weekday nights; but I'd probably get more chores done during the week, instead of waiting until the weekend.