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One of my colleagues is pregnant and since she leaves in Canada, when she goes on maternity leave she'll be out for a year. I'm going to be getting her work duties when she leaves and I'm salaried. She'll be gone starting next week and this week I've seen my hour go from 9 to more like 14. I'm thinking either it will (a) decrease once I get used to doing all her work, or (b) increase because, well, I'm getting her work in addition to mine.
So it got me to thinking...for those of you who are salaried, how many hours a day or week do you typically work?
40/week typically. Goes up during parts of the year.
But I don't get it...you'll be doing ALL her duties. ALL of them? If one person can do the job of 2 people in less than the # of hrs it takes 2 people to do them, I would question if 2 people are really necessary (hint: they aren't).
Depends on your role, your company, and what's going on. I hardly do over 40.
However, my mother probably does close to 70-80 and is always burned out from it. She's accumulated so many vacation days over the years now that she's forced to use them or lose them (about once a week). Of course, all that really means for her is working from home.
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I'm a salaried manager, and other than crunch time during some special project 1-2 times a year I work 40 hours. If there's additional work to be done by my staff and I authorize them to work overtime I don't hang around, I trust them to work on their own. I may get a occasional after-hours text or call but that too is rare.
40/week typically. Goes up during parts of the year.
But I don't get it...you'll be doing ALL her duties. ALL of them? If one person can do the job of 2 people in less than the # of hrs it takes 2 people to do them, I would question if 2 people are really necessary (hint: they aren't).
I mis-spoke; I will be getting roughly 50% of her duties.
I work my 40 hours M-F and I go home... we don't get paid over-time for staying longer so I do not hang around.
Are there any other people on your team besides you and her? I just don't understand why YOU are getting the brunt of all the work? I think too that your boss should be helping... I hate that mentality of a superior thinking that since they're above you that they can delegate everything. I guess I'm just more of a team player... I'd prefer employees below me to be happy and if that means me helping out when I can then that's what I'd do.
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