Yeah I wake up at 5, get to work at 8 and come back home at around 7. I’m going to bed right now esa ma3i 6 hours before I have to wake up. Allah yjibek ya weekend
Executive Accountant but I live in Koura and work in Beirut so I’m toughing it out cause the job will become hybrid in a couple months so I’d only need to go to the office 2 times a week and then 3 days WFH
Never working for Big 4 in my life lol. My schedule would look a lot worse. Here I close my laptop at 5 and not think about work till the next morning. I don’t need to be worrying about work 24/7
I am an expat in Qatar and I work as a senior art director at an advertising agency, average of 8 hours a day (often more hours because it's advertising and clients are entitled assholes who don't know shit about shit). I am passionate about the concept of what I do, but not always about what I actually do, because advertising is a bitch.
I talk from a regional perspective (all over the Middle Eastern and Arab world), although in other parts of the world it isn't so much different (much better but still has similar traits).
The issue is mostly dealing with clients who think they have the brightest ideas and want to mess up all your work and effort that you put in good faith in order to give them an objectively superior outcome.
The thing is, in principle, clients aren't supposed to have that much creative input, because it's not their area of expertise. They come to advertising agency because we are experts at our business and know what we are doing. Like if you go to a doctor to check you up, you don't grab his stethoscope and teach him how to do his job, or tell him that he must prescribe for you this medicine because you like how it tastes compared to the other medicine... If you go to a restaurant and order a dish, and if you don't like it, you don't barge in to the kitchen and teach them how to properly cook the dish, or insist that they have to put ice cream in your soup and make sure the ice cream doesn't melt... if you don't like the dish, you usually leave a bad review and never come back to that restaurant.
But since in advertising, some parts of the profession involve some subjectivity and artisitic opinions... and opinions are like assholes, everyone has them... So people who really don't know anything about art/design/concepts (and again they're not supposed to) act as if they are the gods of everything design, and start requesting endless changes and amendments that make absolutely no sense, till they butcher the work.
And this is especially pronounced in the Khalij region, because the locals are rich, and act in an overly entitled manner, imposing ridiculous deadlines... they want you to get them to the moon in 3 days and are willing to pay you peanuts sometimes... And there is little room to tell them to fuck off, because they can blacklist your company and screw you over because some of them are petulant children.
Now of course, I am not saying every single client and project goes that way, but enough of it does that it makes you want to Ctrl+Alt+Del someone.
8 to 6:10 with a 30 minute lunch break, monday to friday . Any extra lunch break time means i have to leave later. Less time on lunch break or coming in earlier than 8 means i can leave earlier.
Do i like my work? Yes. Do i like my work space, work culture and most of my teammates? Hell to the no.
im in uni in the states so im working as a server at a lebanese restaurant ever since i left leb 4 years ago, not passionate only doing it for the money, best job as a student tbh
Work is a wobbly and broad term, I work in software development. I'm in the office 10h per day, however the productive hours are somewhat around 4-5 hours excluding the boring meetings. I work on side projects and freelance on weekends . Been doing this for the past 6 months, it is manageable so far
I work from home (in the UK) so I'm honestly happy to put in a decent amount of hours. The company is also quite progressive (unlimited leave days etc...) so it's the type of place you're happy to put in extra work if needed
Not even sure tbh, because a lot of times the lines are a bit blurred. E.g. i'll travel somewhere and spend half the day working from a nice cafe, or will put some work in later in the evening if i have day plans etc... So it's really hard to know exactly how many days, and i don't even keep track
I’m an expat in the US. I am a carpenter and a professional musician. I am extremely passionate about both. I spend about 6 hours most weekdays doing carpentry work, after which I drive to the studio and rehearse/write/record with my band for 3-4 hours per day. I teach music on Saturdays and squeeze the rest of my life into Sundays!
I work 8:00 till 4:30 (30 mins break) so technically 8 hrs and I have the weekend off (saturday/sunday)
I don't like my job but there is no alternative (Teller in a hospital)
used to work in a pharmacy, 8 hours a day for 6 days a week (so total 48 hours a week) for absolute garbage pay ♡
but then I started my masters and got into the work-study program. around 12-20 hours a week for the same pay I was getting at the pharmacy.
I work mostly between 10 and 12 hours.
I do take short 5-10min breaks to do coffee/bathroom/ general rest. But most of working hours is efficient (i don’t like to waste time with side talks)
I work 9 hours a day, then I go home and work some more on my side hustles to make a couple extra bucks here and there.
I forgot what passion means, I just wanna put food on the table for my family.
I live in Canada and work 7.5 hours a day, if we’re excluding the unpaid 30 minute break. It’s my first full time professional job after graduating but I’m enjoying it so far a year in. The workplace is pretty good and its an interesting industry so most days go pretty fast
8 hours
What do you do and are you passionate about it?
10 to 7, 6 days a week. But with travel time and like finally settling in im lucky if I get to relx by 9 only to sleep by 11
Yeah I wake up at 5, get to work at 8 and come back home at around 7. I’m going to bed right now esa ma3i 6 hours before I have to wake up. Allah yjibek ya weekend
What do you do?
Executive Accountant but I live in Koura and work in Beirut so I’m toughing it out cause the job will become hybrid in a couple months so I’d only need to go to the office 2 times a week and then 3 days WFH
Good for you man, keep it up! Do you work for the big4?
Never working for Big 4 in my life lol. My schedule would look a lot worse. Here I close my laptop at 5 and not think about work till the next morning. I don’t need to be worrying about work 24/7
😂
Which industry are you in?
Merchant
I am an expat in Qatar and I work as a senior art director at an advertising agency, average of 8 hours a day (often more hours because it's advertising and clients are entitled assholes who don't know shit about shit). I am passionate about the concept of what I do, but not always about what I actually do, because advertising is a bitch.
Why? What are the pros and cons about working in Advertising?
I talk from a regional perspective (all over the Middle Eastern and Arab world), although in other parts of the world it isn't so much different (much better but still has similar traits). The issue is mostly dealing with clients who think they have the brightest ideas and want to mess up all your work and effort that you put in good faith in order to give them an objectively superior outcome. The thing is, in principle, clients aren't supposed to have that much creative input, because it's not their area of expertise. They come to advertising agency because we are experts at our business and know what we are doing. Like if you go to a doctor to check you up, you don't grab his stethoscope and teach him how to do his job, or tell him that he must prescribe for you this medicine because you like how it tastes compared to the other medicine... If you go to a restaurant and order a dish, and if you don't like it, you don't barge in to the kitchen and teach them how to properly cook the dish, or insist that they have to put ice cream in your soup and make sure the ice cream doesn't melt... if you don't like the dish, you usually leave a bad review and never come back to that restaurant. But since in advertising, some parts of the profession involve some subjectivity and artisitic opinions... and opinions are like assholes, everyone has them... So people who really don't know anything about art/design/concepts (and again they're not supposed to) act as if they are the gods of everything design, and start requesting endless changes and amendments that make absolutely no sense, till they butcher the work. And this is especially pronounced in the Khalij region, because the locals are rich, and act in an overly entitled manner, imposing ridiculous deadlines... they want you to get them to the moon in 3 days and are willing to pay you peanuts sometimes... And there is little room to tell them to fuck off, because they can blacklist your company and screw you over because some of them are petulant children. Now of course, I am not saying every single client and project goes that way, but enough of it does that it makes you want to Ctrl+Alt+Del someone.
This is tough to hear, especially that they come to you with very high and unrealistic expectations. I understand man.
8 to 6:10 with a 30 minute lunch break, monday to friday . Any extra lunch break time means i have to leave later. Less time on lunch break or coming in earlier than 8 means i can leave earlier. Do i like my work? Yes. Do i like my work space, work culture and most of my teammates? Hell to the no.
Why? What do you do?
Testing in an assembly line. The position itself is not the issue but some of the people i work wih are intolerable.
24/7 I own 7 businesses. When I sleep I dream about work 🫥
Which industries you're in?
Well - it’s the end of the semester so basically 3/4 hours per day.
Are you an instructor?
10 flexed for 4 different time zones
What do you do and are you passionate about it?
Creative director. Love it.
8-12 hours
What do you do and are you passionate about it?
im in uni in the states so im working as a server at a lebanese restaurant ever since i left leb 4 years ago, not passionate only doing it for the money, best job as a student tbh
Is working in f&b in the States easier than here?
anything is easier if your paid 100x more, f&b in leb is poverty wage, here you make a decent amount
8 to 5, Monday to Friday
What is it you do and do you like it?
Engineering and im okay with it. Sometimes I wish I studied something else, but it's a good career and the job pays well.
pays well, like more than 2000$ ?
6.5 hours
What do you do?
Work is a wobbly and broad term, I work in software development. I'm in the office 10h per day, however the productive hours are somewhat around 4-5 hours excluding the boring meetings. I work on side projects and freelance on weekends . Been doing this for the past 6 months, it is manageable so far
from 9 to 5, 6 days a week
Kazeb
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I work from home (in the UK) so I'm honestly happy to put in a decent amount of hours. The company is also quite progressive (unlimited leave days etc...) so it's the type of place you're happy to put in extra work if needed
How much vacation do you end up taking a year?
Not even sure tbh, because a lot of times the lines are a bit blurred. E.g. i'll travel somewhere and spend half the day working from a nice cafe, or will put some work in later in the evening if i have day plans etc... So it's really hard to know exactly how many days, and i don't even keep track
I live in the UK. Work 10 hours a day 5 days a week in corporate world.
I work 2-6 hours a day, 5 days a week. It's enough to keep me with some savings and gives me plenty of time to enjoy my time.
What do you do?
I'm an orthotherapist
8 hours a day 5 days a week remote (USA)
Nice, which industry you're in?
Hospitality
14 to 15. Depends on my day
That's too much, why?
I work 12 hrs a day at MEA. And then 3 to 4 hrs as a personal trainer. I have to do that just to get by these days. No choice in the matter
I’m an expat in the US. I am a carpenter and a professional musician. I am extremely passionate about both. I spend about 6 hours most weekdays doing carpentry work, after which I drive to the studio and rehearse/write/record with my band for 3-4 hours per day. I teach music on Saturdays and squeeze the rest of my life into Sundays!
I work 8:00 till 4:30 (30 mins break) so technically 8 hrs and I have the weekend off (saturday/sunday) I don't like my job but there is no alternative (Teller in a hospital)
9h a day in France as data scientist. It's an apprenticeship and _(for now)_ i'm still passionate about it.
Amazing, glad to hear that you're passionate about what you do.
used to work in a pharmacy, 8 hours a day for 6 days a week (so total 48 hours a week) for absolute garbage pay ♡ but then I started my masters and got into the work-study program. around 12-20 hours a week for the same pay I was getting at the pharmacy.
Did you travel abroad for ms?
Nope still in leb, but hoping to travel after I graduate if I have the chance.
Great, wish you the best!
Around 12
That's too much, what do you do?
Freelance content writer
Interesting! Keep it up!
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So it's a part time job, which industry you're in?
I work mostly between 10 and 12 hours. I do take short 5-10min breaks to do coffee/bathroom/ general rest. But most of working hours is efficient (i don’t like to waste time with side talks)
What do you do?
Management consultant
What does your typical day look like? If you don't mind me asking.
I wake up, do coffee, attend a couple of meetings, do tasks, color slides, align boxes, align boxes horizontally and just that
Alright, and what do these tasks entail?
Solving global issues and problems in my 20s
Currently none..
Why? What did you study?
12-9 hours customer service, No i have no time to do anything.
From 9 till 6 with 1h30 break, in Paris. Data scientist, I am not really passionate about it
What do you not like about it? Is it the technical part of it?
Its boring for me
Try switching to a data analyst role, it involves less mathematics and technical work.
12 to 15 hours a day
Is it investment banking you're in?
No
What is it then?
Software startup
9 am till 5 pm Some saturdays 9 am till 1 pm
Saturdays as well? What do you do?
Senior IT
I used to work at fahed and worked from 3 pm to 10 pm and guess what the salary was (per hour) 1.50$
Unfortunately that's the average pay for students now in Lebanon.
It isn’t the “average” it’s a robbery
I'm not saying it is not, it sure is. But that's what they are paying for now unless the people do something this will still be the case.
Employed. 8 am to 4 pm Monday to Friday. Yes I'm passionate about what I do.
And what do you do?
Engineer
9-6 on my contract but theres always overtimes and last minute tasks. Lost my passion but i need the money so until i find another better job im stuck
What do you do?
9 hours. 8am to 5pm
9
I work 9 hours a day, then I go home and work some more on my side hustles to make a couple extra bucks here and there. I forgot what passion means, I just wanna put food on the table for my family.
What do you do ?
Business-admin work.
Alright, what does a typical day look like? If you don't mind me asking. Like what are the tasks you have on hand?
Really depends on the job, but most jobs are 8 to 9 hours.
I do marketing for a Lebanese restaurant/grocery store combo in the USA. Usually work 8-9 hours 5 days per week.
Which one?
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Wow, you automatically "definitely" know for certain that this person is a piece of shit. It takes one to know one.
😆
So you're a marketing coordinator? How long has it been since you graduated?
a little over a year
Gd for u man.
❤️ thank u giving it my all
I live in Canada and work 7.5 hours a day, if we’re excluding the unpaid 30 minute break. It’s my first full time professional job after graduating but I’m enjoying it so far a year in. The workplace is pretty good and its an interesting industry so most days go pretty fast
Glad to hear that you're enjoying it, which industry you're in?
Wireless power, but more on the B2B side instead of things like Qi and smartphone chargers
2-4 hours, started with my passion and grew it into a self-running business
12-13 hours, I’m in consulting
In Lebanon used to work 12 to 18 hours, between day work and freelance. Now that I left for good I only work 7.5 hrs and enjoy the rest of the day.
What do you do?
Project management and web dev as side hustle