I got here at work at 7am this morning. It's 11pm and we arent even close to getting out of here. We probably won't get out till 7am or 8am tomorrow morning. That will be a record 24-25 hour day for me. Anyone else ever worked that long in one span? I'm a CAD draftsman for an engineering firm, and we have a hot project we have to get done by friday.
New Record at Work
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Never that long, but I have had the occasional 15-hour day, followed by the having to be back at work about 4 hours after I left.
My current record is 11 straight days (with double shifts some of those days). I never let that happen anymore, and I only work doubles if I am asked far in advance. I get tired and cranky, and I just don't like to do that to myself.
My current record is 11 straight days (with double shifts some of those days). I never let that happen anymore, and I only work doubles if I am asked far in advance. I get tired and cranky, and I just don't like to do that to myself.
I think my record for sheer insanity (if not straight hours worked) was 15 hours hauling sandbags and c-stands over a dune outside of Baker, CA in lthe middle of summer, followed by an all night drive back to LA, a quick shower, and a full 8 hour day at my regular job. Note this was the last day of a 5 day, 12 hour minimum per day heavy physical labor job performed on an average of 4 hours sleep per night.
Unholy, miserable, and absolutely worth it! I'd do it again in a heartbeat if it meant a better situation than what passes for my current "career".
A close second was nursing a migraine through 22 hours in a studio, 5 hours of sleep, and another 22 hours of studio time. Then, having to reshoot the project because one team member fucked up something vital.
Unholy, miserable, and absolutely worth it! I'd do it again in a heartbeat if it meant a better situation than what passes for my current "career".
A close second was nursing a migraine through 22 hours in a studio, 5 hours of sleep, and another 22 hours of studio time. Then, having to reshoot the project because one team member fucked up something vital.
I knew a guy once who worked 26 16 hours days in a row... Then the GM happen to see him and was like "wow you look tired" dude told the boss his story... Got sent home with a weeks pay and got the dude boss in MAJOR trouble...
At one point I was working a 40 hour/week temp. job where the person running things suddenly declared that due to our backlog we would need to start working every day except alternating Sundays. Not cool. I promptly provided them with a list of 5 weekends which I'd already made plans for. I then called my temp. company, who replied with, "But don't you like the extra money?" Almost strangled them over the phone and/or yelled, "No, I like having a life!!!"
A few weeks into this the person running the company asked me to do something for her and I truthfully replied, as I'd arranged earlier with my supervisor, that I was leaving in half an hour. The next day I got ushered into her office and told that my services were no longer required.
Given the job was an unpleasant 40 minutes away, boo frickin hoo.
Ironically, because I'd had a higher paying job previously, I ended up making $10/week less doing nothing than I'd been making working this crap job.
A few weeks into this the person running the company asked me to do something for her and I truthfully replied, as I'd arranged earlier with my supervisor, that I was leaving in half an hour. The next day I got ushered into her office and told that my services were no longer required.
Given the job was an unpleasant 40 minutes away, boo frickin hoo.
Ironically, because I'd had a higher paying job previously, I ended up making $10/week less doing nothing than I'd been making working this crap job.
I have worked for 48-hour stretches at the end of a semester to get work completed. The only thing I hated more than doing this was being reminded of the fact that it could have been avoided every time if I'd started the work earlier and spaced it out.
When I worked for a titanium coating company I was put on afternoon shift for a week to cover for the normal afternoon guy. The shift was supposed to be 2:30pm to 11:00pm, but one of the furnaces had some broken heating elements. Because of this the furnace still worked, but with only half the elements working the process took longer, and I had to stay until it finished, so I wasn't getting out of there until 2 or 3 each night. Every day I asked my supervisor not to use the furnace, but he insisted that he needed it ( he didn't, there were two others that hadn't been used all week). Wednesday, he questioned me about all the overtime I'd been racking up. I reminded him about the furnace, he told me I was full of shit, and we argued until it was time for him to go home. Thursday when I come in, my supervisor tells me he wants me on day shift for Friday, and he'll take the afternoon so he can fix the furnace. I noticed the broken furnace was already running, so it's going to be another long night. I told him I could take care of it Friday night because I knew how to change the elements and reminded him that I had done it several times before. He said no. For some reason with every job I've had, my immediate supervisor lives in this false reality where I'm the biggest idiot ever and I can't handle tasks beyond the routine things I do every single day. Later that night, something else on the problem furnace breaks (can't describe it, I signed an NDA). It wasn't bad enough that I had to abort the run, but I had to Pause the process for an hour and a half to fix it. I left at 4:30 that night... I had to be back at 6. I had time to go home, shower, change clothes, eat, and relax for half an hour before I had to go back. Friday, when my day should have been over, my supervisor comes in and asked me to stay for a few more hours to keep an eye on things while he fixed the furnace. After yelling and screaming for five minutes straight, I agreed. Luckily, the other guy in the department said he'd do it, so I got to leave.
Speaking of my immediate supervisor always thinking I'm an idiot: For the past six months or so at my current job, there were a handful of things I have been asking my supervisor about doing that kind of need to be done. She either told me they weren't important, or gave me an "I'll get back to you" every time I followed up on it. On Tuesday, she left because of some surgery and won't be back until the end of March. So, I went to my manager about the things I had been mentioning. In two days, I completed all but one of the tasks (with "excellent job!" comments from the manager) and I'm working on the last one, rewriting policies, which is going to take a while. Even if my supervisor had decided to do these things, she wouldn't have trusted me with it. When she gets back, she is not going to be happy...
Speaking of my immediate supervisor always thinking I'm an idiot: For the past six months or so at my current job, there were a handful of things I have been asking my supervisor about doing that kind of need to be done. She either told me they weren't important, or gave me an "I'll get back to you" every time I followed up on it. On Tuesday, she left because of some surgery and won't be back until the end of March. So, I went to my manager about the things I had been mentioning. In two days, I completed all but one of the tasks (with "excellent job!" comments from the manager) and I'm working on the last one, rewriting policies, which is going to take a while. Even if my supervisor had decided to do these things, she wouldn't have trusted me with it. When she gets back, she is not going to be happy...
When I first started working at one plant, they had been running 7 days 12 hours for about half a year. People lost spouses because of all that.
I think the longest days I had was when I was working with a few homeless shelters in NYC, we'd do breakfasts and lunches, then entertain children for supper, then be up 'till 4 am on the streets handing out blankets and sandwiches then sleep until 8 and do it again.
Best time I ever had, mind you.
The worst I've had was working as stock manager in a nightclub and bar. It was two businesses under one management team... and as the GM was also area manager and disapeared a lot, the deputy manager realised early on that he was there to take the fall if any problems occurred and the assistant manager was lazy - I had to do all the work.
Typically I'd open up around 7am for the cleaners, stick around do some paperwork, open the bar at noon, check stock (which would be my actual job) around 8pm open the club at 10pm then after closing at 3am and cashing up it'd be around 4/5 when I left depending on what there was to do. It got to the point that I set the VIP room up as my bedroom and slept there taking naps throughout the day.
With a room (and an office) to have naps in, a kitchen downstairs in the bar and a lot of work to do the longest I was on the clock and never left the building was around three/four days. Payroll had a few questions when I submitted the time sheets and the head of the company payed a visit to sort it out and make sure I wasn't insane.
Thankfully he forced me to do more than 12 hours a day, gave me an assistant and an extra day off so I could remember what outside looked like.
Despite all that, working 12 hour shifts 5/6 days a week last year drove me nuts as with wrestling and training around that it put a severe strain on my relationship/family.
Typically I'd open up around 7am for the cleaners, stick around do some paperwork, open the bar at noon, check stock (which would be my actual job) around 8pm open the club at 10pm then after closing at 3am and cashing up it'd be around 4/5 when I left depending on what there was to do. It got to the point that I set the VIP room up as my bedroom and slept there taking naps throughout the day.
With a room (and an office) to have naps in, a kitchen downstairs in the bar and a lot of work to do the longest I was on the clock and never left the building was around three/four days. Payroll had a few questions when I submitted the time sheets and the head of the company payed a visit to sort it out and make sure I wasn't insane.
Thankfully he forced me to do more than 12 hours a day, gave me an assistant and an extra day off so I could remember what outside looked like.
Despite all that, working 12 hour shifts 5/6 days a week last year drove me nuts as with wrestling and training around that it put a severe strain on my relationship/family.
I feel bad. My most was two straight 12 hour days at Disneyland more than a year ago.
The most I ever did was an eleven hour day at my last job, without even time for a coffee or a lunch break. I was then expected to be on call overnight, even though it wasn't in my contract, and the company weren't planning on paying me for it, and I was only paid for my standard 7.5 hour day 
Things went a bit Max Payne after that. Thankfully, not had anything so bad since.
Things went a bit Max Payne after that. Thankfully, not had anything so bad since.
Is that even legal? Since you work for an engineering firm, I doubt you have a union representing the employees. Still, it makes me wonder if this is in violation of certain labor laws (depending on what city or country you live in).
26 hours straight, *no sleep*, during REFTRA, while in the US Navy. Sucked major donkey balls.
I believe that by law (at least in Illinois) you are required to have a minimum of 8 hours off between shifts. You are also required to have a full 24 hours off every 6 days, though you can elect to work 7 days in a row if you choose.
Worst I've done is two day a week (back to back) of 14-15 hour days for 9 months.
Though I've also done up to 14 12 hour days in a row covering vacations.
Though I've also done up to 14 12 hour days in a row covering vacations.
