There was a time when a job consisted of a five eight hour days, Monday through Friday. But as our society has evolved, it seems that less and less workers face regular schedules each week.
Of course, independent contractors set their own hours. And in today’s economy, that generally means working eighty or more hours in an attempt to get a forty hour paycheck!
Then there are those that work for retailers and restaurants. Some are open twenty-four hours, seven days a week and worker’s schedules are adjusted weekly to meet the requirements of the employers.
Many employees also work on varying shifts for industries such as transportation or public safety. These workers have to readjust their internal body clocks on a regular basis,
We often use the term “banker’s hours” to refer to those with a traditional work model. But the drive-up windows at our local banks are open late now to better serve their customers.
So I wonder…if the banks aren’t keeping “banker’s hours” anymore …who is?
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Never had one of those jobs with banker's hours. Happy Holidays!
No one I know! The only folks I know working 40 hours or less are in retail or service industries - as long as they're not salaried.
Not America's most convenient bank...soon banks will keep restaurant hours.
Banker's hours...I know...it is the post office. Guess not. Is this a sign of being more advanced than years ago?
All I can say is don't change your routine in this business or you will be accused of working "Bankers' Hours".
Pas moi!!! I had a woman call me this week telling me she was at my office door and could not get in....that my office hours were 10 to 4 according to my voicemail message - why wasn't I in my office?....I told her I WAS in my office * a county away, in my car waiting for prospects to view a rental home and that WE had no appointment to meet at my office.....writes she responding to e-mails, posting on Craigslist and logging at 7A on a Friday morning.
My BANK does not even have banking hours * I remote scan rent checks!!!!
In my experience the following and more:
Some Physicians
Accountants
Some Attorneys
Commercial lenders
Clericals
Construction workers (7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
Union workers in almost any field.
The largest group that works a fixed day/week hourly schedule is government workers at all levels and pay scales.
I'm sure there are more.
A real estate person who works the "9 to 5 schedule has either many successful years in the business or will soon be looking for a job. I have known a few real estate brokers/office managers, etc. who work an 8 hour day 5 days a week. The agents are working 12 hour days 7 days a week.
Experience and education pays.
Richard, my wife works at a bank. Her typical hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and some Saturday mornings. We noticed this year that one bank in our local Wal Mart was open on Presidents Day when all the other banks were closed.
Richard,
Hourly paid workers still maintain some semblance of a 9 - 5 job. That has gone by the wayside for management employees since the advent of Blackberry type devices.
Rich
Haven't seen banker hours in years. Everyone knows, no matter what sector of the economy you work you are not expected, by your boss or clients, to have a personal life.
Richard.....I remember being a teacher and working 8:00am to 3:00pm....as a manager, I'm in the office a few hours a day.....I can work from home and I'm only a phone call away, even if I'm not in the immediate area....It seems that "union jobs" are an 8 hour day, 5 days a week.
Roy...
Me either.... THX
Penny...
Ah, but they're not working 9-5, that's for sure. Thanks for the comment.
Robert...
It's a shift in the way we think! THX
Gary...
Ah, but only behind the service counters. The behind the scenes people at the post office are working 24 hours a day getting the mail delivered. THX
Don...
Whatever those are! lol
Wallace...
And a lot of regular employees are tele-commuting. We are a changing society. Thanks.
Around here, if a company can hire part timers, they will do it to save on not giving benefits. Most office workers are 9 to 5 unless they are in upper management. The banks are also open late on the weekends AND open on Federal holidays like July 4th.
Richard, I don't think there is a real traditional 9 to 5 job anymore. With the recession, employers expect more for less and employees with do it to keep their jobs.
I think work load has increased and hours cut down...It certainly isn't the same...Thanks for the post!
Richard, with the advent of email and smartphones and high speed Internet access from home, work is wherever you are these days, which I think is good and bad. Good from being flexible, bad from not turning it off. I remember going to boy scout troop meetings at 6 p.m. or 7 p.m. growing up. No one would be checking a Blackberry for email while you discussed the weekend camping trip. It is on one hand highly productive, and on the other hand INSANE.
We have let the genie out of the bottle, and it is up to us to master the tools we have created and not let them master us. Independent contractors and 1099 employees often can make their own hours which is a good thing (sometimes).
Richard - You may have found a term that is becoming akin to the rotary phone. I work the hours I do because I have to. It would be great to only have to work part time or just "Banker's hours" I just can't afford to.
Richard with the advent of technology, traditional hours, except for people in manufacturing facilities don't exist. We have instant everything which makes us all 24/7 unless we shut it off. In our buisness we need to work when others are not.
Richard I think some of us work 10-2. I call agents around 3 and never get them to call me back. I really don't care for phone calls after about 9 0'clock. But before then I all yours.
Hi Richard. I fortunately do not work "bankers hours" anymore and couldn't be happier...
9-5 can be dangerous!:)
Thanks for writing,
Ken
Richard, for those of us among the self employed it is more like 5-9-----and not the "first" nine either:)
80 hours to get a 40 hour paycheck...I sure wish I could do that!
Richard: I have a three word answer--The Federal Government. While the rest of us are working our fingers to the bone, they are probably working less than banker's hours. Is it any wonder that nothing ever gets done on Capitol Hill?
Ah, bankers hours... long past tradition I don't think we will ever see again. But it does bring back memories, like Leave it to Beaver, Father Knows Best....
I worked a set schedule for many years. Now I schedule my work. Love being self employed.
I don't know anyone except some government workers who work those hours. Even when I worked in the school system I was always bringing work home.
It seems that as the traditional manufacturing jobs have disappeared, more folks have moved into consulting, and other service jobs which seem to be on a nontraditional time schedule.
Richard:
Bankers hours certainly do not exist in my household. My husband is a software consultant and sometimes works 70 hours a week. And, I think, as Realtors we are almost always "on" in some way.
I keep trying to learn from my mistakes and for some reason keep finding myself working 60 hour work weeks. But, at the end of the year I always found my most productive and profitable time of the year was when I was working 30 - 40 hours a week and coaching baseball and softball at night. Can't explain it and keep telling myself that I should make these my regular hours, but in the end always seem to catch myself working at 9pm at night.
