How many hours a week do we all do?

[peggy]

Just interested to see how many hours we all work?? I've done 46.5 hours this week and am utterly shattered! I no doubt people do much more...I just wanna prove that we are the worlds hardest workers!!!

[crazybones]

52 and a quarter- crikey only started 3 week ago and I am exhausted. Just going to work out how much an hour that works out to be......

[Mollymop]

I work 55 hours a week! Gosh I really ahd realised until I worked it out.

[peggy]

52 and a quarter- crikey only started 3 week ago and I am exhausted. Just going to work out how much an hour that works out to be......

Thats a good point!! I'm gonna work out mine too!! But well done you when I first started i was only doing six hours a week!!

[peggy]

mmmm, now are we just including the time we actually are minding for children?? I have been on two courses this week totalling 5 hours 15 mins and have had used my free time for EYFS....3 hours roughly...so my weekly total is now 54.75 I have worked out that this week i have worked for £1.41 per hour.......!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LisaH]

I do 55 hours a week too. No wonder I'm knackered!!!:laughing:

[crazybones]

Thats a good point!! I'm gonna work out mine too!! But well done you when I first started i was only doing six hours a week!!

Ooops dont mean just started, as in ever. I mean just started with 2 new lo's so hadnt actually worked out my total hours for the week yet. Can you tell my accounts are never uptodate. :laughing:

[squiggle]

i do 44 hours a week over 4 days at the mo but just signed a contract today and i will have to start working fridays so 51 hours

xx

[crazybones]

mmmm, now are we just including the time we actually are minding for children?? I have been on two courses this week totalling 5 hours 15 mins and have had used my free time for EYFS....3 hours roughly...so my weekly total is now 54.75 I have worked out that this week i have worked for £1.41 per hour.......!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh eck - havent even started trying to add that on. Did a course all day Sat 9.30 - 3.30 and as for the EYFS stuff, I think I am earning on a minus now :laughing:

[Pudding Girl]

at moment it's around 61. No wonder I am so flippin tired! Can't understand why I#m so skint though?!!!!

[peggy]

mmmm, now are we just including the time we actually are minding for children?? I have been on two courses this week totalling 5 hours 15 mins and have had used my free time for EYFS....3 hours roughly...so my weekly total is now 54.75 I have worked out that this week i have worked for £1.41 per hour.......!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!

actually.....i've worked that out wrong!!!! it is more......I hope!!!

[peggy]

at moment it's around 61. No wonder I am so flippin tired! Can't understand why I#m so skint though?!!!!

eek!! Omg...how do you do it?!! Is that including your planning, courses and stuff?? I bet you dream childminding!!!

[Pudding Girl]

No that's just actual hours the kids are here!!

[Nicki L]

I do 31.75 hours childminding with actual kids being here.

16.5 for Lloyds Tsb

So thats 48 and a quarter hours actual paid work.

Then god knows how much on paperwork etc!!!

[cher25]

I did 47 hours this week. Before this week it was 45. But it could go up to about 50 hours at any time, as my after school mindee's mam sometimes works till 8 and doesnt get here till 9.

[Chatterbox Childcare]

I have had the children for 53.75 hours a week and then I have spent another 15-20 hours training and writing policies and at the weekend it will be another 4 hours for books.

That's 72. hours for me

Bet by the time everyone adds in their extras then they will be there too..

[chels55]

I do 53 hours per week
pay day today and i am skint already :eek:

[mum22]

Ive just gone from 31.5 to 51.5 a week and yeah friday night is my luxury - i dont vacuum or mop the kitchen floor i leave it till Saturday morning:laughing:

[nannysue]

49.5 this week , thats just the hours i actually had children here:eek: No wonder i feel 105 tonight!!!!!!

Just think how much that would be if we were recieving min wage!!!!!!

Sue x

[Pudding Girl]

49.5 this week , thats just the hours i actually had children here:eek: No wonder i feel 105 tonight!!!!!!

Just think how much that would be if we were recieving min wage!!!!!!

Sue x


61 x 5.52 = £336 :eek: of course be taxed etc on that...

[shell]

Hi

I work 51 1/4 hours each week.

Shell x

[Rubybubbles]

I have dropped down to 30 hours for under 5's

and also have before and afterschool 7:30-9, 3-5

not including paperwork, time spent researching on forum ect lol!!

I have a tues 9-3 off, I spent it planning and getting printouts and stuff ready:rolleyes:

[Stacey]

I do 30 hours a week which is hard work, god knows how some of you do the amount you do. I get roughly £10 per hour in total.

[Monkey1]

:panic: My friend made me work this out the other week. I included a course and all my hours infront of the pc sorting out my eyfs stuff.....it came to 72 hours!!!!:eek: I didn't want to work out how much that was per hour:panic: :panic:

[Teresa]

i am working 46 hours that just with the children here, it dont include courses , meetings or paper work :eek:

[charleyfarley]

This week was normal 50 hours but it can be 55 hours some weeks,no wonder I'm tired by Friday.

That's without any planning, obs, printing, laminating and of course coming on here :D

Carol xx

[Jules27]

This week i've done 48 hours.... and one Lo was here for 47 of those hours, no wonder she keeps calling me mummy.... trying to get her to say my name but no joy!:)

[Rubybubbles]

This week i've done 48 hours.... and one Lo was here for 47 of those hours, no wonder she keeps calling me mummy.... trying to get her to say my name but no joy!:)

aww bless, my own kids call me Emma:rolleyes:

[donnahay0]

Approximately 50 hours a week.

Just interviewed a parent who wants to start some mornings at 6.30am & occassionaly finish at 7.30pm (less often for that one). If I do that then I will not only be mad but working 55+. She said she wanted to come with me although I haven't heard back from her - I won't be too upset if she doesn't come back.

[Rubybubbles]

Approximately 50 hours a week.

Just interviewed a parent who wants to start some mornings at 6.30am & occassionaly finish at 7.30pm (less often for that one). If I do that then I will not only be mad but working 55+. She said she wanted to come with me although I haven't heard back from her - I won't be too upset if she doesn't come back.

My body is struggling with a 7:30 start, by today the ones that arrive at this time had huge bags under their eyes:( at least they can chill eating toast reading or playing with homely comforts

[bubbles]

I was doing 50 hours a week but have just dropped down to 43 hours a week as one of my full timers has just gone to school so only comes to me after school now. Means i get fridays off until school pick up at 3 :)

[Gherkin]

Not so much at the moment but come October just minding I will be doing 58 hours per week:eek: and that is before I do the tidying, planning, obs writing up ectc etc etc.

[Shirlwith3]

I have worked mine about 52hrs a week that is before I add on time for tidying,planning & paperwork. Surpisingly I am not so tired as the baby I ca for is good as gold for me.

Shirl

[LOOPYLISA]

This week i've done 48 hours.... and one Lo was here for 47 of those hours, no wonder she keeps calling me mummy.... trying to get her to say my name but no joy!:)

My neice has decided to start calling me mummy !:D

[Pudding Girl]

61 x 5.52 = £336 :eek: of course be taxed etc on that...

worked out my actual income for those hours and it was just under this, so of course with expenses taken off, a definitive answer for all those parents who say oh but you are on way more than me per hour cos of the numbers of kids - that it's working out as LESS than minimum wage what I take as earnings!!!!

Will be the same for most Scottish minders too as we are so limited in numbers :censored:

[LittleAcorns]

We are a busy lot arent we??? I didnt realise, when you think FULL TIME Go out to work work is 37.5hrs and thats with one whole hour uninterupted to eat lunch (I know most people dont get paid lunch break but even so!!) I've forgotten what its like to eat a sarnie with out getting up atleast 8X :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Anyhoo 55 hours for me ..... then planning, paper work of course :panic:

[Blaze]

Before I stopped for maternity I was 54 hours without courses, paperwork, cleaning, forum etc! It's no wonder we all count down to our friday nights/the weekend!:rolleyes: :D

[balloon]

37 hours for me as from tomorrow.

Doesn't include paperwork etc, I hate to think how long I worked for if I stopped to think how long I spend on all that!

[sue m]

You're going to be so jealous. I only work about 16 hours a week!! That's with the children actually here. Obviously I do the paperwork evenings and weekends too. I honestly do not know how you all do it. I did it when I was in my 30's and 40's but I'm 56 now and I think it would kill me! I will have to work much longer hours eventually and by then I'll be even older. I've had a really nice start back into working with my two who come at 9:15am and go at about 3pm. As little acorns said, you can't have any lunch without getting up and down all the time, you can't go to the loo or chat on the phone or go to the shops in your lunch hour. People just do not realize do they. I think you are all amazing working so many hours at such a fabulous but hard job. I used to do 55/60 hours a week but I really don't know if I could now. :thumbsup:

[Tatia]

55 hours a week for 2 weeks and then 65 the third week (as I have 2 siblings every third Saturday). I make roughly £7.50 an hour when averaged out :( but I have not included courses, paperwork, planning, shopping for resources... And shall I count my dreams in my working hours, too since I in some way dream about it most nights, too?:rolleyes:

[Little Pumpkins]

50, ten hours a day and its getting harder now Im 8 months pregnant!

[Lou]

Yeah i do 8-6 every day so thats 50 hours a week that the children are actually here, not including all the extra stuff.

I am also doing my DHC so thats taking a lot of my time at the moment.

Hubby does a normal 9-5 job so 37 and a half hours, yes he gets an hours for lunch, and he is home before i have even finished so he does help out and he does the ironing and other stuff as i just dont have the time.

Add to that he is doing a college course too one night a week, My son does football and Tae kwondo, and my daughter does Ballet, tap, and jazz, its a wonder anyof us ever see each other lol.

[Bushpig]

My weekly hours:

Contracted hours (Mon to Thurs): 44 hours
Clean and prep before they arrive (Mon to Thurs): 2 hours
Tidy and wash up after they go (Mon to Thurs): 3 hours
Taxes, research, printing, policies, observations, planning time, assignments (DCP): 10 hours (at least - in the evenings and wkend)
Friday job (including commuting): 11 hours

Weekly total: 70

Add courses (online and in the eve/Sat)/network meetings/conferences etc. onto this and we all, on average, work over 70 hours a week for sure.

I used to work these hours in my old full-time design job too (note my Fri job is a design job), but at least now I am HOME :) Far far better than before!!!:thumbsup:

[Bushpig]

50, ten hours a day and its getting harder now Im 8 months pregnant!

That IS rough!!! You should be slowing down now???

[katie0183]

no ones going to beat me on this one im afraid

Wait for it, i worked 98 hours this week.

(this is because i did 2 over nights)

Normally i only do one so my average weekly hours are 74...

Anyone beat me on the norm?? :):)

[katie0183]

oh and thats without ANY paperwork, resource buying etc thats purely when ive had other peoples children here

[Bushpig]

no ones going to beat me on this one im afraid

Wait for it, i worked 98 hours this week.

(this is because i did 2 over nights)

Normally i only do one so my average weekly hours are 74...

Anyone beat me on the norm?? :):)

I think you get the trophy for hardest worker!!!:eek:

[kiddiwinks]

I work 50 hours week, 10 hours a day.

Thats without any paperwork, cleaning, etc.

[buildingblocks]

depends on the week some weeks can be as little as 24 others as many as 60+ depends on hours of my shift working family as some days can be 7am to 10pm deending on shifts.

[buildingblocks]

My body is struggling with a 7:30 start, by today the ones that arrive at this time had huge bags under their eyes:( at least they can chill eating toast reading or playing with homely comforts

one of the advantages of a childminder over an out of school club

[buildingblocks]

But why is it that parents think that if you don't have their lo for the day you are getting a day off. One of my parents books hours per month due to shifts and has booked less hours this month due to the fact my fees went up after ny hols and they have just had a huge expense to pay out for. (she was honest as to why less hours) so for today and tomorrow having lo from 12 - 4.30 and said oh well at least you can have the morning off. I don't think so I start at 8 tomorrow morning and finish at 5 so where does that morning off come in!!!!


Then she says oh do you fancy doing some babysitting on Thursday evening cash in hand as you won't have worked many hours as she has to go out she runs a group and need sto be there will take children but prefers them to be in bed) so I said oh sorry no but I am busy - cheeky whatsit not worked many hours indeed