Who here is NOT a 9-5er?

[Glenda]

Self-employed...
not-so-much-employed...
other-employed...

And what are you up to today? Or any other comments you care to make...

[proud patriot]

1. Homemaker , husband self employed

neither of us can stand to be under the thumb of anyone .

[Earth_First]

25. 9-5 poster, seasonally unemployed

Is it April 1st yet?

[2bfree]

46. Me too!

I like staying at home.

[AlCzervik]

2. I'm not, I'm a realtor so my schedule is all over the place

i work out of my home mostly unless i need some forms or something signed by my asshole managing broker. Weekends are really busy for me and sometimes weeknights.

[Glenda]

27. Isn't if funny no matter how "self-employed" you are...

there is always some asshole to boss you around.

[SW FL Dem]

3. Stay at home mom

Spending my day doing the usual, laundry and cleaning up after the weekend, with frequent breaks to check on DU.

[bobbobbins]

4. I'm a 9-5er, but don't want to be...

help me out here...gimmie some work i can do from home.

[Glenda]

28. I can give you some work...

but I can't pay you! :) :) :)

[flvegan]

5. 9-5? Try 8-6 or more.

But hey, I've got a job and some health benefits. I could be doing a lot worse.

[Glenda]

29. Yup, with this "jobless recovery" you are doing good! n/t

[sendero]

6. Me...

.... since 1991. I'd have to be down to beans and rice at every meal to go back to a corporate job. :)

[Glenda]

30. What type of work are you doing...

that got you out of the corporate world?

[Texasgal]

7. I'm not...

I am 8-5. HOur lunch!

[CBGLuthier]

8. 8-6 self employed

And I don't even close for lunch.

Fortunately my shop is in a large strip mall and I can get something to eat and bring it back usually in less than 5 minutes.

Love working for myself even if I am only making a fraction of what I was a few years ago.

The thousand dollar a month rent payment can be a killer, seems sometimes like I work a week or more just to pay the rent.

Saturdays are easy though. Only work from 9 till 3 or 4.

[jab105]

9. I sign in at 7:30am:)

usually out by 3pm...but today I work until 8pm...ugh!

[Glenda]

31. Are you done yet?

:)

:hi:

[Seabiscuit]

10. Self-employed, semi-retired.

[Bonhomme Richard]

11. Self-employed though sometimes I feel like..............

I work for a non-profit.

[tigereye]

20. me, too

I work my own hours and do a lot of writing and phone calls from home. That way I can pick up the kid from school and have some flexibility. The way I see it is, you either have money or time. At this phase of my life, my husband is the 9-6er.

[Droopy]

12. I work 5 pm - 1 am

I really like that shift, too. Let's me get plenty of sleep.

[bbernardini]

13. More like 7:15 to sometime after 5 (or 6).

I teach piano lessons before and after school, so I'm usually the first to arrive and the last to leave. (With the exception, of course, of our heroic maintenance men. I'm pretty sure they never actually leave.)

Never let anybody tell you that teachers don't have a long day. Even without the piano lessons, my day officially lasts longer than 8 hours.

[catmandu57]

14. I'm retired

a house husband, do the cooking and nominal cleaning. Most of the time though you can find me here.

[RebelOne]

15. 7 am-4 pm for a very large corporation.

But I have great benefits and 1-1/2 hours for lunch.

[terrya]

16. I'm a 5AM - 2PM

I like these hours a lot. I wouldn't change them for the world. :-)

[Blue Diadem]

17. Our household is wacky

Hubby- 9p-7:30a. Sat's 11p-3a
Daughter- 8a-5p
Son- currently anywhere from 5a-5p..depending on daily employer request. Mostly it's been 7a-3p. Since he works out of a Union hall, his jobs are temporary and depending on who calls him, he can work any shift.

Me..I'm a homemaker/babysitter. Today is my babysitting day off.
Granddaughter is at her Daddy's today. He works two days on, two days off, 6P-6A.

[seg4527]

18. i used to work 5pm to 2 am

now i'm a student. :-D

Come summer, I start working 5-2 at wendy's again.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

19. Self-employed Japanese-English translator

:-)

[Glenda]

32. That sounds fun...

Are you able to get a lot of work?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

37. Enough to maintain a reasonable lifestyle for one person

Most of my clients are in Japan.

[movie_girl99]

21. i'm a 6:30am-3pm

so that i can pick up the kids and be home with them

[DiverDave]

22. I have a dedicated Costco route

I arrive at my truck between 7-9PM then don't get back until 7-11AM.
I spend one or two nights out a week.
Sleeping in my truck.

[frylock]

23. unemployed..

currently into my ninth month.

[Withywindle]

24. Weekly newspaper, two different jobs,

two different capacities, weird hours. Mostly I work at home writing on my own schedule but I also do editorial work at the office til the wee hours on the two craziest days. I've been a night owl all my life so it works great for me. There's only one day a week I have to be in before noon!

[MercutioATC]

26. I'm an ATC. We have bizarre schedules (look for yourself)

My "weekend" is Thursday and Friday every week, so my schedule is:

Saturday - 3:00pm to 11:00pm
Sunday - 1:30pm to 9:30pm
Monday - 7:00am to 3:00pm
Tuesday - 6:00am to 2:00pm and then back in Tuesday night at
10:00pm until 6:00am Wednesday morning.

[IronLionZion]

33. Does ATC stand for Air Traffic Controller?

[MercutioATC]

34. Yes. Love your sigline, by the way...

:)


(on edit) I stole it :)

[kittycat1164]

35. kinda sorta maybe

7-3:30 M-TH
7-12:30 F
I love my schedule!

[bobthedrummer]

36. Disabled musician here. Soulmate is employed. We have plans.

Musical plans.

[Swamp Rat]

42. Know what you mean

jellybean. ;)

[shesemsmom]

38. 7 to 7

3 days a week for pay longer hours at home. No pay, no benefits. Just alot of shit here lol

[Piltdown13]

39. Well, I'm trying to get closer to the "9" on the front end

but not having much success on an ongoing basis, as my quitting time always seems to end up being 11pm or so. I was pretty much stuck in about a noon/1pm -- 11/midnight schedule MWF last semester, because the equipment I was using in the lab wasn't available until late afternoon. It was 9am-11pm Tuesdays and Thursdays (work for money plus work on dissertation those days). Unfortunately, even though I can get the lab work underway much earlier this semester, I'm still having trouble getting on an earlier schedule overall (which will be necessary if I'm ever going to work out regularly again).

[Reverend_Smitty]

40. I'm a college student...

so I don't work the 9-5 thing but between classes and working in the athletic training room, they keep me pretty busy

[seabeyond]

41. stay at home, i am off the clock from 8 to 3

before and after, on the clock and on the go day and night. we dont sleep a lot in this house, wink

[driver8]

43. 4:30pm to 2:00 am. n/t

[UncleSepp]

44. Flex timer

Usually that means flexing later and later into the day, with the occasional weekend. Best shift evah was three days and two nights, camping in an office and on the floor of a co-worker's nearby apartment. Second best was starting at 8 AM, working until 10 pm, needing to wait for another group to finish their work before I could finish mine, going out to a karaoke bar for a couple beers and some silliness, then going BACK TO WORK until 3:30 AM...

[skygazer]

45. My workday starts at 4 am

I manage a wine and liquor department at a grocery store. I work Sundays. I'm off on Tuesday and Saturday which is why I'm on the computer now - it's my day off.

I like my hours - I get off work at 1 and have all afternoon and evening to myself. I go to bed around 9 and get up at 3:30 - having always been an early bird, I don't find it difficult. In fact, I like it. On my days off, I'm normally up by 6:30 or 7.

[Wapsie B]

47. 1-11 PMer here.

Or 12-10, whatever I choose during weekdays. Every other weekend I work graveyard shift. PSG technologist looking to expand my horizons in other directions like having my own business. I'm tired of making $$ for corporations, even if the corporation is a so called "non-profit" hospital. I want something to show for all my years of hard work and up until now I don't.

[Longgrain]

48. Me! 7-5 four days a week.

With Tuesdays and weekends off. Which is why I'm here now.

Full time pay and benefits and lots of free time to pursue my art and my hobbies.

[Frogtutor]

49. Self-employed, on-line tutor and stay at home mom...

I'm goofing off posting on DU right now, what's it look like?! My tutoring schedule is light today; I tutor from 3 to 6. So, I SHOULD be doing the checkbook, paying bills, doing laundry, cleaning the house, grocery shopping, etc. right now!

[Frogtutor]

50. Oh! I forgot to mention I'm a professional thread hit-woman, too!

Another one bites the dust...