What is a "normal" work week?

[ord27]

I work about 20 hours a week. I too am in the restaurant biz. There were many many years of 80+ hours.

I am about to open another location. My friends wonder why in the heck I would want to work a ton again. I tell them that the longer weeks will be short term. The goal is to set the store up with the right team.

John510, how many restaurants do you run/own?

[Rick D]

Originally Posted by Sandbagger

45-50 hrs . Commision Body tech . Its a dying proffession . Large high prodution shops continue to give the work away and kiss the insurance companies ass . so the rates are the same as they were 8-9 years ago
Another local 30 year shop just closed up .
I look for something else everyday .
I make the same as I did 10 years ago when there is work .
State Farm has Five yes Five corporate jets ...wtf

What shop just closed? I didn't here of another one gone lately.

As for work it depends, some weeks I'm over 50 hours, some weeks it's right at 40. Last week I had over 40 hrs before Thursday, it's not hard work any more at least from a physical stand point but some weeks like last week was very demanding on the brain so this weekend I got to go camping with my son and the boy scouts and we had a great time, helps that some of the other dads are friends .

Now this week I get to go to boy scout day camp with my son for two days ! But work call in a faver last week and I have to in on Wedensday instead of being off for the whole week but don't think I would want to go back to running a shop for anything

[214Chevy]

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Thank you Marcus for risking your life for others. Please be safe Brother...

No, thank you for appreciating the work I do Ron. It's good to know others are praying for us. Like I said before, we sit around the station alot doing nothing, but when that bell hits and it's time to work, trust me...it's time to work. Battling a fire at over 1500 degrees while holding a hose pumping out 150-175 lbs of pressure is not for the faint at heart.

[strtcar]

Originally Posted by John510

Restaurants

franchises?

[Tony_SS]

Speaking of restaurants... my parents have a great opportunity for someone.. they've run this family business since 1959. They want to sell and retire. It's great income... turnkey operation in the St. Louis area.

[John510]

Originally Posted by strtcar

franchises?

2 are franchises and 1 is something I invented myself.

Oh and Im back to working those lovely 50-60 hour weeks since I just let go of the manager.

[Shmoov69]

Well, I'm in roofing and I work 60+ in management. My guys (and me when I was on a roof!) average around 50 year round. But very few Saturdays, just long week days.
I can't imagine only 40!!!

[XLexusTech]

Talk to a lot of people about this... as far as I am concerned I am n 24X7.
Carry a work phone and have international customers.. so if the **** hits the fan in Australia @ 2am EST i still have to deal with it.....

Absolutely SUCKS... were dong more with less and the companies are taking very clear advantage of the worker these days....

[youthpastor]

depends....SEMA thrash.... 70+

I've learned to delegate I think, but I guess I continue to learn how to delegate better. I don't take a lunch. When I'm here I don't leave. so 45-50 hrs are the average.

[MattO]

When I'm out opening new stores, 70hrs is easy to reach, especially surrounded by friends. When we opened in Texas, the first two weeks were a minimum of 90hrs each week. It was nuts. It was 80+ for another 3 weeks. and eventually settled down to 70ish after about 2 months.

I think of being back home as a vacation by comparison at 40hrs. Feels liek there's so much time left in my day that I just get bored alot