As a former teacher myself I would have loved to work for 35.6 hours a week lol
More like 70 hours is more accurate if super organised.
The data is for the average worker but have you factored in what has happened to younger people?
They are expected to work like dogs for a pittance and don't get a full adult wage until they are 26 years old!
They are exploited by many high street shops and are expected to work a full days shift unpaid while being 'assessed' as to their suitability to the post? Waiters, baristas and bar staff etc.
We are far from going in the right direction more like the road to serfdom.
Interesting article. It got me to comment 😂👍🏼
Great comment. Case in point, landscaper friend of my son's, minimum wage, but not paid for hours travelling to jobs. Wtf? He did leave. Young people are also not putting up with it as much
Life is tough out there - these are just averages!
My granddaughter worked 2 full shifts in 2 different coffee shops and didn't get paid.
I asked her what on earth she was doing?
She replied.
To which I replied.
Because you allowed it to happen?
The young people have been destroyed by the last 20 years of a particularly vicious form of capitalism and we all let it happen.
And ex teacher myself, though I still do emergency teaching and marking. Good money, no responsibility, pick and choose hours. I'll never do full time permanent teaching ever again. I'd rather die.
Yeah I can't go back - it's the system! X
I know the feeling. Teaching today is fubar.🤯🤦♂️😂👍🏼
Totally agree!!!
There will be many variations - I suspect we're of an era where we worked less in our early 20s, like dogs in our 30s and 40s and then gradually wound down to retirement - cld well be worse for the youth!
It would be different for everyone based on their life chances. I began full time work at 15 years old 50 hours a week in a paper mill. The pay was good but it was back breaking work.
It made me stronger and determined to get into something better.
By 33 I was a teacher. I quit teaching after almost 30 years. I don't miss it at all. Work that is. 😂🤦♂️👍🏼