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Kathryn’s Answer

Hi Kaitlyn, I work in Corporate Social Responsibility for a large corporation. I usually work 7:30 - 4:30, but i use weekends to catch up sometimes. There will always be times when you need to work more hours (to meet a deadline, for example.) There are not too many emergencies in my current role, so I can plan for extra work hours when needed. Good luck in your future career and it's very smart of you to be thinking of these questions now!
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Koji’s Answer

Hi Kaitlyn! I currently work as Administrative Assistant catering to executives half way across the world. I work on night shifts so that is from midnight to 9am our time. As our work load varies day by day, it is best to practice good time management. This allows me to get off work on time and catch up on sleep.
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Jamie’s Answer

I work in operations. My schedule is usually Monday through Friday btwn the hours of 8am and 5pm. My time varies based on appointments i may have during the day with doctors, my children or work meetings that require me to be in the office earlier or later. I really appreciate that my company has flexibility to allow me to build my hours within reason.
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Simeon’s Answer

I am an IT auditor. We work forty hours a week during non-busy season and fifty hours or more a week during the 6 month or so busy season.
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Samantha’s Answer

Right now I am still a college student. Being online I am able to be more flexible that normal with my schedule. I am a teachers assistant for 3 different biology classes at my university as well as a nanny. Majority of the week it looks like this:
Monday: 8-1 Nanny, 1:30-2:30 zoom with class, 2:30-5 grade and do homework
Tuesday: 10-12 grade and do homework, 1-6 nanny
Wednesday: 8-1 nanny 1:30-2:30 zoom with class, 2:30-5 grade and do homework
Thursdays: off day/cleaning day
Friday 8-3 nanny, 3-? catching up on any homework that may be due on the weekends.
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William’s Answer

Hi. In my job and role it is salaried, but typically I like to start work by 8a and try to finish by 6p, Monday through Friday. My role has changed throughout my career thus far. I have probably been given an opportunity in various fields and those opportunities have come every 1 to 2 years.

To me these are the important things to keep in mind as I would expect your career will be different but certain principles are applicable to all work.

1. Always be eager and open to learn
2. Seek additional opportunities to learn different aspects of work you may not be directly exposed to
3. Be a team player
4. Continue to build your skill sets
5. Be involved
6. Enjoy what you do.
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Estelle’s Answer

I am a gynecologic surgeon. I perform surgeries on Mondays from 8:00am to 4:00 pm. Tuesdays, I go see patients in the hospital for their postop visits around 8:00am then see patients in my office until 5:00. The rest of the week is 9:00-5:00, and I usually exercise before work on those days and on weekends. It is very important to set a schedule for exercise during your work week whenever possible. Good luck!
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Amanda’s Answer

Right now I work at Verizon Tuesday through Saturday 8 am to 5 pm and 3 to 4 days a week I also work at Walmart from 6 pm to 10 pm. I also work at Walmart on Sundays for 8 hours of a random shift. I normally work random shifts throughout the week for Verizon in store as a salesperson but with Covid I have been redeployed to customer service over the phones. I work as a front end cashier for Walmart.
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Gloria’s Answer

Hi Kaitlyn.

I am an Instructional Designer. My work has two main tasks - creating training and interacting with clients and subject matter experts about the training that I am creating. That is a lot of alone time broken up by regular meetings. In my role, I am often working on several training courses at once. It can be challenging to balance the needs of the various clients, but that is also a part of the fun. If I had to do one thing for days on end, I would lose my mind. I normally work a standard 8-hour day that may begin as early as 7am and working as late as 6pm. I work 8 hours. I used to be a workaholic (12+ hours a day), so now I make sure to work only an 8-hour day. I love what I do so it can be hard to stop after 8 hours, but it is necessary. Working too long can have a negative impact on the work that you are doing. Basically I make more mistakes the more that I work in a day. I need the break and the time away to do my best work.

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Mary’s Answer

I'm an IT service manager, answer email, meetings, evaluating trends and problem solving.

We work a flexible schedule mostly M-F 8-5, but there are times where are needed at night or weekends for deployments or issues. However, we can adjust our schedule depending on our needs and responsibility. We can balance family, friends, and hobbies to have a fulfilled life.
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Michele’s Answer

Hi Kaitlyn!
I'm at Dell Technologies and work as a Program Manager in our Education Services organization. We deliver training to Dell Services Employees as well as our external customers.
I'm a salaried employee, started from the bottom at 20 yrs old and worked my way up for the past 17 years.
I work on various projects that help our organization meet our customers needs, primarily between 730-5pm but the time is flexible.
It's about getting the job done not putting in a specific # of hours....so some weeks more than 40 and some less depending on my personal schedule. I love the flexibility to schedule appointments and take care of personal errands as I see fit.

One of the projects I'm working on is focused on measuring training effectiveness.
I'm passionate about it as I've been in roles where I am responsible for training and it was difficult to show the results from that training outside of a student survey.
I love the autonomy. I have the ability to use my own creativity and knowledge to drive my projects. I'm given a problem and figure out how to solve it with the help of my co-workers vs. being told what to do and how to do it.

I've taught myself how to code (to a certain degree) over the past few months so that I'm able to design charts and graphs that clearly visualize the change in employee performance before and after training.
I love problems that no one has been able to solve for so that I can create something new and innovative.
My days are full of meetings with others to collaborate on how to ensure the product I'm creating exceeds expectations for our internal users as well as our customers. When not in project related meetings or working on developing solutions...I spend my time volunteering and networking.
I'm part of several of our Employee Resource Groups such as Black Networking Alliance, PRIDE, Women In Action, and more.
They host several events throughout the month around various topics.
I deliver training about bias and diversity, I'm a Red Cross volunteer, and I'm part of our local Toastmasters chapter to sharpen my presentation skills.
Outside of that...I'm using my time taking advantage of Dell's training opportunities!
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