Would you work 12 hours a day?

Try parenting!? Seriously, if I could work with horses and train people to ride them I could "work" round the clock, minus 8 hours for sleep that is.

I think yes. If it pays well why not? Right? In my country, because of low salary. People are force to work 12 hrs. Because they wanted to earn the right money. In order to make their family better. But the legal work time is only 8 hrs. But because of super low salary, people in my country are encourage to work 12 hrs. For me also, if the pay on the 8hrs in not good, then I would rather accept the 12 hrs that pays well.

I've done that for a year or more to earn additional money. The only way that I would work more than a forty hour week is a a non-salaried worker so that I am compensated. I won't work for my employer for free.

12 hours per day?????its hard to do that. i can work hardly for 10 hours per day, i prefer to work only for 6 hours per day, that is my effective level of working. remaining hours i preference to rome in street or read a book to relax myself. it hard to concentrate 12 hours per day.......

I retired after working for 41 years. I always believed in the saying give more than what you have received and do more than what you are expected to do. Though administration expected me to work for eight hours but I used to work for more than eight, at time even 12 or more. I did not work overtime for the sake of money. I must complete the task assigned to me used to be the foremost thought. All it gave me was satisfaction. What did I get in return? I as able to excel myself if not others.

For my family yes is my answer. Sometimes we have to sacrifice so our children will have a better future.

Hi Sheng I used to work 12 hours and more on Days when I used to work, but I was not getting more money for it My Job was not done for the Day until all my Contracts where sorted for the Day Then I would go home and have my Time with my Son and Daughter I used to love my Job and would do it all over again

i am working in an arab country and the common contract for overseas contract workers like me is to work 12 hours a day for 17 or 19 days a month. unfortunately, i am one who has those basic 19 days a month. from any other companies, they only require their staffs to work 17 days a month. the point is, i am one of those who are overused and abused. this way, i should deserve more salary than what i am receiving now.

I used to work in a job that required longer worker hours at certain times, not every day. At my age I found it very hard. It was even harder when we had to work every night and the weekend, sometimes 14 hours and then all day on the weekends and every night the next week as well. I found it totally exhausting. There was time for nothing except work, sleep. I would start at 8am and get home by 10:30 or 11pm. No time to cook, just reheat some food and then go to bed. It sucks. It is not worth the money. I would never do it again. I did this for 10 years and now I suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and cannot work at all. Now I can barely function on a daily basis. I cannot prove my job had anything to do with it but I believe it wore me out. I was in my 40's and did not have the energy to cope with it now I have no energy at all. Money is not worth sacrificing your life for.

I lived in one of those developing countries you have said. Yes, I did and I will. I did work for more than 12 hours a day in my previous job though it didn't offer big amount of salary , no overtime fees or night differential. Although I worked in an hourly rate , and I stayed for 12 hours it doesn't mean that I received the equivalent amount. Whew! it was tiring but not satisfying.

if i worked 12 hours in a job where im sitting sure. but being up without even rest for 12 hours would be impossible. my body couldnt take it is sweet that those people work all those hours to pay college to their children but they also have to care for themselves too. and for their health. if you work 12 hours you can have much money thats true but how will you have time for your family? you will just want to sleep and nothing else. how can someone like happy like this? we should live to be happy also and not just sacrifice.

I would maybe work it occasionally for overtime, but I do not think I would be able to consistently work long hours. I do not have that much energy and would have to take frequent breaks and drink coffee probably to stay awake that long. Overtime would make it worth it because you do get paid so much more, but so far I've never had the opportunity to work overtime. For that matter I've rarely worked 8 hours in a row, but when I did it was not that bad so maybe 12 hours at a job I don't mind would not be that bad.

Well i think if you work for 12 hours in weekdays and then at weekends you enjoy with your friends and family is good enough i am from a developing country and there are not many jobs like seven days a weeks here but ya 6 days is max. i would work for 12 hours if they offer a good pay and as per commitment i would do any thing to make some one happy... that what i think......bye

I would work 12hr a day 7 days a week if the money is good. I worked 12hr days be for and it was long but I got paid good money and I loved doing it. If I do not love the job I wont even take it. I did that be for and it was not fun but some times you got to take what you can get and then look for something better. People got to pay the pills.

Most people I know work at least 12 hours a day. It's a pretty regular thing here in Canada. Yes, they do get paid for 7 1/2 hours of overtime at time and a half but not everyone does. Some people work by salary and don't get paid any overtime at all and some people get to bank their overtime and take time off for it. When I was working in an office, for 17 years, I worked most days...between 10 and 14 hours. And I usually worked 6 days a week. I didn't get paid for my overtime but with the job I had it was expected and so it was accountted for when I got my raises and all. I made out pretty good with it, money wise, but I had to earn it...by working hard. Now I am self employed and I clean houses for a living. I work what ever hours I want to work but of course the less hours I work...the less money I make. Right now I am working about 6 hours a day and making just as much money as I was working for 12 hours a day in an office. What would you do if you could work for yourself and earn the same amount of money working 6 hours a day as you did when you worked 12 hours a day? Good luck and happy mylotting my friend, Chris

Yes. In my present situation and financial needs i need to work hard for the money so i will work 12hrs as long as i can carry. Today it was hard to fine a job especially if you are aged or above the qualifications. I almost want to make the night like a day too for the needs of money because we need it badly this time. But if I know that my health is not good for the job i prefer to do it regularly. I'll try to find another job that not requires more time. But still i search part time job.

Anyone who worked 12 hours a day with never a day off would burn out on the job very quickly. No matter how much money is involved it would not be a healthy thing to do. Most jobs in the states that have longer hours also have fewer days in the work week or employees work so many days on and so many days off, though there are exceptions. It is not safe for someone to work too many hours without time off. Aside from the health implications someone who has worked too many hours without time off will suffer from fatigue and other issues and make mistakes which can cause problems for productivity or for the safety of others. I used to work a 12 hour desk job on weekends only and the pay was ok, but the days were really long and the place was very quiet so it was hard not to get sleepy. I have worked other jobs that went longer than 12 hours but they were not on a 7 day schedule. Today it would take a lot of money for me to work long hours (a huge amount) and I would only be willing to do it a few days at a time.

even i m from a developing country..i wouldn't take up the job even if they pay me extra twice...whats the use of having so much of money when you can not spend time with your family nor find time to spend the hard earned money at least...may be i would take the extra work for one or two days for a little extra money..

I already do. This confirms that Britain is indeed fast sliding down the tally of developed nations. I'm working a 60 hour week to earn less gross than the government maximum take home for a household claiming benefits.

Yes i would work for 12 hrs if they would pay me some handsome amount of money.but unless i like what iam doing i dont even join that job.but one iam into it they i will do what ever it takes to fullfill my employers needs.and why not earn some decent amunt of extra Cash for doing what you are goo at and love to do :) btw iam also from an devloping Country :) Happy Mylotting :D