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Poll: Do you work during the weekend? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you work during the weekend?".
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Mario Freitas 
Brazil
Local time: 17:41
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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| Weekend again? | Jul 3, 2021 |
It must be the fifth time this year.
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Angus Stewart
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:41
Member (2011)
French to English
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In normal times I try to avoid working during the weekend. However, over the past year I have ocassionally taken on weekend projects due to the Covid outbreak limiting my freedom to get up to my usual weekend activities.
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Kevin Fulton
United States
Local time: 16:41
German to English
| When necessary | Jul 3, 2021 |
I put in several hours the past two weekends as well as the current one. The alternative was to work longer hours on the weekdays with greater stress. I'm more productive when I'm rested than after working for 8+ hours.
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Helen Eby
United States
Local time: 13:41
English to Spanish
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| I work on weekends when I take a comp day during the week | Jul 4, 2021 |
I make sure working on weekends does not become a routine. When I do, I take another day off in the middle of the week. Most of my weekend work is volunteer work, like teaching at a conference, supporting a vaccination clinic, etc.
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Mario Freitas wrote:
It must be the fifth time this year.
Fifteenth, isn't it?
Anyway, for the umpteenth time, I work during the weekend if I have work to do. If I don't, I don't. The same is true for weekdays. Isn't that what being a freelancer is about? Being free to work when you choose?
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| Whenever necessary | Jul 4, 2021 |
It totally depends on my workload! I might take 1-2 days off during the week and then go a couple weeks with no days off. Though I rarely accept tight deadlines that’s exactly what I’ve been doing this weekend: translating an urgent report (17,000 words) to be delivered on Tuesday. Back to work!
[Edited at 2021-07-04 09:50 GMT]
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Liena Vijupe
Latvia
Local time: 23:41
Member (2014)
French to Latvian
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I am not available to clients on weekends, but sometimes I work if I want to finish something or haven't had enough time during the week.
I have also worked on many weekends in the past year because other options were limited due to Covid, but I usually have at least one day off every week.
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:41
Member (2008)
Italian to English
| No such thing. | Jul 4, 2021 |
ProZ.com Staff wrote: This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you work during the weekend?". View the poll results »
For me there is no such thing as the weekend. I work when I have work, and take time off when I haven't.
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| More than I used to | Jul 4, 2021 |
I grew up in a family where working at the weekend was normal, and have had jobs myself where service was provided 24/7, although I only worked in the daytime. So it is no big deal when it fits in with my programme.
Like this week, to get through a boring job, I take shorter stints and get a couple of hundred words done, then take a break and go back.
I used to keep weekends free if possible when my family was at work and school, with time off at the weekends, because ... See more I grew up in a family where working at the weekend was normal, and have had jobs myself where service was provided 24/7, although I only worked in the daytime. So it is no big deal when it fits in with my programme.
Like this week, to get through a boring job, I take shorter stints and get a couple of hundred words done, then take a break and go back.
I used to keep weekends free if possible when my family was at work and school, with time off at the weekends, because we had very little time together the rest of the week. But now many of our friends have retired and seeing family involves travelling and taking at least a week off.
Covid-19 has blurred everyone's sense of time, and we try to avoid crowds. If I go out of the house, it is when everyone else is at work, so then I work at weekends, when shops and other places are more crowded. ▲ Collapse
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Tony Keily
Local time: 22:41
Italian to English
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| Almost always... | Jul 4, 2021 |
...but maybe not a full day. I never work in the evenings and much prefer the quiet of weekend mornings, with no email pinging.
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:41
Member (2008)
Italian to English
Tony Keily wrote:
......with no email pinging.
One small thing that has improved my life: I have turned off email reminders about these discussions. I now only come here when I feel like it. I have also unsubscribed to as many other things as I can.
The road to human happiness passes by way of getting as few emails as possible. And by keeping the sound turned off.
[Edited at 2021-07-04 10:13 GMT]
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| Not normally, but ... | Jul 4, 2021 |
... I'm currently studying a part-time masters degree, which has turned my working life on its head and eliminated any notion of 'free time' or 'leisure'.
I'm currently at my desk on a Sunday morning finishing off a hydropower assignment (with a mountain of actual paid work waiting for me when I'm done).
Procrastinating on internet forums obviously helps a lot with this.
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| More often than not | Jul 4, 2021 |
That's why I happen to be replying to this poll, I only came to the site to look up a word, always in search of inspiration!
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Kay Denney
France
Local time: 22:41
French to English
yup, just finished a couple of translations this afternoon so to free myself up for something else tomorrow (Monday)
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