How long can you stand to work?

[Arturo]

In a typical day, how long can you stand to be at work and what influences that?

[Buddy]

Usually anywhere from 6-8 hours but recently I've been pulling 10-11 hour days usually 9 days in a row. I can feel what little faith I had in humanity get crushed more and more by the day.

[Asmodean]

My typical work day is around 8 productive work hours. Thus, on days which involve a lot of traveling, I may technically be at work for 14-15 hours. In any event, I'm more or less free to come and go as I will as long as the job gets done... In my case, it mostly causes overtime rather than shorter work days though, and that's sort of how I like it.

[Dave]

Ha! Too early fir me! I misread the OP to mean "standing at work". 

I was rarely a clock watcher in my last job. If the project was interesting I often worked a bit of unpaid overtime. Job quality/satisfaction is so very important.

[Asmodean]

Job quality/satisfaction is so very important.

This. Very much so.

[Dave]

Job quality/satisfaction is so very important.

This. Very much so.

On reflection drop the "quality" out of my statement. "Quality" is a loaded thing, implies "better", the subjective judgement  of "worth".

Whether needing highly educated, intellectual effort - as in computer engineering - or the application of people skills - as in waitressing - matters not to the person performing those functions if they"fit".

[viocjit]

I haven't a job.

[Dave]

I haven't a job.

What do you do with your time, viocjit?

[Dragonia]

Usually anywhere from 6-8 hours but recently I've been pulling 10-11 hour days usually 9 days in a row. I can feel what little faith I had in humanity get crushed more and more by the day.

Buddy, what do you do for work?

[Dragonia]

When I used to work at a "real " job, I would work 4 10-hour days. But it was so busy, the days would usually fly by. And I do get great satisfaction from a job well done, so if I had to work a little extra time, you wouldn't hear me complaining, unless I had plans. Now my schedule is weird,  so I can't answer as neatly for my current situation.

[Davin]

I've been able to work all day, well almost 24 hours, I did get some breaks. In one three day period (more like 2.5 days), I worked 46 hours due to a string of unfortunate events and me looking so terrible normally that no one can tell when I am tired.

I've also gone through periods of time where I had three jobs working about 120 hours a week.

Right now, I work about 40 hours a week and that's it. I could probably go back to be overworked, but I'm old now.

If it's occasional, I think that working extra is fine. If it's overtime all the time then it's bad. And it's worse if it's unpaid overtime.

I can put myself through a lot, and the only people that suffer are those around me because I lose my ability to interact well.

[Pasta Chick]

I'm either on or off... Once I'm on I'd rather stay on and especially with the commute longer shifts mean less driving for the same hours. These days I'm typically 10-12 hours but I've done longer. As long as I'm allowed to eat now and then it's fine.

[Tom62]

My overtime isn't paid, so I do my utmost not to work for free.
So, basically I work 7.42 hours per day.

[Buddy]

Usually anywhere from 6-8 hours but recently I've been pulling 10-11 hour days usually 9 days in a row. I can feel what little faith I had in humanity get crushed more and more by the day.

Buddy, what do you do for work?

I'm a waitress. As much bullshit as I put up with I can't think of another job that I can make 100 dollars over an 8 hour shift without a degree. Of course, that all hinges on whether or not you can pretend to like people 

And honestly, I try not to complain too much because my boyfriend works on the grill line and he puts up with just as much crap with added heat and up to 14 hour days.

[Firebird]

And honestly, I try not to complain too much because my boyfriend works on the grill line and he puts up with just as much crap with added heat and up to 14 hour days.

Hey, you're dating him now, congrats!

Anyway, back on topic. I'm lucky that my current job is very flexible, as long as I put in the requisite 40 hours. Usually ends up more like 45, worse on weeks when I'm on call (maybe 50 then?), but I'm not complaining after my last job when I was working 60-70 hours towards the end. But that was due to one idiotic manager and a project we all knew was doomed from the start. This amount is ideal for me.