I worked weekends (and a weekday afternoon/evening or two) to support myself throughout college and uni.
I have had full-time jobs since then that have had such large workloads that using my freetime was necessary to keep up to date, so would often do so on Sundays. I have also had jobs where the occasional event or photoshoot had to be held on a Sunday, and I was expected to attend.
I'm self-employed, I go to work when I want to, and come home when I want to.
At the moment I work Tuesday to Friday, prior to that I worked Friday, Sunday, and Monday, but then I was putting in 12-14 hours per day.
It was worth it to me, I knew that I'd have Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday off.
There are few things more satisfying than to get asked to do something, and to be in a position to say, "Thanks, but no thanks, I'm going home, I'll do it on X-Day if you like."
Not now. For decades I did weekend shifts so not any more. Many people do, and I still think that you should be paid an increment for weekend work. That seems to have gone out of the windows though, decades ago!
As a translator, I work on a Sunday if I have a job to do. Like everyone else here, I expect to be able to go to shops, get access to medical care, fire services, etc., regardless of the day of the week.
As a translator, I work on a Sunday if I have a job to do. Like everyone else here, I expect to be able to go to shops, get access to medical care, fire services, etc., regardless of the day of the week.
Not like everyone on else here, shopping is not one of those important things for me on a Sunday, if they were shut that would not bother me.
Carrying on from the thread about new Sunday trading laws, I am curious to see how many working people on here would be prepared to work on a Sunday if they don't already do so. No matter what job they do. For those who already work Sundays do they wish they didn't?
Haven't worked on Sundays for a few years, but happy to do so if necessary.
I worked from home for many years, then was self-employed too. I was usually oblivious to the day of the week, or even whether it was a bank holiday! (For my overseas clients, they would likely still need support as they were at work.)
In fact there wasn't much difference between different times of the day, I could be busy with something at any time.
But if I had a conventional job, I think I'd prefer working at weekends, and have time off when I can get things done, or go out and places would still be open. (I wouldn't volunteer for night-shift though; I remember working through the night in winter and never seeing daylight for weeks on end.)
I spent 37 years in a job where Sunday was just another day to be worked, although I got paid more for working weekends. I didn't mind working Sundays and actually enjoyed having my days off mid-week.
I'm not expected to work weekends in my current job but if I have a lot of complex tasks to complete I sometimes go into the office over the weekend because the office is quieter and I can work undisturbed. I don't get paid any extra for it but I can take the equivalent time off later in the week when it suits me to.
I currently work every Sunday 8am - 4.30pm at ASDA on Checkouts. It's really annoying losing my Saturday night but it's something I have always done, well since last year when I started working. There are benefits to working on a Sunday such as you are working when other things are closed or reduced service. I prefer to be off when things are open and I am able to do stuff.
In Scotland shops and stuff are allowed to open normal times meaning shops here are allowed to be truly 24 hours unlike in England and Wales where religion must be more prominent.
I've never worked at the weekend in all my working career, so I'd find it difficult at first, but if I needed to, to put food on the table, of course I would. At the moment, I don't need to.
As a translator, I work on a Sunday if I have a job to do. Like everyone else here, I expect to be able to go to shops, get access to medical care, fire services, etc., regardless of the day of the week.
Not every 'etc' is open for business on a Sunday, or Saturday, so don't expect to get access to everything any day of the week.
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I have had full-time jobs since then that have had such large workloads that using my freetime was necessary to keep up to date, so would often do so on Sundays. I have also had jobs where the occasional event or photoshoot had to be held on a Sunday, and I was expected to attend.
So no - no issue with working Sundays here!
However, if not for double time then my boss can shove it up...
I'm now enjoying the social side of Sundays again, the only day when I get to meet up with friends who work mon-fri.
At the moment I work Tuesday to Friday, prior to that I worked Friday, Sunday, and Monday, but then I was putting in 12-14 hours per day.
It was worth it to me, I knew that I'd have Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday off.
There are few things more satisfying than to get asked to do something, and to be in a position to say, "Thanks, but no thanks, I'm going home, I'll do it on X-Day if you like."
Not like everyone on else here, shopping is not one of those important things for me on a Sunday, if they were shut that would not bother me.
Haven't worked on Sundays for a few years, but happy to do so if necessary.
Would you expect ambulances and fire services, though?
I didn't highlight them, you assumed that everyone needed to be able to do to the shops on a Sunday, I don't, doesn't mean I oppose them opening.
Emergency services are essential everyday...shops are not.
In fact there wasn't much difference between different times of the day, I could be busy with something at any time.
But if I had a conventional job, I think I'd prefer working at weekends, and have time off when I can get things done, or go out and places would still be open. (I wouldn't volunteer for night-shift though; I remember working through the night in winter and never seeing daylight for weeks on end.)
I really value being off work at the weekends, because it allows me time to get together with family members who are also off work.
We're in agreement, then.
I'm not expected to work weekends in my current job but if I have a lot of complex tasks to complete I sometimes go into the office over the weekend because the office is quieter and I can work undisturbed. I don't get paid any extra for it but I can take the equivalent time off later in the week when it suits me to.
If this wasn't an issue, I wouldn't particularly care. Need to get round to passing my driving test
I currently work every Sunday 8am - 4.30pm at ASDA on Checkouts. It's really annoying losing my Saturday night but it's something I have always done, well since last year when I started working. There are benefits to working on a Sunday such as you are working when other things are closed or reduced service. I prefer to be off when things are open and I am able to do stuff.
In Scotland shops and stuff are allowed to open normal times meaning shops here are allowed to be truly 24 hours unlike in England and Wales where religion must be more prominent.
Not every 'etc' is open for business on a Sunday, or Saturday, so don't expect to get access to everything any day of the week.