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I do 100% of the work assigned. On average it comes ou to 65 to 70 hours per week.

I don't buy it. You're saying you work nearly 10 hours a day, every week and every single day including Saturdays and Sundays, and (per the OP's question) that doesn't include time "not-working" while at work (i.e., chatting, lunch, etc).

People who say they work 60, 70, 80, 100 hours a week are just doing bad math, or including a ton of downtime in there.

he must have meant over a two week period instead...?

I think you would be surprised about the total number of hours people actually spend working... many of the jobs that I've worked (specifically my business) were a legitimate 60-70 hours of real work a week. I know this because I tracked it, and a lot of those hours were billable.

I will say though in my experience 80 hours is possible but most people that say "80 hour weeks" are using it as hyperbole. If someone comes to you and says they do 62 hour weeks... its probably real.

>> 65 to 70 hours

Then, most likely you are being assigned 250% of the work! and that's probably not good for the long term, ymmv.

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