working week

Monday through Friday

The working week is the portion of the week devoted to employment, typically Monday through Friday in most Western countries.

The standard working week has shrunk over time—from six days to five, and from unlimited hours to around forty.

She puts in fifty hours during the working week.

British speakers prefer working week; Americans usually say workweek.

structure

Monday

Week's second day

Friday · schedule · timetable · workday · hump day · routine · pattern · cycle · office hours · 9-to-5

employment

job

Paid position of employment

  • salaryFixed periodic employment payment
  • wagePayment for labor
  • employerOne who employs others

employee · contract · full-time · part-time · workplace · office · career · profession · staff · payroll

fatigue

burnout

Chronic occupational depletion

monotony · treadmill · overworked · fatigue · commute · rat race · drudgery · weariness · TGIF

timekeeping

timesheet

Record of hours worked

hours · breaks · lunchtime · start time · end time · flextime · core hours · time tracking · logging · scheduling

overtime

extra hours

unsocial hours · extended hours · night shift · overwork · deadline pressure · crunch time · mandatory overtime · compensatory time · shift differential

global

reduced hours

Shortened work time

Opposites
work vs. leisure time

working weekweekend

End-of-week rest days

leisure time · time off · days off · rest days · holiday

employment status

working weekunemployment

Being without paid work

retirement · sabbatical · furlough · leave of absence · gap year

Family

work, week, works, worked, worker, workers, working, workable, unworkable

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