workweek

Monday through Friday

A workweek is the number of days or hours that constitute a standard period of employment, typically Monday through Friday in Western countries.

The forty-hour workweek became standard in the twentieth century: She works a compressed workweek—four ten-hour days.

Also spelled as two words: work week.

schedule

Monday

Week's second day

Friday · calendar · routine · timetable · planning · structure · cycle · TGIF · midweek · flexible

employment

job

Paid position of employment

  • careerLifelong occupational pursuit
  • salaryFixed periodic employment payment
  • wagesPayment for work

employee · employer · profession · occupation · hire · position · promotion · full-time · part-time · contract

office

commute

Regular work travel

white-collar · manager · colleague · meeting · conference · email · watercooler · open-plan · breakroom · nine-to-five

grind

toil

Strenuous, prolonged effort

  • drudgeryHard, boring work
  • slogLaborious persistent effort
  • fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion

burnout · exhaustion · stress · overworked · demanding · grueling · monotony · tedium · pressure · deadline

duration

shortened

Made more concise

traditional · timekeeping

overtime

time-and-a-half

Fifty percent wage premium

on-call · crunch-time · mandatory · voluntary · unpaid

Categories
Opposites
work versus leisure time

workweekweekend

End-of-week rest days

leisure time · time off · free time · downtime · days off

work versus non-work periods

workweekvacation

Leisure time away

holiday · leave · sabbatical · furlough · retirement

Family

workweeks

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