What are normal hours to work? Is there such a thing as a 9 to 5 anymore? I'm currently doing a 40 -50 hour week (without counting breaks) and I'll have to say it's killing me. :(

Can anyone suggest careers which are a little less labour intensive. I'm not lazy just tired!

I'll be a biochem hons graduate by next year if that helps suggestions.;)

I work 9 to 5 for my main job then do real estate on the weekends (and some evenings.)

When I was doing retail management, it wasn't unusual to do 50 hours plus a week and I hated it.

Can you work part time at what you do now?

How about a job as a pharmacy technician? That would fit in with your degree.

I do 9-5 right now, too. I used to work between 50 and 70, installing cable. It sucks hardcore.

If you're getting paid well now, you could work there a little longer to save up some money, then get a part time job, or just a lower paying fewer hours fulle time job at an office or something, until you graduate. I have a feeling that with a biochem degree, you wouldnt' have too much trouble finding a good job with good hours, once you do graduate.

Well, work in the sciences early on is lots of time with little pay. Its just the road you take.

My suggestion for anyone going into industry is not to neglect business classes, and even consider an MBA.

I'm a chemist by training. Wife is a chemist. I've worked with chemist and engineers. MUCH of the time chemists in industry don't stay chemists... you might do R&D for some time, but over time you, if you have any future, move into the business side.

I know a company where the president is an engineer, the director of technology is a chemist, the director of supply chain is a chemist, the director of operations is an engineer, etc...

And all along the way in mid-management? You guessed it. People with science degrees that move up. I'm not saying that R&D can't be a lifelong job... but if you don't have a PhD, you are usually just another grunt.

In the early years, doing research, it was almost NEVER a good idea to count your hours worked versus your pay. After nights and weekends, in addition to the "9 to 5", it always was depressing.

So as much as an MBA can be an inflated degree, I've seen in the sciences it can pay off handsomely, in industry at least.

And almost any entry level job is always going to require a lot more front side work until you get into the rhythm of things.

Argh don't I know it! I get paid peanuts, I'd get more money stacking shelves.

Teehee that's what my mum does! No way am I working for the NHS, pharamacy techs get next to nothing. I've worked in pharmacy stores before and as a pharmacy assistant so I know it's not for me. Freaky you said it though.

I suppose all jobs have their downsides, I just have to decide which ones I can tolerate. I actually really enjoy my work but the hours are making me sick so I'm beginning to reconsider.