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imdfantom t1_j0yqebv wrote

Reply to comment by clusterlizard99 in Average weekly hours worked by individual physicians declined by 7.6% from 2001 to 2021, driven by a decrease among men, particularly fathers, while mothers’ hours increased. by Respawan

I don't know because I'm not from america, but when I worked in hospital here, over a 5 week period, we were expected to have 3 of the weeks would be 60 hours long, and the other 2 would be 80 hours long. Luckily I'm out of that situation, now.

I've had friends who were expected to work 120 hour weeks for a period of 3 months, but that was in a different specialty.

So I did a bit of digging so the average in america is about 50 hours per week. About a quarter of which work 60-80 hours per week.

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Jerund t1_j10e4gw wrote

Do you get overtime for those hours more than 40 hours a week?

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imdfantom t1_j10hacn wrote

Yes. Converting to dollars: $13 per hour for the first 40 hours then overtime kicks in.

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Jerund t1_j10hgab wrote

13 dollars an hour as a physician? Omg…

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imdfantom t1_j10ityh wrote

This was the case for many years, though the exact pay varies in accordance to your rank.

About 10-15 years ago the union managed to get specialists a considerably higher wage. It still is the pay for people who haven't fully specialized.

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Jerund t1_j10jcav wrote

But is it more than say your average office worker? It’s all relative to everything else

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imdfantom t1_j10lsns wrote

A teacher (and doctors) starts at about $12.5/hr I'm not sure about other jobs.

Average wage is about $9, minimum wage is about $4.5

But there is a lot of undeclared/untaxed work here so these figures are probably artificially low (as in there are many people on unemployment benefits that are making quite a lot of money in undeclared work.

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Jerund t1_j10lx8s wrote

If you don’t mind me asking. What country is this? Very curious since here in the usa. It’s completely different

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