What are 'contract hours' in a job application?
Everyone gets or negociates a contract of employment. This contract simply states an option of 3 set of hours you would like to work per week and the choice is yours. The terms and conditions of employment also state as you said added hours over and above the set contract hours you sign up for. This is because the employers are not only looking for flexibility on your contract hours they are looking for a person who is willing to ie stay late. do overtime and generally be at work subject to service requirements when asked by your superior. If you only want to work the times stated then choose what is convenient to you and your circumstances and what you are able to live on. If you require more funds then go for the maxium hours the company has to offer if available, this shows your enthuisiam for work and the job you have applied for. Best of Luck
Do doctors have to work long hours no matter what?
The answer, as in a lot of things in life, is that it depends. Depends on the specialty of the doctor, whether they want to be busy, where they work and how their contract is set up. I’m a primary care doc and hospitalist. I did vacation coverage for a clinic once where I saw maybe 0–2 people a day from 9–5pm for a week. They paid me an hourly rate with an 8 hour guarantee, so it didn’t matter that I barely worked I still got paid and I could do whatever I wanted as long as I sat in the office for 8 hours. Dermatologists also have regular office hours like that: 9–5, 40 hours a week and they do very well.At the other end of the spectrum you have surgeons who frequently work long hours and may have lengthy operations and get called back in the middle of the night when they are covering their colleagues. The worst situation would be a surgeon who didn’t have any colleagues to cover for him, he would be “on call” for emergencies all day, every weekend and every night - some crazy people actually do this, especially in smaller towns - albeit in those smaller places its more doable because they may not get called in as often.As a temp hospitalist I’m scheduled 12 hours a day, but often work 3–6 hours depending on how busy it is. I get paid an hourly rate for the 12 hours. So although I might be scheduled for 80+ hours a week I might only actually work less than 40. Still I am on call the rest of the time to answer nurses questions and come back for emergencies - there is some low level stress involved in that.If I was a permanent employee in a clinic I could either have a contract giving me a fixed sum a year, or a fixed sum plus a productivity bonus, or compensation entirely based on my productivity. In the productivity scenarios I would be incentivized to see more patients to make more money. So some people try to cram those extra patients into an 8 hour day, seeing a patient every 7 minutes and others might just work longer hours and weekends.For some specialties (eg. surgery, OBGYN) in some locations it’s very hard to work reasonable hours. Other specialties (eg. derm, radiology) in other locations are more of a cake walk. If you’re wondering about a particular field and know which city you want to live in you should ask people who live and work there what their lives are like.
Will I get fired for asking for less hours?
I am currently working two jobs, one of them is at burlington coat factory it is my second job and it doesn't pay as well as my first which doesn't bother me but when i was hired there i told them i only wanted to work 10 hours, and of course they immediately scheduled me for 15 which I was fine with but now they keep giving me over 25 hour shifts and I'm already working 20 hours at my other job so I am working 6 days a week. Will i get fired if i tell them i can't work the 25 hours they are scheduling me? I talked to the manager already she said she was going to change my schedule but she didn't because she said they don't have anyone.
How do you write a request letter to cut hours of work.?
To: Mr. So and so From: You Re: request for reduction of work hours I would like to request a reduction of my current weekly hours due to the fact that my obligations at home have increased. I would like to begin these new hours effective the week of "whatever to whatever" Thank you. Then when you give this to your supervisor let them know that "of course" if you are really needed in emergency situations that you will do your best to accommodate them to work extra hours. Make sure you express that you enjoy what you do and that if at some point things change at home you would like the opportunity to restore your hours. Good Luck