Poll: Do you work on weekends?
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May 17

This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you work on weekends?".

This poll was originally submitted by Sittie Hane Mama. View the poll results »



 
Lieven Malaise
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বেলজিয়াম
Local time: 04:59
2020 থেকে সদস্য
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Yes May 17

if necessary, like yesterday and right now, I work on weekends, but I never accept projects to be delivered on Saterday or Sunday (unless I could finish them by Friday).

Sittie Hane Mama
Ian Keith Jones Williams
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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পর্তুগাল
Local time: 03:59
2007 থেকে সদস্য
‍ইংরেজি থেকে পর্তুগিজ
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Yes May 17

I schedule my work and free time at my convenience, which means sometimes working during the weekend and having a day or two (or more) off in the middle of the week. I like the freedom of having my “weekend“ when I choose and taking days off when everyone else is “busy”...

P.S. I will be working today


Sittie Hane Mama
Philip Lees
 
Gregor Trebec
Gregor Trebec
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Local time: 04:59
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Well.. May 17

You got to do, what you got to do.

Sittie Hane Mama
 
Samuel Murray
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Local time: 04:59
2006 থেকে সদস্য
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Yes May 17

I don't specifically try to work on weekends, but I don't mind doing so, and I don't charge extra for it. But: I'm not as quick on replying over the weekend as I might be during the week. If a client reaches out to me on the weekend, I might or might not reply before Monday morning. When get jobs on a Friday afternoon, for Monday morning, I often do them on Sunday evening.

Sittie Hane Mama
Philip Lees
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
expressisverbis
expressisverbis
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Local time: 03:59
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Yes May 17

I am right now.

Sittie Hane Mama
Philip Lees
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
Cecília Alves
Cecília Alves  Identity Verified
আর্জেন্টিনা
Local time: 23:59
2011 থেকে সদস্য
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Yes, since the beginning May 18

Since I started freelancing in 2011. I think that's part of the job, especially nowadays when we consider the lack of (good) work opportunities we have.
Also, working on weekends gives me more time to work on and complete projects from clients with different time zones.

[Edited at 2026-05-18 01:24 GMT]


Philip Lees
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
expressisverbis
 
Luca Adie
Luca Adie
জার্মানি
Local time: 04:59
জার্মান থেকে ‍ইংরেজি
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Yes May 18

It happens. I choose when I work and, in any case, I far prefer translating on the weekend and then doing things in town during the week when it's less busy.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
On? May 18

Being British and old, I’ve never worked “on” a weekend. Occasionally I’ve worked over a weekend, at the weekend or during a/the weekend.

It’s overrated.


expressisverbis
 
Daryo
Daryo
Local time: 03:59
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Yet another question from the viewpoint of an employee May 18

Yet another question from the viewpoint of an employee on a website where translators in 'normal office hours jobs' are few and far between, if not a species on its way to join the dodo bird!

The whole point of being independent is that you decide for yourself how often, for who and when you work. IOW every day is potentially 'the same'. So it might well suit you to preferably work at night (no distractions) or at weekends so that you can avoid crowds when you give yourself time off
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Yet another question from the viewpoint of an employee on a website where translators in 'normal office hours jobs' are few and far between, if not a species on its way to join the dodo bird!

The whole point of being independent is that you decide for yourself how often, for who and when you work. IOW every day is potentially 'the same'. So it might well suit you to preferably work at night (no distractions) or at weekends so that you can avoid crowds when you give yourself time off midweek.
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