I have the same 3-4 hour estimate, but I think this stood out to me because of working a labor job as my first:
- 8.5 hours on site
- 1 hour of breaks + lunch
- 30 minutes of getting into/out of lunch (tidying up + restarting)
- 30 minutes of gathering tools/supplies in the morning
- 30 minutes of putting stuff away at close
- 30 minutes walking around/getting stuff you didn’t expect to need
- 30 minutes of talking to boss/coworkers about their problem or yours
So you’re talking 5 hours of “real” labor in an 8.5 hour day — and that’s on days you have a consistent project. Days where you have a bunch of small tasks all over the apartment complex might be 3 hours of “swinging hammers”.
That’s normal — and I think people tend to forget process when estimating things.
- 8.5 hours on site
- 1 hour of breaks + lunch
- 30 minutes of getting into/out of lunch (tidying up + restarting)
- 30 minutes of gathering tools/supplies in the morning
- 30 minutes of putting stuff away at close
- 30 minutes walking around/getting stuff you didn’t expect to need
- 30 minutes of talking to boss/coworkers about their problem or yours
So you’re talking 5 hours of “real” labor in an 8.5 hour day — and that’s on days you have a consistent project. Days where you have a bunch of small tasks all over the apartment complex might be 3 hours of “swinging hammers”.
That’s normal — and I think people tend to forget process when estimating things.