What is the best time to go in to work in your opinion?

[Simslover92]

I used to think it was 6am but now I'm thinking the later the better. I love getting up at 8am to 9am and not having to go in to work until 10:30am for DoorDash. So I'm in the 9am-5pm camp and hope I don't have to go in until 9am at my next full-time job. What about you?

6am

7am

8am

8:30am

9am

Other time

[Still-alive]

i usually don't do mornings for deliveries lol. sometimes i did Sunday mornings but ehh im ok doing lunch and dinner

[Simslover92]

Yep I'm finding that that's best for me too.

[Still-alive]

Thanks. The earliest i may go out is maybe 11am around when lunch begins

[Simslover92]

You're welcome. And yeah I'm finding around that time to be the best time to start up.

[Still-alive]

Something else i can offer you is you will eventually figure out where the best places to hang out at that will give you lots of orders. That can take a little bit of time but try to take note of places you seem to go to often. Then you can simply try to park near those places if its slow. I know a few good spots myself. You’ll figure it out the more you do it.

[Simslover92]

Thanks. I'm starting to learn all the spots that are popular hotspots. It is getting easier the more I do it.

[OlderAndWiser]

I usually work 10 am -5:30 pm and take two hours for lunch. I highly recommend my schedule.

[OlderAndWiser]

Thanks for MHO!

[Simslover92]

You're welcome!

[AI Opinion]

Advisor Smith here.

For most people I coach, the “best” time is when three things align:
1. Your natural energy peak
2. Your commute and lifestyle (sleep, family, exercise)
3. The norms of your industry

Personally, I like a 8:30–4:30 or 9–5: it lets me work deeply in the morning, meet with people mid‑day, and still have my evenings.

Since you feel great starting later, aim for roles with flexible or standard 9–5 schedules, and advertise “I do my best work in a typical daytime schedule” in interviews.

[Purpleronnie]

I used to do shift work , in fact for many years and although it was nice to have lie in’s and have days off during the week its was in conflict with the majority of people I was close to in my life.. like I was in a different time zone.


Then I moved to mon-Friday 9-5 and now 8-4 and I’m the happiest I ever was around work : life balance.


They say it’s about consistency rather than time of day.. so shift work was awful.


The only negative now is the traffic but I have the added flexibility since Covid of working from home so do that Monday and Friday !

[Lliam]

I guess 9:00 am and get off at 5:00.

I really liked the hours at the company I worked for. We worked 9:00-6:00 with a paid hour for lunch from noon to 1:00 and two 15 minutes breaks on Mon-Thurs. On Fridays we worked from 9:00-1:00 with a 15 minute break.

[OlderAndWiser]

Where do I sign up?

[Lliam]

@OlderAndWiser. 21st Century Auto Insurance was such a great company. Unfortunate, it got bought out by AIG in 2008 (there is a story behind how that happened), just before AIG almost went bankrupt.
My company had been financially healthy and growing, and had the best reputation of any auto insurance company.
AIG destroyed it and sold it to Farmers. Almost all the employees either quit or were laid off by 2010. I had 30s years in at that point, so I retired with a pension and healthy 401(k) when I was 55. I had planned to stay with 21st Century until I was 62.

[OlderAndWiser]

I'm 71, healthy, active, and still working about 30 hours per week because I love what I do and I am widely regarded as very competent by other attorneys and by judges. I have too much to give up. And. . . my wife is 62 and won't retire for another 4 years, so why should I retire now? I can take off 2 or 3 weeks whenever I want and we can take a vacation (like cruising to Alaska in August.)

I'll just keep working and pay off our mortgage in the next four years, then we'll have a very comfortable retirement.

[Lliam]

@OlderAndWiser. That's really cool!

[OlderAndWiser]

It's certainly working out that way!

[ohsheeT]

get up at 5:30 make some coffee and usually the night before I get my tools and things ready for the job that I'm going to be doing so I don't have to do that before I go don't have to rush but I I usually leave about 7:30 8:00 it just depends on where I have to go and there's sometimes I can't get in until 9:00 or 10 it just depends on if the realtor or the management company what they want usually they meet me there give me a key to get in or I just meet them at their office

[KostasKouvalis]

Nooooooooooooooo! 9 to 7 was the first shift I ever worked, and it was the WORST! It was basically just work sleep, work sleep. Zero time for myself. My favorite was honestly 2 to midnight. I still had the entire first half of the day to myself.

[jazzy34]

It depends on what your morning routine looks like. Like, do you like to take time to drink coffee or tea or to workout before you start your workday?

[Simslover92]

I definitely like to workout in the am before work.

[lilBigPotato]

I hate getting up early. Luckily don't have to. Earliest I start it 10am.

[Simslover92]

Right. I used to love it but now I'm like I need my rest the older I get. Waking up at 6am or 7am just doesn't cut it for me anymore.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

9-10am is best, I like it better when my day features several hours nighttime, there's something peaceful about night ambiance that I don't find during the day

[Calyptomaniac]

5AM would be ideal for me. I like being up early though not as early as I do now and get out of work early and feel like I have a good chunk of the day left to do things.

[NathanDavis]

same same... lol

I do like waking up around 9am

even if I can't do that all the time

[Nikki1989]

I work 8 to 4 on weekdays and 9 to 3 on Sundays. I am usually at work 30 minutes early.

[Billlewis]

At night, anytime between 10:00 PM and midnight, because you get to go home while everyone else has to go to work.

[exitseven]

I worked 7AM to 3 PM. I didnot have to get up outrageously early and i left before the traffic got too bad.

[BadApple69]

I am sitting at my desk at 6:30am and leaving work at 3pm.

[Abbycado]

I go when I’m scheduled, which typically isn’t until mid to late mornings.

[AviatorTom]

Best is to go in early and leave early. That avoids much of the rush hours traffic.

[thegreenyogi]

Right now for me I am waking up at 5am to start work so for me that is the ideal time.

[Iron_Man]

Do you work on the farm? Do you have cows?

[thegreenyogi]

I do. I have goats.

[Iron_Man]

Interesting I’ve never had goat milk

[thegreenyogi]

It's quite different to cows milk...

[Iron_Man]

It must be I hope it’s good

[AngryCarl3]

You're most productive in the morning so if you're not at work by 8.00am you're probably wasting time.

[najekim]

When I had my own business, my hours were 9:30am to 6:30pm. Hour for lunch.

Now working for a company and close to retirement, my hours are 7:30am to 5:00pm with Friday afternoons off.

[FunkyMonkee]

Round about noon when the sun is up and bright and then, you'd only have about 4 hours left to work.

[RichardCranium6201]

Starting at 5:45 and getting off at 2:45 and every other Friday u have a 3 day weekend

[Alex-Snow]

The earlier the better so I can have an afternoon free

[Xawyx-2]

Personally, I don't like it when it starts too early.

[msc545]

I like 6 a. m. for my paperwork and charts, and then I like to start seeing patients around 10 or 11 a. m., no earlier than that.

[Iron_Man]

If I was your patient, how much would you charge me to talk about Donald Trump the whole time

[msc545]

Also, any time that I've been thinking about work and I feel inspired and creative is a good time for me.

[Iron_Man]

11:30 AM to 6:30 PM plus a one hour lunch break

[Iron_Man]

That’s working outdoors with making good money per hour not necessary to work a ton of hours every day in the hot sun

[dudeinohio]

I go in at 4. I'm off at noon. I always liked earlier shifts.

[queenofcardio]

I go in at 7, and I prefer that.

[molonski2]

9am PLUS , I'm not an early morning guy sadly..

[BCRanger10]

I say the earlier the better.

[slatyb]

There is no best time. Whatever works for you.

[jimbob70]

I'm retired let me think about it
Love to eat your taco and go back

[Jen_oic]

@Simslover92 I enjoy working nights 💃

[Iron_Man]

I thought you were a daytime stripper

[Bklynbadboy12]

7am to 3pm that perfect to me

[TheGreatCornholio79]

6 am if I’d be able to leave at 2:30.

[Netwoman]

After 8

[TonyMetal___86]

8:30 am

[Hristov90]

In 9 clock