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1. Campbell David

   
   6/8/2011 7:06 AM

   This is my first year as a Superintendent. We are a municipal course. I am putting in 50-60 hours per week. The City Administrator is cracking down on employees that are working over 40 and not writing it down.
   
   So, how many hours do you all put in a week?
   
   Thanks,
   
   Nate

   
   
   
   
2. Melvin Waldron

   

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   6/8/2011 8:06 AM

   Nate,
   
   I'm between 45 and 50 per week. I do record most of my hours because I do earn comp time. Nothing is said to us until later in the season and over the winter when we are using are accumulated time. Of course if we didn't work the comp time and let greens burn up or have other issue, they get on us about that too.
   
   I will say I have myself, one other full timer who will work about 4 hours of comp every other week when we topdress. And then I have 2 seasonal workers at 40 hours each, 1 at 24 hours, one doing landscaping mostly at 38 hours, then a part-time mechanic at 24 hours, although he will occasionally do work for our other city courses, then a mechanic who is shared among all 3 courses.

   
   Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
   
   
3. Baker Daniel

   
   6/8/2011 9:06 AM

   Comp time? Whats that?
   
   I am probably in the majority of guys who don't get comp time. I am at a 12 month course in South Texas and in our busy growing season (March-October) I'm working a solid 55 hours a week. In the off season I try to make up for it and work 35-40 but usually end up here more than that.
   
   On the other side of the coin, when I took this job last April I pounded it into the selection committee that "I will not sacrifice my family for this job." When it comes time that I need to be there, I'm there. I guess that is my comp time.

   
   
   
   
4. Andy Jorgensen

   

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   6/8/2011 11:06 AM

   I'm here when I need to be. Some weeks it is 45 hours, other more like 60. Lately, it has been closer to the 60. It all depends on what we have going on.

   
   
   
   
5. Patrick Reinhardt

   

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   6/8/2011 3:06 PM

   I don't keep track usually. It would probably depress me. I'm here whatever I need to be here to get the job done, anywhere from 45 to 80 hours. Normally in the summer around 60 though.

   
   
   
   
6. Keith Pegg

   

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   6/8/2011 4:06 PM

   40 hours but of course I come in 30min early every day to set up the day jobs and with some meeting and foreman sick days over the last 5+ years it is more like 45 hour average. Frist job ever under 50-60 hours a week. in 40 years.
   
   Keith
   Zama Japan

   
   
   
   
7. Trevor Monreal

   

   5 posts
   
   6/9/2011 6:06 AM

   WOW! Most of these answers seem honest.
   Usually, if a superintendent is wearing a polo shirt and brown shoes (or watching NASCAR)...he says he is working.
   Anyway...I'm on the property at least 30 hours a week.
   I haven't "worked" in about 12 years...if you know what I mean ("love what you do...").

   
   
   
   
8. Fleegel Timothy

   
   6/9/2011 7:06 AM

   I'm on the property 50-60hrs a week. Are all of those hours spent working? No.

   
   
   
   
9. Brouse Jeffrey W

   
   6/9/2011 7:06 AM

   60 give or take, mostly give May through September and take the rest of the year.

   
   
   
   
10. David Soltvedt

    

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    6/9/2011 3:06 PM

    About 2700 hours a year. I think you have to take the annual number into consideration as well.
    
    66-70 hrs/week May through September with March, April, Oct and November being around 55 hrs and December, Jan, and Feb being 35-40.
    
    In my younger years I helped my uncle on his farm so I learned to "make hay when the sun is shining".
    
    I sprinkle in a few elk and deer hunting trips in the fall so that takes the pressure off.
    
    BTW, Spending time on the GCSAA forums is not work. I spend 15 minutes a month on them.
    
    Cheers,
    David J. Soltvedt, CGCS
    Colorado

    
    
    
    
11. David Brandenburg

    

    3 posts
    
    6/9/2011 5:06 PM

    Too many this year! Most years it is 55 to 60 April 15 to Sept 15, 50 in spring and fall and 45 through the winter.
    
    I am salary and do not track hours.

    
    
    
    
12. Andrew Cross

    

    5 posts
    
    6/9/2011 7:06 PM

    In my first year as a super I'm doing probably 50-60hrs a week on property, I still do some planning work from home and irrigation set up at home. I still try to get away whenever I can for some relax time or golf. The forums have a lot useful info that I would say 50% of it could be work (research and networking).
    
    I absolutely make up time in the winter though probably 30-40hrs with 35 being the average.

    
    
    
    
13. Hardy Andrew

    
    6/10/2011 6:06 AM

    I'm between 50 and 60 on the timeclock, but I do probably another 10 per week that's not on the time card (salaried employee). Those hours are usually from mid-April until mid-October. The shoulder seasons I'm somewhere in the 30-35 hour range. I do leave early on Fridays in the fall and winter to play hockey with other Superintendents and my boss wanted that counted on the time clock. Guess he figured it was still networking. And the course goes on a complete shutdown from mid-December to mid-February. Which means the mechanic and I get an 8 week off period. Though I still so close to 2 weeks work during this time plowing snow, checking the course etc..

    
    
    
    
14. Ronald Conard

    

    4 posts
    
    6/10/2011 10:06 AM

    20....max

    
    
    
    
15. Ashton Alan W

    
    6/10/2011 11:06 AM

    I work 38 to 42 pretty much year round... only staying late for greens aerifications and overseeding in October.

    
    
    
    
16. Chuck Barber

    

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    6/12/2011 6:06 AM

    I am in the 50 to 60 range during the summer and much the same in the winter because of snow removal duty. Those of you on this post that have large-scale snow removal duty I would love to know what kind of hours you work in the winter? I spend all year here on the weekends and holidays which has been a great strain on my family. We don't have the right amount of people and equipment, I don't think, to do snow removal on an efficient scale. Maybe time to start a new post.

    
    
    
    
17. Stephen Okula

    

    3 posts
    
    6/13/2011 1:06 PM

    Around 40 during the growing season, 35 the winter season. Of course, I'm doomed to work in a failed socialist state.
    
    Steve Okula
    Paris, France

    
    
    
    
18. James Smith

    

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    6/14/2011 9:06 AM

    Around 44 hours a week. but lately I have been playing golf on my course and include those hours. I am trying to get back into golf and want to take the opportunity to play once per week but with different groups, mainly for communication reasons. After 16 1/2 years I kida feel I can ease up a little and let my assistant do more of the weekend work. Of course when we get projects my hours increase drastically.

    
    
    
    
19. Sean Monahan

    

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    6/15/2011 8:06 PM

    65-70

    
    
    
    
20. Robert Wright

    

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    7/2/2011 6:07 PM

    Most weeks 45-50. Sometimes 14 or 21 days in a row. Winter is slower and try to limit to 35 hours a week. Lots of paperwork to manage. Reductions in staff and expenses make it harder, but need to do more with less!!

    
    
    
    
21. Thomas Brown

    

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    7/3/2011 5:07 AM

    Monday through Friday - 45 hrs.
    
    Sat. and Sun. - app. 7 hrs. (It's been my habit for the last 34 yrs. to work 7 days a week, taking the rest of the day off).
    I'm on salary at a semi-private in Maryland from March to December.
    
    December - March - forced layoff for the past two seasons; collect unemployment. No salary adjustment.
    This has replaced most of my vacation time and there are no paid holidays.

    
    
    
    
22. Wahlin Scott B

    
    7/3/2011 7:07 AM

    I am a government employee so I don't really have to work. I do go in and see what I can get done in about 45 hours per week, but that is strictly voluntary.

    
    
    
    
23. Brandon Coulter

    

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    7/7/2011 6:07 PM

    I'm on call 24/7 so I never get a day off! Even my pump station has my #! Winter: 35-45 hrs - use up my vacation time / Summer: 50-65 hrs accrue my vacation time

    
    
    
    
24. Neves Tracy B

    
    8/2/2011 2:08 PM

    To some that might be a good question but I stopped keeping up with my hours many years back. I just try to get the job done to the best of my ability. I don't get paid by the hour. I just get a paycheck for doing my job.
    
    Tracy Neves

    
    
    
    
25. Bostrom Kyle A

    
    8/6/2011 3:08 PM

    43hr/wk during the growing season
    
    winter time? well under 40hrs and NO weekends
    
    I did the 60-80hr weeks when I was young and stupid. Life is too short. It's only grass in the end and with a little overseeding anything can be fixed.

    
    
    
    
26. David Hardesty

    

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    8/8/2011 7:08 AM

    65-75 hours a week... No Comp time. Anyone have any luck justifying a raise because of so much extra time??? Any tips or things you would do different when asking for a raise?

    
    
    
    
27. Gregory Jones

    

    1 posts
    
    8/9/2011 12:08 PM

    According to my payroll system, its 40 hours. According to Mother Nature its been 75+ this summer. However, this winter I'm betting on a solid 35 hours that I'm here on property since I've accrued some vacation and personal time.