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Poll: How long can you go with no work before you start getting nervous? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "How long can you go with no work before you start getting nervous?".
This poll was originally submitted by Bin Tiede. View the poll results »
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Evans (X)
Local time: 20:34
Spanish to English
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| none of the above | Nov 16, 2010 |
about half an hour...
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The following conditions have occurred:
work to be done, very long deadlines (so possibile days off) - no problem, things will arrive (and they did)
only once - no translations to be done (panic as soon as I sent the last translation)
fewer translations than usual - 2/3 days to get nervous if no translations arrive to reach the usual amount of work.
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Michael Harris 
Germany
Local time: 21:34
Member (2006)
German to English
I have never been in this position as I always have work, being planned or requests for "in-between", really emphasising "Fortunately!"
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| Nervous: one day - worried: months! | Nov 16, 2010 |
I am rather picky AND have small children, so whatever it is, it needs to fit around the little ones, the whole point of me working from home is that they do not need another person to look after them.
I am lucky that for now, I don't need to bring money in, so I would not get worried quickly, I understand that lots of agencies will not ask me again if I have said 'no' once, but I love translating, so if I have nothing to do, I get nervous!
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maryblack
United States
Local time: 14:34
Member (2013)
Spanish to English
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Gilla Evans wrote:
about half an hour...
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R. Alex Jenkins
Brazil
Local time: 16:34
Member (2006)
Portuguese to English
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Usually after a couple of days.
A day off is nice, a second day is a luxury, a third day is just downright worrying.
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Jeff Whittaker
United States
Local time: 15:34
Spanish to English
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| How long can you go with no work before you start getting nervous? | Nov 16, 2010 |
I usually choose to work only on very large projects and I regularly take long breaks of several weeks between them. I would get nervous after two months of no job offers (but that never happens).
[Edited at 2010-11-16 14:26 GMT]
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Harald Roald
Spain
Local time: 21:34
English to Norwegian
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| used to be.... | Nov 16, 2010 |
maryblack wrote: Gilla Evans wrote:
about half an hour...
Im now able to be without work for 2-3 hours before I get nervous. cant wait untill I get to the point where I can relax a whole day
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| not nervous, antsy! | Nov 16, 2010 |
it's not so much that I worry about money coming in. It's just having no work! While it's nice to have a couple of days off, I get barmy after too long without work.
However, I barely had any work all summer. A couple of jobs here and there but it seems everyone was on vacation! However, it was summer and I had been very busy and planned to take some time off. And in the summer there's a lot more fun to be had so I went on bike rides and had fun.
Since the end of augus... See more it's not so much that I worry about money coming in. It's just having no work! While it's nice to have a couple of days off, I get barmy after too long without work.
However, I barely had any work all summer. A couple of jobs here and there but it seems everyone was on vacation! However, it was summer and I had been very busy and planned to take some time off. And in the summer there's a lot more fun to be had so I went on bike rides and had fun.
Since the end of august there's been only about a week with slow activity. ▲ Collapse
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Lisa McCreadie (X)
United States
Local time: 12:34
Spanish to English
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Richard Jenkins wrote:
Usually after a couple of days.
A day off is nice, a second day is a luxury, a third day is just downright worrying.
Couldn't have summed it up better myself!
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 21:34
Spanish to English
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| Probably about a week | Nov 16, 2010 |
... before getting nervous or starting to worry.
However, like Marlene, I get restless sooner, because I prefer to have something to do workwise or else I get bored quickly.
Last week I didn't have much but I currently have a book to translate with no deadline so that helps pass the time until the next "urgent" job comes in...
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Joan Berglund
United States
Local time: 15:34
Member (2008)
French to English
1 to 2 days without work are a good thing, I would never catch up my bookkeeping otherwise. Most weeks I work overtime just keeping up with translation, and never feel like putting in the extra hours for bookkeeping. Day 3, I catch up on nagging personal tasks. Day 4, I start worrying and cleaning things - unless it is a nice day in the summer, in which case I go to the beach and worry.
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| I never get nervous | Nov 16, 2010 |
I never get nervous actually i am cold like a špricer. hihi
Google it
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Amy Duncan (X)
Brazil
Local time: 16:34
Portuguese to English
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| Quite a long time... | Nov 16, 2010 |
First of all, it's been awhile since I've had a really long period without work, but I can remember a couple of times in the past when I went for a month or more with practically nothing. I had some money saved up, though, so it wasn't a problem.
These days I'm usually working on a book, and then take other jobs as they come in. If there's a slow period, I don't worry because I live alone, very simply (meaning don't spend much money), and also sock away money in case there's a dry s... See more First of all, it's been awhile since I've had a really long period without work, but I can remember a couple of times in the past when I went for a month or more with practically nothing. I had some money saved up, though, so it wasn't a problem.
These days I'm usually working on a book, and then take other jobs as they come in. If there's a slow period, I don't worry because I live alone, very simply (meaning don't spend much money), and also sock away money in case there's a dry spell.
As far as getting antsy if there's no work, I don't, because I have plenty of other things to do that are just as, if not more interesting!  ▲ Collapse
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