Poll: Do you work on weekends? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Lieven Malaise 
Belgium
Local time: 21:17
Member (2020)
French to Dutch
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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).
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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 
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Gregor Trebec
Slovenia
Local time: 21:17
English to Slovenian
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You got to do, what you got to do.
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Samuel Murray
Netherlands
Local time: 21:17
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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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.
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Cecília Alves
Argentina
Local time: 16:17
Member (2011)
English to Portuguese
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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]
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Luca Adie
Germany
Local time: 21:17
German to English
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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.
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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.
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Daryo
Local time: 20:17
Serbian to English
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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... See more 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. ▲ Collapse
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