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Poll: Which day of the week do you usually get more assignments?
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 10:13
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Too variable Sep 24, 2023

I've noticed no big difference based on the day of the week, let's say that I get most of my requests on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. Friday is almost always very quiet (contrary to what I hear quite often some of my fellow Prozians say I usually don’t receive translation inquiries for work on a Friday). In over 40 years I can’t remember ever receiving a translation request on a Sunday, and I’ve received no more than a handful on a Saturday…

Iulia Parvu
Josephine Cassar
expressisverbis
 
Mr. Satan (X)
Mr. Satan (X)
English to Indonesian
Don't Know Sep 24, 2023

It's too random.

expressisverbis
 
Simon Turner
Simon Turner
Weekday chickens Sep 24, 2023

More or less, in the following order:

Friday (always with the words "have a nice weekend!")
Thursday ("see? I got it to you before Friday!")
Monday (some poor client had to work over the weekend)
Tuesday (looks like someone should have but didn't work this weekend)
Wednesday ("could you deliver by the end of the week?")
Saturday ("you can still do it for Monday evening, I hope? It's only a page or two...")
Sunday ("so sorry to bother you on a Sund... See more
More or less, in the following order:

Friday (always with the words "have a nice weekend!")
Thursday ("see? I got it to you before Friday!")
Monday (some poor client had to work over the weekend)
Tuesday (looks like someone should have but didn't work this weekend)
Wednesday ("could you deliver by the end of the week?")
Saturday ("you can still do it for Monday evening, I hope? It's only a page or two...")
Sunday ("so sorry to bother you on a Sunday!")

"Conosco i miei polli", literally "I know my chickens", is how the Italians say something like "I know what I'm dealing with". I this, case, I know my clients. ▲ Collapse


Susanna Martoni
 
Tom in London
Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:13
Member (2008)
Italian to English
It could be any day but.... Sep 24, 2023

....probably never on Monday mornings because everyone in Italy is just getting back to work.

Most annoying time: end of the day on Friday.

Anja Hajek
Anette Hilgendag
Susanna Martoni
 
Juno Bos
Juno Bos  Identity Verified
Zambia
Local time: 11:13
Member (2011)
German to Dutch
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Always Friday Sep 24, 2023

Someone needs to take it...
 
Alex Lichanow
Alex Lichanow
Germany
Local time: 11:13
Member (2020)
English to German
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Any day really Sep 25, 2023

I am still failing to see any patterns, except for slow Monday mornings and USUALLY slow Friday afternoons.
Also, I think I could count the number of requests I have ever received on weekends on one hand, and I usually don't reply to those before Monday morning anyway.

[Edited at 2023-09-25 07:34 GMT]

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
expressisverbis
 
Zea_Mays
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Italy
Local time: 11:13
Member (2009)
English to German
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I just know the day with less ones Sep 25, 2023

M o n d a y

(but funnily enough, today is an outlier)
 


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