[sigwinch28]

2000 / 52 ≈ 38 hours a week, every week of the year. That's 9am-5:30pm Mon-Fri with 30m for lunch. So basically a household of two full-time jobs to make £45k/yr gross.

When exactly do these two people take holiday or sick leave?

[grecy]

And how do they pay for childcare, or actually enjoy their lives.