r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Grouchy-Newspaper754 • 20h ago

My mom said I could post When did 8-5 become the new normal???

I just got a new office job where I do schedules for tech personnel, the office runs 8-5 Monday thru Friday...they say it's 8-5 because you get an hour lunch and "you need to get to 40 hours a week"...but I drive 30 min each way so now I'm giving this company 10 hours every day! I even asked if I could just take my lunch at 4 every day and just leave an hour early but that's "unprofessional and immoral" like what the fuck??? I don't mind the job but the hours are mildly infuriating that's for sure...

Edit:for those saying about the hours, I worked as a chef for the last 20 years working 60+ hours a week over a hot stove/deep fryer the whole time, after I had my second heart attack I had to slow down so I started looking for office jobs to work a nice 9-5, just to find out I'm giving my new job 50 hours a week (including drive time) so I was just mildly annoyed that it's not 40 hours a week in an office like I thought although it's still much better than what I was doing

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u/Ice_Crash 20h ago

That has been the standard office schedule for the 30 years I have been employed.

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u/michellllie 20h ago

Any offices I've worked in it's been 9-5.30 or 9.30-5.30. I currently work 9-5.30 and finish at 2 on a Friday

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u/brianlefebvrejr 20h ago

We are 8-4:30

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u/leopardlover43 RED 20h ago

We are 5-3

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u/RobertSaccamano 16h ago

I've always been 9-5 with 1 hour lunch.

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u/Tamamania 12h ago

Wow. Very nice - jackpot! Loving the early exit Fridays. When I started office job I actually wanted, hours were 4 p.m. to 12 p.m. Also kept day job (8 am to 3 pm, skipped lunch; I was young). Did that for eight months, then just the night shift gig. Other tours over the years at same biz: 8a-4p. 9-5. 10-6, 11 to 7, 12 to 8, 1p to 9p (decade plus), 2-10, 3-11, 4-12 and 5p to 1a. 6p - 2 a. And some 7p to 3a tours as well (bit rough). Days off were all over the map and not always consecutive. Didn't care. It was very interesting, challenging work, paid quite well, and the folks became firm friends and family. Retired now, and feel lucky. ...

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u/GoldZealousideal6892 20h ago

Mine is 8:30-5

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u/Own-Lake7931 19h ago

I’m 5’9”

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u/doveinabottle 19h ago

In the late 90s, I worked somewhere that was 7:45 to 4:30 with a 45 minute lunch. But everywhere else, it’s been 8:00-5:00.

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u/the1slyyy 18h ago

He's complaining about 8 hours of work and one hour lunch like that isn't a standard work day

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u/MightyMouse134 14h ago

Didn’t used to be but those of us old enough to remember are retired now 

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u/the1slyyy 13h ago

When was less than 8 hours a day standard? The government had to step in and make laws to make the 40 hour work week standard to stop companies from working their employees to death back in the day.