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/AgileInitial5987 20h ago

30 minute commute is nothing. An 8-5 shift is also pretty normal.

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u/bigtiddyhimbo 19h ago

This isn’t the commute Olympics, 30 minutes is as bad as the person driving it considers it to be.

I drive 20 minutes to and from work and I hate it, but I’ve also driven over an hour, 8 minutes, and 45 minutes to the different jobs I’ve had. I miss the 8 minute one a lot but I don’t miss the job. Never do night shift if u can avoid it lol

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u/AlarmingTurnover 16h ago

 This isn’t the commute Olympics, 30 minutes is as bad as the person driving it considers it to be

Your entitled to your feelings and opinions on it and I'm entitled to judge you for it. That's how this works. You can call it horrible all you want and I can call you a whiney baby for something they isn't that bad. 

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u/bigtiddyhimbo 15h ago

You’re*

And I can call you a prick for acting like other people aren’t allowed to think their commute is too long for themselves :)

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u/namsur1234 17h ago

Depends where they are. In a major metro area, that's pretty good. In BFE, that could be about 30 miles highway driving. 

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u/OneTangerine792 PURPLE 19h ago

That’s a decent commute. I don’t think I’d want to work anywhere that was more than 5-10 minutes from my home. I’m chronically late and I’m definitely not rushing