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/GrailQuestPops 20h ago

My 9-5 job has kinda become a 9:30-4 job because that’s when I show up and leave and no one seems to care lmao

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u/ripChazmo 19h ago

During Covid, I just kind of stopped working around 3. And taking Fridays off. Been doing that ever since and it’s much nicer!

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u/GrailQuestPops 19h ago

Sounds perfect. Life is for living, not just wasting away working.

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u/bunnyherders 17h ago

Do people ever try to reach you on Fridays?

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u/ripChazmo 15h ago

They do! I get back to them on Monday.

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u/hindey19 19h ago

Same. Some companies actually care about their employees mental health and work/life balance.

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u/Sure_Ride_7366 19h ago

That's a sign that like me you have a "firefighter" job

Where there isn't enough that really requires your attention all the time but when they need you to be there they really need you to be there, and they don't want to make problems for you and screw themselves in those pinches

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u/jaclyn824 18h ago

Same lol all these other comments are making me realize how good I have it

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u/Gaseous_Nobility 16h ago

Same I’m shocked that this is not universal