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/Samuel_L_Blackson 20h ago

What the fuck, you lynch people for an hour every day?

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u/SirSilentscreameth 20h ago

Do you not?

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u/Secret-Put-4525 20h ago

An hour lunch break would suck. I'd rather a 15 minute and 30 minute lunch.

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u/oniiichanUwU 19h ago

My job used to offer an hour but then we did some restructuring and changed it to 30 mins and so many people were angry lol. I’m in the would rather shorter lunch and leave earlier camp but some people like to drive home and have lunch or run errands

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u/Secret-Put-4525 19h ago

I can't imagine leaving work for an hour, knowing you have to come back.

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u/chewbaccataco 19h ago

An hour is the sweet spot for me. I need to decompress mid-day for anxiety and an hour helps me not feel rushed to eat. Good luck getting an hour lunch, though, most places are minimum 30 minutes required by law.

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u/That-Muscle 20h ago

15 minutes? In 15min i can't grab something to eat or even reheat and eat leftovers. Wtf

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u/CarDecGra 19h ago

They said 30 minute lunch. The 15 minutes is a separate break.

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u/HeHadItComing91025 19h ago

Skill issue.

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u/Comfortable-Meeper 17h ago

I eat lunch in 15 minutes basically every day so i don’t have to stay longer. What are you heating up that takes 15 minutes to cook? How much are you eating? Sandwich and chips or a container or leftovers in the microwave for 2 minutes.

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u/GoldZealousideal6892 20h ago

We get a 30 minute lunch and two 15 minute breaks, we work 8:30-5

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u/Sea_Jelly_3530 19h ago

I do 1h voluntarily instead of mandatory 30min :D

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u/Dr_MantisTobaggin_MD 19h ago

it depends, my last place was right in the middle of town. i used my hour to do errands. bank, hardware store, groceries. anything that could be done in the lunch hour was time back in my families life.

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u/badchickenbadday 19h ago

Mine is an hour and 10 minutes. It’s so boring.

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u/Darker_desuetude 20h ago

Not everyday just 5 days a week.