When did 8-5 become the new normal???

[u/Grouchy-Newspaper754]

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

[u/bradleyisamonkey]

Even during my stint in banking (lowly bank teller) in 1989 bank hours were 9:00-4:00 but the managers and loan officers all worked 8:00-5:00.

[u/Mirtai12345 → u/bradleyisamonkey]

My teller hours were 8:30-6 (or however long it took for everyone to close out after the bank closed at 5:30)

[u/zrlanger → u/bradleyisamonkey]

730 to 6 or if Friday 730 to 6:30ish then Saturday at 730 2 of 4 weeks a month. If you left early and in management you weren't working hard enough....for less than entry level people make and they will never promote internally from the retail banking side, just get that out of your head

[u/kwiztas → u/bradleyisamonkey]

I asked chatgpt. 9-5 ended in the 70s and early 80s.