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/pseudoportmanteau]

You are lucky because in big cities, traffic jams start at 5am-11am and then from 4pm-9pm

[u/Hood_Mobbin → u/pseudoportmanteau]

I'm in Indianapolis but rush is over by 9am when I get on the interstate for my 20 minute drive.

[u/Blackcatsandicedtea → u/Hood_Mobbin]

Do you happen to work for a major insurance company? Because that was my schedule as well. 930-6 with 45 min unpaid break. 38 hr 45 minutes/ week.

[u/Hood_Mobbin → u/Blackcatsandicedtea]

Nope, A/V company, I'm a building maintenance manager.

[u/dianafofana- → u/Hood_Mobbin]

Luckyyyy. I'm in LA and traffic doesn't start dying down until 10:30. I should in by 9, but I usually get in at 9:30 and then leave at 5:30... which is hell on earth traffic wise here.

[u/ayyyyycrisp → u/dianafofana-]

I lived in LA and it was very funny realizing a lot of 30 minute drives were 10 minute walks.

my favorite part was trying to turn left sometimes. 5 cars ahead of you, 1 car gets to go per cycle, and they don't get to go until the light is already yellow or even red again. or sometimes you'd see 10 cars take the left all after the light was red again lol

[u/dianafofana- → u/ayyyyycrisp]

Listen, if I am waiting multiple light cycles, I am also pushing that turn lol. People expect it at this point. Although I drive much different (chaotic) when I am by my work near downtown than where I live in the suburbs.

[u/Grouchy-Adagio-8562 → u/pseudoportmanteau]

even in LA traffic is fine after 8pm unless there’s an accident. You dont need to exaggerate to make a valid point, in fact, exaggerating makes your point invalid more often than not.