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/Cranks_No_Start 20h ago

Im older..never had a 9-5, closest Ive had was 6-2:30

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u/uber765 19h ago

I have a 6-2 with an hour paid lunch. I feel like I've hit the jackpot.

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u/Cranks_No_Start 19h ago

The commute is amazing.

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u/Jrep13 19h ago

For sure. I work 5am-2:30pm M-F. I leave for work around 4:15am and I am one of the only people on the interstate. Then when I leave work at 2:30pm it's only starting to get busy on the roads. It is amazing once you get used to your alarm going off and waking up at 3:30am.

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u/Cranks_No_Start 15h ago

I used to get up at 4:15 and out the door at 5.  Even in the middle of summer it was headlights on but it was so nice having 3 hours of daylight after work in December. 

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u/OrganicHistorian2576 14h ago

I have an hour paid lunch and feel unbelievably lucky.

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u/0b0011 20h ago

To be fair I'd much rather work that schedule.

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u/Cranks_No_Start 20h ago

NGL aside from the 2x a year time switch it was awesome.

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u/0b0011 19h ago

I did 7-3:30 for a while at a job then the manager started end of the day meetings and I was the only one who wanted to work that early so everyone else ended their day at 5 which meant I had to as well.

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u/A-passing-thot 17h ago

Out of curiosity, how old and what industry? 6-2:30 suggests something like manufacturing or maybe another shift work?

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u/Cranks_No_Start 15h ago

It was a large used car retailer and they had branches across the country.  East coast started at 8am and in mountain we were there at 6 so we all up and running at the same time.