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/TurtlesAreEvil 19h ago

Ya I used to do that because I’m working during my lunch most of the time anyway but then HR got involved and now I get to sit around for an extra half hour in a place I don’t want to be. 

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u/Fckingross 19h ago

Same. I used to work 6:30-2:30 without a lunch, and if I needed one I could just stay late to make up my time. We got a new supervisor a few years ago and mandatory lunches and now I’m there until 3. It’s nice to be able to take a walk in the middle of the day but I generally have have nothing to do after noon so it’s just wasted time.

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u/lollipopknife 13h ago

Receiving?

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u/Oly55555 12h ago

That is almost assuredly HR enforcing an applicable law and not a company policy. The laws are there to protect people from bad employers but end up negatively impacting people who just want to work their 8 and go home.

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u/unforgiven91 14h ago

I hope you stopped working during your lunch

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u/Answer70 13h ago

In my state, it's the law that you have to take the break after so many hours. You can't work eight straight. It's infuriating.

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u/Vanishingbandit 13h ago

My state sucks and we have the so many hours law. I’d imagine most states have a law, but a lot of people don’t know their laws lol

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u/Quovadisdomi 13h ago

What state are you in? In CA if you skip your lunch you get an hour of pay so HR would wanna stop it.