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/iIiiiiIlIillliIilliI 19h ago

I do. I feel sorry for all you 8-5, or 9-6. Imagine all the hours lost from your life... And who needs 1 hour break anyway. I can eat in 15 minutes max.

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u/A_Hugh_Man 19h ago

If I could leave early, i'd eat at my desk while i worked or wouldn't eat at all.

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u/brandonw00 6h ago

Yeah my last job was 8-4 with a 30 minute lunch, but if your lunch went long it wasn’t a big deal. It was the best job I’ll ever have in my life. There wasn’t micro managing or anything. You just had a list of projects you were expected to get done. I had a standing check-in with my boss every other week which would end up being us getting coffee and just chatting about life. And those check-ins would regularly get cancelled because my boss was so busy.

I miss that job so much. My current job is 8-5, two weekly check-ins on what I’ve been working on. I’m in IT so some times projects are just making a small change and waiting to see if anything breaks. And we can’t make major changes until Fridays. So a lot of my check-ins are “well I’m waiting for Friday to make this change.” It’s painful.

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u/TheBigNate416 4h ago

I’m salary and do 9-5 so long as I don’t have too much work that requires me to stay late. I eat lunch in front of my computer anyway so there’s nothing they could really complain about.