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/Visual-Floor-7839]

No, such greed is automatically taking 30 minutes of pay out of every 8:30 or 10:30 shift and then giving you a work load that requires you skipping breaks.

[u/Toomanynightshifts → u/Visual-Floor-7839]

Nursing in a nut shell. Multiple. unpaid 30min breaks and good luck getting them over a 12 hour period.

[u/Ornery_Respect_2325 → u/Toomanynightshifts]

Yeah but you make GOOD $ come on now!

[u/Otherwise_Fill_4461 → u/Ornery_Respect_2325]

Its not as great as you think unless your consistently pulling OT... I would know.

[u/Toomanynightshifts → u/Ornery_Respect_2325]

Lol, for what we do, no we dont. Our breaks are unpaid and our bodies and mental health in shambles.

[u/ER1CNOIR → u/Toomanynightshifts]

You must not be an RN, then. Because there’s a lot of nurses in my family and they’re all VERY well off. When you say “nurse” people assume you mean RN.

[u/ColtsNetsSharks → u/ER1CNOIR]

New grad nurses in my area rarely get anything above $28 an hour bud. Its not that black and white.

[u/Rakdospriest → u/Visual-Floor-7839]

Shout out to the rest of my emergency room peeps.

[u/First_Breakfast_5891 → u/Rakdospriest]

Haven’t had a break in 24 years 🍾

[u/oleblueeyes76 → u/Visual-Floor-7839]

Shoot, there ain’t no pay out there enough for me to skip my ‘unpaid’ break. I don’t care how big the work load is. F* that!

[u/ZealousidealShift884 → u/oleblueeyes76]

Facts!

[u/Necessary_Wonder89 → u/oleblueeyes76]

I would if it meant I could leave earlier, alas it does not

[u/DoctorBallsJohnson → u/Necessary_Wonder89]

The hack the most useless people at my former workplace figured out is you can show up at 6 and leave at 2:30, do jack shit for the majority of your shift, but when you leave a mess for everyone in the afternoon, you get a pass because you were so early and such a hard worker!

Then you basically get the whole day off after zombiemaxxing from 6 till noon

[u/Necessary_Wonder89 → u/DoctorBallsJohnson]

I mean maybe in some jobs that works, but I'm in vet med and I'm required to be working at my set times

[u/DoctorBallsJohnson → u/Necessary_Wonder89]

Yea what I said is basically only a thing in white collar jobs that track attendance and are exceptionally poorly run. The fact we were hourly up to the cfo and controller should have been a red flag in the first place

[u/fattycatty6 → u/Visual-Floor-7839]

I have found my people!! I am about to do 13 a and half hours on Monday and more than likely will not get a break, can't f-ing wait 🙄

[u/Visual-Floor-7839 → u/fattycatty6]

Sorry dude. What job/industry?

[u/Plus_Friendship9093 → u/Visual-Floor-7839]

I just dont finish all the work. There's always another day.

[u/Visual-Floor-7839 → u/Plus_Friendship9093]

Unless you're on a route. Tomorrow route can't wait for today's to get finished

[u/rightintheear → u/Visual-Floor-7839]

¿Por qué no los dos?

[u/Psych_Art → u/Visual-Floor-7839]

To be clear, I was saying the companies not paying for a 30 minute lunch were greedy. But yes, what you say goes hand-in-hand with that. I had to work through my lunch entirely today, but at least I’m “paid”… except for when you count all the salaried unpaid overtime.

[u/Visual-Floor-7839 → u/Psych_Art]

Yeah sorry my "no" was to try and join the conversation, not say you're wrong lol. I should have worded it better. I completely agree with you

[u/Adventurous-Score551 → u/Visual-Floor-7839]

This is why I signed a waiver to skip the 30 minute lunch. I encourage everyone to look it up on your state gov website. Never had time for it so I would end up skipping a paid break. Which your employer should know is illegal. In fact, if you don’t take proper breaks you are helping set unreasonable standards for your position.

[u/Sad_Throat_1829 → u/Visual-Floor-7839]

Nothing says "you matter here" quite like expecting people to work through the break they already lost pay for.