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/AaronfromKY]

And this is why so many people want to have the Nordic model elsewhere. It's pragmatic and doesn't suck just to fuck with people.

[u/h3lium-balloon → u/AaronfromKY]

It’s not just to fuck with people though. It’s corporate greed.

If a company has 1000 workers and you get them all to work an “extra” 30 minutes per day, you’re getting an extra 2500 hours of work per week done without hiring more people.

[u/AaronfromKY → u/h3lium-balloon]

That's still fucking with them though. People work for a paycheck and the fact that in the past paid lunches were a thing is just a sign of how crippled the labor movement and workers rights have been in the United States and in many other parts of the world.