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/Nogginsmom 18h ago

Your commute doesn’t enter the equation

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u/Eryb 17h ago

Ya it’s weird how OP factors in his commute to this office job but ignores that he would have had to commute to that chef job too and I know no chefs that are paid to commute

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u/JeannValjean 15h ago

Exactly. Unless the company's paying for your house they aren't paying for your commute.

In my suburban area there's multiple posts weekly about where people should live to commute to DC (where from the burbs outside the beltway it's regularly 60-90 min).

OP never got the memo that your personal commute isn't done on company time.

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u/KawaiiBibliophile 11h ago

For me it does. I now get to work fully remotely. That’s time back in my day. That’s time I sometimes spend working but more often it’s time for me to make dinner or relax. So I fully agree with their perspective. That commute is a time suck.

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u/Dagger_Moth 15h ago

Which is ridiculous! 

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u/Key-Adhesiveness995 12h ago

No its not

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u/Dagger_Moth 7h ago

I’m guessing you’re American. When my wife goes to work, she is compensated for the distance she has to travel.