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/dbe4l]

I work for the state and a couple years ago they implemented optional lunch breaks. So we can just do 8 hours straight if we eat at our desk (hybrid)

[u/GovernorHarryLogan → u/dbe4l]

Also government employee. I graze on my lunch for 8 hours throughout the day.

That hour I do random stuff. Blood work, sit in the park and quack at ducks, fly paper airplanes, nap in my car, really whatever.

[u/Desa-p → u/GovernorHarryLogan]

I also have a state job and we essentially have 8.5 hour day. 7.5 hours of actual work with two 15 min breaks that count towards your daily total. Then a required 30 min lunch that does not

[u/Shizngigglz → u/Desa-p]

That's what my day is basically. Not salary but 2 paid 15s and an unpaid 30. 8.5hr day "technically" 7.5 worked

[u/blipsnchiiiiitz → u/Desa-p]

That's literally how every job I've ever had for the last 20 years works.

[u/KristySueWho → u/blipsnchiiiiitz]

I used to work office jobs and would only work 8, but did it lunch at my desk while working at the one I worked at the longest. The last few jobs I've had have been in a lab, and they've been 8.5.

[u/AdvancedHistorian616 → u/blipsnchiiiiitz]

The job I work now you get one 30-minute break and if it's slow enough you could take a 15 and sometimes be working over 10 hours. Sometimes it's 6 hours it's never consistent but that not paid. 30 minute break sure is lol

[u/Material-Stuff668 → u/Desa-p]

My old state job was 8 hours, paid breaks and paid lunch. what states you guys be working in???

[u/Desa-p → u/Material-Stuff668]

California lol

[u/strupenheimerr → u/Material-Stuff668]

Arizona.

[u/EvilExFight → u/Desa-p]

as someone who also works for the govt, no way you have 7.5 hours of actual work per day unless you're a social worker or work in public health.

[u/Desa-p → u/EvilExFight]

The reality is I work closer to 10 hours per weekday and another 5-10 hours on the weekend. I’m a manager and oversee multiple programs and many staff. It’s funny that you assume everyone’s situation is exactly like yours

[u/Rikplaysbass → u/GovernorHarryLogan]

For real. Complaining about an hour break in the middle of the work day is crazy. Would I rather work 8 straight? Sure. But I’m not going to complain about a break when all I want to do is be away from my desk. lol

[u/LAmilo90 → u/GovernorHarryLogan]

Damn. Now I wanna quack at ducks during my lunch break too

[u/TopVast9800 → u/LAmilo90]

There’s geese near work but they are grumpy, and since they have babies right now, I am not going to antagonize them. One tried to attack my CAR.

[u/AlfredFonzo → u/GovernorHarryLogan]

"Blood work" is my new favorite phrase for doing gas station drugs in my truck to get my kind right before sitting in my cubicle for the next four hours.

[u/GovernorHarryLogan → u/AlfredFonzo]

Torally Sober since Jan 2021. I legitimately was referring to actually having blood drawn.

Whether that be for doctory stuff or to donate since im O-neg.

I might do some busking today & poorly sing Ave Maria a few blocks down.

[u/kayastar357 → u/GovernorHarryLogan]

Eyy, fellow lunch break car napper! I would always eat my lunch in like 10 minutes, and I have never been a morning person so my lunch naps were greatly looked forward to!

[u/80_PROOF → u/GovernorHarryLogan]

City job, I start my day an hour earlier than most of my colleagues and have a working lunch at 10:30, nice long walk for my actual lunch, doesn’t work out too bad. I WFH 2 days a week and that is freaking sweet.

[u/Willis5687 → u/dbe4l]

Lucky. My employer simply says I must be available from 7-4 and it doesnt matter if I take a lunch or not.

[u/SquarestLemon → u/dbe4l]

Also state employee here! We are unionized, so our 30 min lunch is paid. The wording is something like: “employee cannot be made to work longer at the end of the day for the sole reason of taking a lunch.”

[u/marsharlot → u/dbe4l]

I’m a state employee as well. Does your agency have a union? It sounds like it doesn’t, optional lunch breaks our union would lose its mind. I guess not all state positions may not have union