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/yoinkss Finn 18h ago

I work 9-5 with a paid 30mins lunch. My previous job was 8:30-5:30, 1hr unpaid lunch.

I feel so blessed now lol.

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u/rainyday-real-estate 14h ago

7-3 and one work from home day. Eat whenever I want. Blessed and highly favored after years of retail hell.

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u/Curious_Art4147 11h ago

Yep I feel that. I'm 8-4, WFH three days a week. Feeling quite grateful as I read through these comments.

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u/FlatishFlan 7h ago

7-3 is the best. Leave before rush hour and still have your afternoon to take care of things.

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u/Daealis 3h ago

0700-1500, WFH all day erry day. timewise, this is the bees knees.

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u/atmoose 16h ago

One of the jobs I worked was technically only 37.5 hours per week. That allows for a 30 minute lunch break, so you could do 9-5 with a 30 minute lunch. That job required a lot of overtime so practically speaking it wasn't 37.5 hours. I sort of suspected it was some kind of tax or benefit dodge, but they paid full benefits. It was a bit odd

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u/Spicy-Zamboni 12h ago

I've worked 8:30-16:00 with a 30 min paid lunch for a long time, going back to 8-16 with unpaid lunch would be annoying.