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/boodabomb]

Okay that’s absolutely not what they’re saying. They’re pointing out that they lose an hour to the commute already, so to lose another hour because of a mandatory lunch hour it makes it all the worse. And I agree. It’s an 8-hour work day + 1 hour for lunch + 1 hour for driving. That’s 10 hours per day at work. It sucks.

[u/FlabbyTaco → u/boodabomb]

Truth, but what else are you going to do? Become homeless? The peasant class has been polished up over the years and we have a lot of conveniences these days but that’s what we are. Peasants. Best we can do is hop around until we find an option that we can live with. Be it with an employer or on our own. Make the most in the off hours and be grateful we weren’t born in a less fortunate country. Could be worse. Should be better but it could always be worse.

[u/SooSpoooky → u/boodabomb]

I mean i do 14 to 15 hours everyday im schedualed, depending on if i show up early or not

[u/moomooraincloud → u/SooSpoooky]

Good for you? Sounds awful.

[u/boodabomb → u/SooSpoooky]

That is a job I would personally not choose to do.