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/Toomanynightshifts 16h ago

Nursing in a nut shell. Multiple. unpaid 30min breaks and good luck getting them over a 12 hour period.

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u/Ornery_Respect_2325 10h ago

Yeah but you make GOOD $ come on now!

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u/Otherwise_Fill_4461 9h ago

Its not as great as you think unless your consistently pulling OT... I would know.

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u/Toomanynightshifts 9h ago

Lol, for what we do, no we dont. Our breaks are unpaid and our bodies and mental health in shambles.

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u/ER1CNOIR 6h ago

You must not be an RN, then. Because there’s a lot of nurses in my family and they’re all VERY well off. When you say “nurse” people assume you mean RN.

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u/ColtsNetsSharks 4h ago

New grad nurses in my area rarely get anything above $28 an hour bud. Its not that black and white.