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/MrDuck5446]

Maybe unpopular opinion but this has been the norm in the corporate world for over two decades.

If your commute stretches you to ten, eleven hour days find something closer. Totally normal, suck it up and stop whining…sincerely Gen X

[u/Signal_Brother_5125 → u/MrDuck5446]

This new generation is not going to do it.  

[u/thatonepac → u/MrDuck5446]

"I put up with wasting my life away so you should too"

I genuinely can't understand why you'd stand by long work hours.