Many people still work 9-5.
this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2024
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Observe your coworkers carefully and see how many really work 7 hours per day.
I definitely would argue most people don't ever work 8 hours a day.
Even when I was scheduled in a factory, I had 10-15min here, 30min there of downtime waiting on the line, going poo, being told to change posts, watching people drop pallets and then everyone scrambling to pick up the spill.
That's why I'll always advocate work from home. Get your shit done, and get on with life.
Speak for yourself
But I do, acrually. As do many with office jobs?
Every office job I’ve ever worked has been 8-5
Can you tell me your industry so I never go into it?
- Mortgage acquisition for a big bank
- Transportation engineering
- Library
- Software engineering
- Green building consulting
8 to 5 seems much more common where I am.
I always thought 9 to 5 was the actual standard american working time. I also thought it was weirdly late.
So at what time do Americans actually work?
I mean, I'm at work from 8 to 5, but the hours where I actually do work are closer to 9 to 5...
7:30am to 4pm with 30 minute lunch break.
It is an American thing. In France it is usually 9 to 6 with a 2 hours lunch between because we like to have fun.
If it isn't 9 to 5 then why would you call it a 9 to 5
I work 9 hour days with a 30 min lunch 6:30 - 4:00, Mon - Thurs. Then Friday is a half day, 6:30 - 10:30, its kind of growing on me. And if I feel like it I can just work a full day Friday and get easy 4 hours of overtime.
I'd love to work 9-5, I'm more like...6:45am to 9pm :|
7-3:30 most days, 5-1:30 others. I love it.
9-6 for me. Thanks obama
I'm not American, what did Obama do to weaken workers' rights ?
Well for one he was tall
I literally do
630-5 here. Of course, all of our office folk do, in fact, work 9-5.
It might not be 9-to-5, but it can still be a 9-to-5.
I work 3pm-11pm so I always say I work the evening shift.
I can see why you’d say that
Only exceptionally bad jobs (or exceptionally well paid jobs) are not 9to5 ime.
9-5 doesn't include unpaid lunch break. Do you eat at your desk while working?
Paid lunch break
What're you, European or something?
Sometimes. My work is pretty variable. Some days I have to search for things to do. Others I have lots with short due dates. On busy days I eat at my desk. On really busy days I don't eat. It evens out in the end because I can leave early on slow days to make up the time.
Most jobs include a 30-60 minute paid lunch break, making 9-5 completely plausible.
Most jobs include a 30-60 minute paid lunch break
What? Where do you live? I’ve only ever had one job with a paid lunch break and I’ve worked a lot of jobs
And that's for the people lucky enough to be able to work 8 hours a day, I'm 5a-6p lol
Quit. Maybe you can find some luck.
I do about 10am to midnight five days a week. Fortunately my job is really easy.
I used to work 7 - 3:30 but now that I can choose my own work hours I prefer not to start till 8
Yeah and in that movie those gals had a paid lunch hour WITHIN that 9-5 timeframe. Can you imagine? Damn that would be nice.
Every place I've ever worked most people who worked 8s worked 8-5 with a 1 hour unpaid lunch. In fact, 8-5 is what is considered business hours in my industry.