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WaterChi t1_j5c6fby wrote
Or, you know, just do your job and stop trying to game the system.
Boisyno t1_j5c6u2z wrote
No thank you.
MtPollux t1_j5c7l7o wrote
I'm glad you don't work for me.
Toothfairy29 t1_j5c81ch wrote
Bold of you to assume everyone gets to choose their lunch breaks
Global_Release_4182 OP t1_j5c87w2 wrote
PhantomTroupe-2 t1_j5cb7zm wrote
You will do all of that and I will get promoted before you because I told the manager a funny “my wife” joke
GramMobile t1_j5cgpkz wrote
Lord, you really tried hard there and that’s all you could think of?
incasesheisonheretoo t1_j5cj1ng wrote
If you have that kind of control over your work schedule, a better tip is to go in well before everyone else. I go in at 6 and leave at 3. Most people, my boss included, don’t get in until 8 or 9- which gives me a couple of hours in peace before the emails and meeting requests start rolling in. Even better, by the time they arrive and are just getting situated, I’m already in gear looking like I’m a much higher performer than I really am lol. They don’t know that I was taking it easy for those first couple of hours that no one else was there.
incasesheisonheretoo t1_j5cjlhq wrote
I don’t see where OP said that their job isn’t getting done.
PhantomTroupe-2 t1_j5cl0jl wrote
missingno_c4 t1_j5crelu wrote
Wait, you guys are getting lunch breaks?
AsashinDaka420 t1_j5d4yzu wrote
right. i have never had a job i could choose my own break
DavidTheBlue t1_j5d58tj wrote
Go to lunch with your boss.
SeveranceZero t1_j5drjch wrote
OP is saying take your 1 hour lunch 30 minutes before your boss starts their lunch. That way you can steal an extra 30 minutes of “lunch” because your boss isn’t back for another 30 minutes after your lunch ends, so they won’t notice you not working.
As with 99% other LPT, this isn’t actually a LPT. OP is just being a shitty employee.
SeveranceZero t1_j5drme9 wrote
Why are you telling people to steal 30 minutes of “lunch time”? That’s not a LPT and could get people fired.
It’s also a display of shitty behavior.
Scuka1 t1_j5dts1j wrote
Yes, in most countries (where workers rights are actually respected, as opposed to America), an employer is required by law to give you a lunch break.
Scuka1 t1_j5dtwss wrote
What do you mean "relax whilst boss finishes off their break"?
What does your boss do? Stand behind you with a whip as you do your work?
FrostyWizard505 t1_j5e0nb4 wrote
>steal 30 minutes of “lunch time”?
In what way is taking a standard 1 hour lunch break early considered stealing?
FrostyWizard505 t1_j5e0qoj wrote
I interpreted the LPT as the boss not being on your case for half an hour while you can get to work.
Ok_Bell_4090 t1_j5e2p32 wrote
In Germany you are required by law to take a 30min break after working for 6 hours. Most people take a lunch break 12-1pm and it’s well respected where people don’t put meeting in or anything. It’s unpaid though
alvaromateu t1_j5e2ubs wrote
Most times I go after my boss, and everyone else for that matter
YUNoSignin t1_j5e3ilp wrote
I was here thinking 'to feign productivity' or some shite, but no, it's to do nothing
ufaklik11 t1_j5e4wxh wrote
Another 15mins are required (so in total 45mim) if you work more than 8 hours in the day. Personally I don't like that law because it's a mandatory, yet unpaid break. I can see the idea behind it for physically hard working jobs but in my job I can just eat and chill while working because the work is chill, too.
Ephendril t1_j5e6umx wrote
LPT: if you worry about these situations, change job
Heisenberg_235 t1_j5e7lpi wrote
LPT: don’t work in a job where you’re boss sits around laying strict attention to what people do minute by minute.
darkcitrusmarmelade t1_j5e87dl wrote
I usually have my lunch break together with my boss, we have some good conversations while eating and then we both return to work when we need to (because i don't work at a toxic workplace).
DiverseIncludeEquity t1_j5e88zc wrote
“Our lunch breaks are stagger to prevent wasting time. Mines at 10:30 and I find that the first hour of the day goes by a lot quicker than the second 7 hours.”
This reminds of The Office episode where Dwight is (Acting) Manager.
bestaflex t1_j5e8bpo wrote
Works for holidays, never take the same as your boss... Twice the holiday!
DiverseIncludeEquity t1_j5e8nxg wrote
Geewhiz I wish there were some sort of law that protected laborers. Almost like some sort of “labor law.” The government should create a Department of Labor. Then that way it would be a legal requirement that you get to take a break. That would be too weird though, right? /s
TheCadburyGorilla t1_j5e8wvq wrote
That’s not what the post says at all
HonkyBoo t1_j5ebvbi wrote
Without sounding too obvious, I think the boss definitely does not stand behind him or her with a whip. But I’m in a similar situation, I work in a small office and when my boss isn’t around the professionalism definitely slows down a bit. A nice change of pace.
incasesheisonheretoo t1_j5ejisy wrote
Same. OP mentioned relaxing for an extra half hour- not staying on lunch for an extra half hour.
DroolingSlothCarpet t1_j5epgf2 wrote
Stop commenting with nonsense bullcrap.
SeveranceZero t1_j5eqckd wrote
That’s literally not what he’s saying at all. They are saying take your one hour lunch 30 minutes earlier so that you basically get an hour and a half lunch. He’s telling people to steal time.
incasesheisonheretoo t1_j5eqqhn wrote
This is one of the reasons people love WFH so much. My boss has no idea what I’m doing throughout the day. As long as my output reflects 40 hours worth of work each week, they don’t know (nor probably even care) when and how long my lunch is. It’s also the reason a lot of bad bosses hate WFH- they can’t micromanage an employee’s time as easily (unless it’s a job where you’re on camera or the phone all day).
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incasesheisonheretoo t1_j5erjec wrote
I’m always disappointed when I find out my boss is taking the same days off as me. I would’ve just worked if I knew they weren’t going to be there lol.
letsmeetupat420 t1_j5esx2n wrote
Me and my coworkers call this lunch number one and lunch number two.
BreakfastBeerz t1_j5etfuh wrote
Bosses get to take an hour lunch?
csbbacsob t1_j5evfyk wrote
Heck yeah. I do this too and it is a game changer. I get there an hour before everyone else , tidy up the office, brew some nice herbal tea, read something positive. Get my head in the right space and make a list of the day’s actionable items.
And I leave an hour earlier too, which is awesome cuz I wake up at like 0500. So by mid afternoon I’m used up and right about that time is when I generally split.
incasesheisonheretoo t1_j5ewbqh wrote
Yep! And I typically get to avoid rush hour by leaving earlier, saving me another 30+ minutes of sitting in traffic. I also get to utilize OP’s tip because my lunch break is an hour before everyone else’s. So when I come back from mine, most of them are leaving for theirs and I get some more time to myself.
TimmyThompsonn t1_j5exdna wrote
Unless your boss doesn’t take a lunch
Snacksmcgee07 t1_j5exoxb wrote
If you have to think of ways to relax around your boss, get another job. This aint right.
6byfour t1_j5f1t8w wrote
Employers in America are required to give you a lunch break.
PsychoEngineer t1_j5f2ciy wrote
Be careful with this though… leaving earlier than everyone else can carry negative impressions as well. It’s a high wire balance to achieve of coming in and leaving times such that the perception (which is all that matters) isn’t negatively effected.
DroolingSlothCarpet t1_j5fq41q wrote
Thankfully the post was removed and reasonable people will no longer see your comment.
incasesheisonheretoo t1_j5fxv5x wrote
Good point! My boss’s perception is the only one that matters (in my situation), and he can see what time I got there and should expect me to leave before everyone else. But I’ve also worked at places where your advice applies because coworkers started getting resentful watching me leave 2 hours before them every day- even though I got there 2 hours before them.
No-Injury-8690 t1_j5gbuqk wrote
I do, actually, I'm the first one to have my lunch
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