Submitted by totoropotatoes t3_11bd52n in newjersey
Anyone notice more jobs are now doing 9-6 to count your lunch break? I got my first “real” job and it’s 9-6. Kinda sucks… I heard it’s becoming more popular. Also worked on Presidents’ Day. Anyone else?
I’m actually lucky and work remote bc they’re based in Atlanta,GA. But living where I live, everything is so far so I still have no time to get errands or gym done at a decent time. I’m always back my 9/10pm and I sleep at 12am.
Woah that’s kinda nice they didn’t care. Apparently mine used to watch ur screens all day but they recently stopped doing that 👌🏻 now that I’ve been onboarded my schedules way too busy anyways. Sometimes Idek if I can fit my break in. I’ll have to talk to them if they schedule too much for me..
I had one job.... They had a time clock that recorded the minute (many do 1/10 hour or similar, not here)
At the end of the week, they'd have a supervisor sit with a pile of cards and look at everyone's punch in time.... 3 minutes late in one day.. or 3 minutes late for the entire week, they'd dock you for 3 minutes. Nevermind getting there early, no credit. Nor for leaving 3 minutes late, nor shortening your lunch....
And this one poor guy doing the asshat's work spent 3 hours.... At double the pay that they were "saving."
This was long ago, when classified ads were printed every day. We finally started posting the ads, daily... Next to the time clock. (And nobody took them down)
That's terrible. The company I work for requires hourly employees to take a 30 min lunch and they pay you for it, in addition to your two 15 min paid breaks.
That much, we had.. but by state law
Your state requires paid lunch?
Yeh both of these jovs were salary so it didn't matter anyway. One was in person and my current is hybrid. But mostly remote.
We live in the northeast. It sucks ass but part of our culture unfortunately. hustle and bustle
9-6pm has definitely become the standard. Especially since Covid and remote jobs. I work in sales and the markets I cover are FL and TX. They might as well be another country. My colleagues in those states ask "is this 24/7 work culture normal for you guys?"
It is, my friend. unfortunately it is.
So true. My coworker said she wants to live in nyc n I was like ahaaaa ya sure. Its sooo romanticized. But ya I’m jealous I wish I was even in a different time zone to wake earlier and end earlier. My coworker in CA ends at 3. That means he can see his doctor. What an honor for a human being to be able to see his doctor 🙄
Right?!? Sunday afternoon is my only free time to run errands/catch up on stuff. If I tell my boss I need to leave for an hour to go to a doctors appointment, he acts like the sky is falling. I work for a large national company, make great money, benefits etc. I’ve been working here for 7 years and if I request ONE day off they consider it a catastrophe. It’s like I’m asking the mean teacher in high school to use the bathroom,
Ugh that’s honestly ridiculous. They should know u can get stuff done if you’ve been there for 7 years. I’m so scared bc they just fired a girl the day after she came back from vacation. It was so sudden. They said it was bc “she wasn’t always growing”. So corporate 😂 Like are we not allowed to use our vacation? I’m scared to even leave an hour or two early for a dr appt lol. I’m in marketing/design agency so similar field
I haven’t noticed that but if I were you I would read up on your rights. Since you’re working remotely your lunch break could qualify as a working lunch and therefore be paid since you’re not really leaving your place of work on your break. They also can’t mandate you to take a break either so them making you work 9-6 and assuming you’re taking an hours worth of breaks in the day would not be compliant from my understanding. Short breaks of less then 20 minutes are in fact paid and count towards your hours worked. While you may be salaried, you may be working overtime without realizing it and depending on your job and responsibilities you may not be exempt from overtime pay.
https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/workhours/breaks
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/17a-overtime
We’ve actually transitioned our work force to four 10 hour days, breaks included as paid. I wish that was more of the trend because the employees absolutely love it and independent studies have documented the benefits of it extensively.
But anyway don’t hesitate to contact the state DOL, I call them myself every so often with questions just to make sure we’re compliant as things change. They’re extremely helpful in all aspects.
This is great advice thank you. I’ll look into it! The agency I work for is clearly all about profits and they’re all mid to late 20s. Including me. And the hr is the founders wife. I’m sure u can assume the culture already.
No problem! Yeah MBA spreadsheet ninja types I’m sure. Best of luck to you, if you’re looking to make a move the best time to find a new job is while you have one.
This.. he has more ammo than he thinks. Replacing him costs. And a better work environment with a respectful employer can last longer than this deserves to.
At the end of the day, you deserve a good measure of Self Respect.
I did the 4x10 for a time.. my boss liked that in the summer.... It was different, but I Gained nothing. All my errands got crammed into one day and they felt like A Job.
Add preparing for the day and commuting and it can be more like 7-7. I’m not saying people should be paid for time not in office, but it should be considered when not paying for lunch.
I've never worked somewhere that was 8 hours INCLUDING lunch. It's always been 8 hours working and lunch is separate. The places that pay for your lunch period are the rarity, I think ! Or they just call it a 35 hour week , everyone is exempt , and work through lunch.
My first big corpo job was 8-5, with a catch.
The department leader would walk the floor at 7:30am and 5:15pm to check on who’s putting in extra time.
I will never take an office job.
My hours are 8-6 with 1hr break
Yes but mine is 8-5 🙄
9-5 doesn’t really exist anymore outside government jobs.
9-5 is only a song…
More like 8-7.
It was always 8 to 5 when I got a job
Ive worked 9-8 many times
I work 8 hours with an unpaid mandatory 30 min break smack in the middle of the day for lunch then separately two paid 15 min breaks 😵💫
Do u work at tjmaxx?
No, customer service center. Do they do that there too?
Yes lol. Well we had a 45 minute unpaid mandatory and two 15 mins lol. Glad I was able to get out of there. Love ur pfp btw
Ugh that sucks. Thankfully I wfh, it would be even worse to be at work being forced to give my time off the clock and extend the work day.
Ty! I love and miss Quinn.
falcon0159 t1_j9xb9rq wrote
Yeah, this is kinda common. I worked for a job that was 9-5:30 or 8:30 to 5 with 30 minute lunch. Some places also don't care. I can take a 2 hour lunch at my current job and no one would say shit.