Do 9-5 jobs still exist in the U.S.?
Ever since I graduated, everywhere I've worked has been 8-5. My current company is going to soon start expecting us to be in 7-5.
How many of you here work a 9-5 with a paid lunch?
Productivity keeps going up but so do working hours.
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9-5 never made any sense to me.
I thought working 40 hours was the standard, but 9-5 with a paid lunch is less than 40 hours. So, the math never made sense.
The only place I heard of people working 9 to 5 was in Dolly Parton’s song. I’m enjoying reading everyone’s answers though, and I’m hoping someone chimes in that has actually worked a traditional, in office 9-5.
Might wanna check your math. 9-5 is eight hours. The paid lunch would be one of those hours. 8x5=40.
Unfortunately a lot of employers expect eight effective working hours a day so you'll see a lot of people working 9-5:30 and stuffing a Sammy down their gullet in their ten minutes of freedom in the middle of the day.
We're guaranteed the ability to take a lunch break without retribution but it being paid or unpaid is less of a guarantee - especially if you're salaried (aka hourly but not paid overtime).
Yes, a lot of employers expect to be able to commit wage theft with impunity. That doesn't mean you let them get away with it!
Oh, absolutely not - but it's an extremely common form of wage theft.