It’s interesting how different work environments, laws and rules can be as to influence or assumptions. Where I live lunch breaks are always paid, so I was appalled by your comment. Until I read the last part. Shows how easy it is to take stuff for granted and that we always have to push back.
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Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
Tbh I don’t really want a 1 hour lunch break. Wtf do I do with an hour? Mostly end up sat around bored for most of the time and not even getting paid for it.
If it’s a paid break I am more interested.
agavaa@lemmy.world 5 days ago
sobchak@programming.dev 5 days ago
I’ve had jobs with 1 hour lunch breaks before. Well, actually I don’t even think it was in writing, and we could take a break whenever we wanted for however long we wanted. Sometimes I’d go to a restaurant with co-workers, but mostly just brought food from home and took maybe a 30 minute break and go back to working. I’ve also had a job with a 4.5 day work week which was really convenient (it let me get a lot done before stuff like banks closed). I’ve also had a job with unlimited PTO, but that’s kind of a scam (everyone was afraid they’d get fired if they took PTO).
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
If lunch isn’t paid there is no chance I am working through it
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
Sure, if it was paid I would be much happier with it. I did say that.
Grass@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Usually here you get 30 min paid 30 min unpaid. I’ve worked jobs where they force you to take the unpaid break but I’ve also worked jobs where its optional and you work and get paid for the time if you want. Or the rarity, the one job where we could work through both, go home early, and get paid for the break we weren’t even at work for.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I get a half hour paid break and am hour lunch. You don’t know what you’re missing out on the be so staunchly against it.