Comment on How tf do people who work 8-5 M-F get any life done?

Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• drsaxoncrawfish@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  That is the standard workday in the US. 8 AM to 5 PM with a one-hour unpaid lunch at noon because they want to get eight hours of work out of you. It used to be 9-5 with a paid lunch but that got gutted decades ago.

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  • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I didn’t realize it was gutted. We’re 7.5 here with 2 15 minute breaks.

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• Manticore@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Unpaid 1hr lunchbreak. Pretty common today to work 8-5 in a 4:4

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  • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yea, cool.

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  • LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Does “in a 4:4” mean 4 days on, 4 days off?

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    • Manticore@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      4 hours paid work, 1hr unpaid lunch, four hours paid work, home.

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      • LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Oh yeah, that’s been a common pattern for years and years. I think “9 to 5” refers more to higher-ranking people who get a paid lunch hour out of their 8 as a perk.

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• LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Lots of people have 8 hrs paid work time + an actual lunch hour.

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  • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Lol

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• Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Not everyone gets to only work 8, lol

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  • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Should they

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    • Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I mean it should be their choice to work more or not. So yes and no.

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      • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        It’s not their choice if they’re them coming here to complain they don’t have time for their own life.

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    • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Shouldn’t people have a life outside work? The system is coercive enough as it is, and certainly not to our benefit. Basically, ALL your living time is occupied, preventing you from living a simple life.

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• bold_atlas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  You have to physically get to work don’t you?

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  • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    No

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    • bold_atlas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Most people do.

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      • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Depends on the job.

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