Comment on Do 9-5 jobs still exist in the U.S.?
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 months agoMight wanna check your math. 9-5 is eight hours. The paid lunch would be one of those hours. 8x5=40.
Comment on Do 9-5 jobs still exist in the U.S.?
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 months agoMight wanna check your math. 9-5 is eight hours. The paid lunch would be one of those hours. 8x5=40.
xmunk@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
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).
grue@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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!
xmunk@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Oh, absolutely not - but it’s an extremely common form of wage theft.