Comment on after 40 all meals are horror
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes, eventually it ends when you’re promoted to middle management and you have to forage for granola bars and cookies during the few seconds you get between meetings. Stay an IC for as long as you can.
Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
That sounds like a toxic-work-culture thing that I’m faaaar too European to understand. I’m off for a two hour lunch, don’t text me
Got_Bent@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s been years since I’ve eaten food away from my desk. And God forbid I should forget to bring food and need to run downstairs for sixteen seconds to purchase something. That’s truly one of the seven deadly sins.
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Is a proper meal period with rest not guaranteed by law?
Or is it, but it’s hard to fight for it because the workplace culture is shaped differently?
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I’m in the state of Georgia: no provision for breaks are given at all.
I used to live in the UK: I think the rule was employers are required to give 30 mins per 10 hours works, cannot be in the first or last hour.
Got_Bent@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Combination of being salaried plus industry culture.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
TIL I’m European