Do 9-5 jobs still exist in the U.S.?

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• governorkeagan@lemdro.id ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My first job in Europe (about 5 years ago) was 8-6 with 1 hour of paid lunch and a mandatory 30 minute break. I think that was the closest I’ve come to 9-5. Other jobs have been more flexible with when I start and finish.

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• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I am technically on 8am-5pm, though the boss lets us stop responding to emails at 430pm and head home. I’d have to answer a call or text, but that never happens. I get 1h unpaid lunch.

  My coworkers come in a half hour later but only get a half hour lunch. I like the longer break, so I’m find with it. Technically, we’re all salaried, so we can show up a bit late or leave a bit early so long as we communicate with the boss about it.

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• Donebrach@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Work in excess of 40 hrs per week is generally guaranteed overtime pay so that so called company you supposedly work for is really doing itself dirty if its requiring its employees to put in such hours.

  I’m more inclined to assume you’re just a troll doing some soft propaganda so not really interested in any further conversation—but if you’re a real person and you really do work for a company that’s just gonna start requiring working over 40 hrs a week id suggest reporting the company to your state’s department of labor and finding a new place to work.

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• Nadaph@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I work a 5-8 flex, so typically I’ll do 9 hour days, 7 to 4, where I get the 10th day off. In theory I could do a 9 to 5, but we’re asked to be in during 8 to 2 for the mechanics and I want the extra day off. I work as an engineer.

  Lunch is a little ambiguous, we can take a lunch in the office and it’s laid back, but if we leave the office we can leave for an hour and go somewhere and come back, but that’s not paid. Officially.

  Things are slow now so our team went to Red Robin and spend a while there and discussed work for a few minutes. We called it a work lunch and a team bonding activity and don’t speak of it to any higher ups.

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• UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I do 4 10s, 7 to 5 l, have of weekends and Thursdays.

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• Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I am currently doing 7:30-4:30 with an hour lunch most days but I am salaried so it could go longer, I am just intentional about only doing that much.

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• Crackhappy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve been working for 30 years, never seen a 9-5 job.

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• Chadsalot@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I work 8-4 with a paid lunch and I’m hourly. Don’t think it was like this at previous jobs though

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• BassaForte@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My job is basically 9-5, but no paid lunch. If I want to take lunch, it doesn’t count towards the hours I worked during the day.

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• jeffw@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Union jobs are strict with breaks. I have worked a non-union job with a paid lunch though, that was pretty sweet. In the corporate world, probably not though

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