Ever since I graduated, everywhere I’ve worked has been 8-5. My current company is going to soon start expecting us to be in 7-5.

How many of you here work a 9-5 with a paid lunch?

Productivity keeps going up but so do working hours.

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    283·
    6 个月前

    If you aren’t getting a paid lunch and two 15-minute breaks during your 8-hour shift, your employer is stealing from you.

    • tyrant@lemmy.world
      28·
      6 个月前

      I’ve never had a paid lunch. 2 paid 15 min breaks and then unpaid lunch is the law where I am.

      • spicy pancake@lemmy.zipEnglish
        6·
        6 个月前

        my dumbass state has no requirements for breaks at all. one of my jobs has no official breaks. we’ve all mastered the art of looking busy while eating 💀

    • vortic@lemmy.world
      52·
      6 个月前

      Unless you are salaried. Being salaried normally comes with flexibility but gives no guarantees for breaks and number of hours worked.

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        6 个月前

        That works both ways. If you’re salaried and find yourself averaging more than 40 hours a week (including lunch/breaks), don’t.

        • Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
          2·
          6 个月前

          Sadly 32-40 hour weeks excluding breaks is what you get paid here (NL, Europe)

          So if you get paid 40 hours a week, they expect you to average 45 including breaks. You get paid 40, though.

          It’s really shitty IMO

      • mxcory@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        41·
        6 个月前

        There are two types of salary, exempt and non-exempt (from overtime pay). If I am remembering correctly, you basically have to be management to not get overtime pay. Something like being over at least 2 people and having input on major decisions. May have been more to it.

        • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          6 个月前

          You have to be either management or highly-compensated (which means fuck-all, since the dollar amount tied to it never got updated for inflation). That’s why a lot of non-management tech workers (for example) are salaried exempt, and should therefore walk out whenever they’re told to work more than 40 hours/week (including lunch and breaks).