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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/ftp67 on 2023-11-06 18:03:45.
I don’t know how long this has been common in office jobs, as I’ve always worked 9-5. With remote I had work calls much later at night sometimes but at least I had flexibility during the day.
I got unimaginably screwed this past 6 months trying to find work. Literally 1000+ applications and only just now getting responses after lying on my resume.
Multiple jobs are giving low hourly rates for 8-5. I just asked the recruiter:
“Is this 9 billable hours?”
Offended response: “No, hour lunch break, 8 hours, etc.”
No. You’re paying for my occupied time. I don’t give a shit about an hour lunch break. I’m not working 45 hours a week, which is what that is. And you damn well know my position of automating processes doesn’t require that much of a daily commitment.
You want me to work 8-5pm? You pay for overtime.
I was shocked when I first started working. I had planned my bus route to get to work at 9am. When I asked what the hours were, they said “usually 8–5 if you take an hour lunch break.” Lunch is not paid for in my country I take a half hour lunch break and work 8–4:30 to avoid rush hour traffic.
I had heard the 9–5 my whole life and I wish I could have that.
Wrong. The law defines lunch breaks, not your employer. Not really. And lunch time is YOUR time, not company time. You cannot be required to do anything or even stay on the property. If they do require either of those things, you put in to the DoL for a 1hr standard pay penalty per day you did not get your full lunch break as required by law. So you are neither required to be in a certain place nor perform certain tasks during that time, but you still feel like you should be paid? Why?
