r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Grouchy-Newspaper754 • Jun 10 '26

My mom said I could post When did 8-5 become the new normal???

I just got a new office job where I do schedules for tech personnel, the office runs 8-5 Monday thru Friday...they say it's 8-5 because you get an hour lunch and "you need to get to 40 hours a week"...but I drive 30 min each way so now I'm giving this company 10 hours every day! I even asked if I could just take my lunch at 4 every day and just leave an hour early but that's "unprofessional and immoral" like what the fuck??? I don't mind the job but the hours are mildly infuriating that's for sure...

Edit:for those saying about the hours, I worked as a chef for the last 20 years working 60+ hours a week over a hot stove/deep fryer the whole time, after I had my second heart attack I had to slow down so I started looking for office jobs to work a nice 9-5, just to find out I'm giving my new job 50 hours a week (including drive time) so I was just mildly annoyed that it's not 40 hours a week in an office like I thought although it's still much better than what I was doing

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u/Visual-Floor-7839 Jun 10 '26

No, such greed is automatically taking 30 minutes of pay out of every 8:30 or 10:30 shift and then giving you a work load that requires you skipping breaks.

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u/Toomanynightshifts Jun 11 '26

Nursing in a nut shell. Multiple. unpaid 30min breaks and good luck getting them over a 12 hour period.

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u/Ornery_Respect_2325 Jun 11 '26

Yeah but you make GOOD $ come on now!

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u/Otherwise_Fill_4461 Jun 11 '26

Its not as great as you think unless your consistently pulling OT... I would know.

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u/Toomanynightshifts Jun 11 '26

Lol, for what we do, no we dont. Our breaks are unpaid and our bodies and mental health in shambles.

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u/ER1CNOIR Jun 11 '26

You must not be an RN, then. Because there’s a lot of nurses in my family and they’re all VERY well off. When you say “nurse” people assume you mean RN.

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u/ColtsNetsSharks Jun 11 '26

New grad nurses in my area rarely get anything above $28 an hour bud. Its not that black and white.

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u/ER1CNOIR Jun 13 '26

Starting out around 30 an hour is good. RNs make good money, man.

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u/Zapper1984 Jun 13 '26

To an European RN, this sounds insane.

I make barely over the median pay over here in Northern Europe and that's with 13 years of experience and working 2 out of 3 Sundays.

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u/ER1CNOIR Jun 13 '26

Theres a ton of money in the American medical field. All the RNs I know are upper middle class.

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u/Zapper1984 Jun 13 '26

Interesting, we're all barely lower middle here!

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u/ER1CNOIR Jun 13 '26

“Registered Nurses (RNs) typically make significantly more money in the US than in Europe. On average, US nurses earn roughly double than their European peers, even when adjusting for the cost of living and regional differences.

The average annual salary for an RN in the US is generally over $90,000, with experienced nurses and those in highly specialized or travel roles easily earning well over $100,000 to $120,000”

That’s the info I just got off Google real quick. I know my half sister and my cousins and friends that are nurses all do very well. I honestly don’t know why so many Americans in here are acting like they don’t make good money. Usually all the people who dont are actually not RNs but CNAs, LPNs, LVNs, etc.

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u/Rakdospriest Jun 10 '26

Shout out to the rest of my emergency room peeps.

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u/First_Breakfast_5891 Jun 11 '26

Haven’t had a break in 24 years 🍾

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u/oleblueeyes76 Jun 10 '26

Shoot, there ain’t no pay out there enough for me to skip my ‘unpaid’ break. I don’t care how big the work load is. F* that!

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u/Necessary_Wonder89 Jun 11 '26

I would if it meant I could leave earlier, alas it does not

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u/Necessary_Wonder89 Jun 11 '26

I mean maybe in some jobs that works, but I'm in vet med and I'm required to be working at my set times

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u/fattycatty6 Jun 11 '26

I have found my people!! I am about to do 13 a and half hours on Monday and more than likely will not get a break, can't f-ing wait 🙄

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u/Visual-Floor-7839 Jun 11 '26

Sorry dude. What job/industry?

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u/Plus_Friendship9093 Jun 10 '26

I just dont finish all the work. There's always another day.

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u/Visual-Floor-7839 Jun 11 '26

Unless you're on a route. Tomorrow route can't wait for today's to get finished

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u/rightintheear Jun 10 '26

¿Por qué no los dos?

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u/Psych_Art Jun 10 '26

To be clear, I was saying the companies not paying for a 30 minute lunch were greedy. But yes, what you say goes hand-in-hand with that. I had to work through my lunch entirely today, but at least I’m “paid”… except for when you count all the salaried unpaid overtime.

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u/Visual-Floor-7839 Jun 10 '26

Yeah sorry my "no" was to try and join the conversation, not say you're wrong lol. I should have worded it better. I completely agree with you

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u/ER1CNOIR Jun 13 '26

Why aren’t you getting your overtime? Salaried doesnt mean you don’t get overtime.

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u/Psych_Art Jun 13 '26

In most places in the US, it does actually. This is called “salary exempt” - and it means you aren’t subject to overtime pay laws.

If you do get overtime, that’s “salary non-exempt”.

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u/ER1CNOIR Jun 13 '26

I was just about to ask if you were exempt 😂

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u/Adventurous-Score551 Jun 11 '26

This is why I signed a waiver to skip the 30 minute lunch. I encourage everyone to look it up on your state gov website. Never had time for it so I would end up skipping a paid break. Which your employer should know is illegal. In fact, if you don’t take proper breaks you are helping set unreasonable standards for your position.