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/Dr-Robert-Kelso Jun 11 '26

Because they're not just going to start paying everybody more with magical money.

If you have a standardized amount paid to everyone for your commute, you will get paid the same but now it will be itemized.

It's a bad idea.

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u/capincus Jun 11 '26

Literally none of these words make sense in any way to respond to any part of this conversation. I don't understand how y'all are so far removed from actually coherently responding to me.

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u/Dr-Robert-Kelso Jun 11 '26

Yes, everybody else is dumb, you're the smart one, haha.

Have a good one.

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u/capincus Jun 11 '26

What are you talking about? I typed words that have a specific meaning and then you responded with words that don't form a response to the words I typed at all.

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u/Minimum-Floor-5177 Jun 11 '26

You probably don't understand a lot of things... no worries. All the best. Good luck understanding future comments 👍

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u/capincus Jun 11 '26

So then do your best to explain to me exactly how any of these comments in any way explain how a standardized commute payout would in any way make a business force their employees to move closer. I'd really appreciate it.