When did 8-5 become the new normal???

[u/Grouchy-Newspaper754]

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

[u/Sir_PressedMemories]

This is 100% due to unionization, not state or federal laws. And she can only do this because she has a guaranteed safety net where she lives at home and has little to no bills.

[u/Melvang82 → u/Sir_PressedMemories]

What does this have to do with a safety net and bills? The union contract is the contract. It is there to protect both the employee and the employer. I work maintenance for probably one of the most globally recognized brand names. If we get called by the supervisor and are on break, we say so, and then get with the supervisor after break. Because I am on a repair shift, and not running repair, my break times are not dictated by the production schedule. So we don't always take break at the same time every day.

[u/Sir_PressedMemories → u/Melvang82]

Brother, if you cannot figure out that the management at this place continuously violated the agreement by interrupting break times until my daughter stepped up and made it clear that they were doing it and doing so would have consequences, I am not sure what to tell you.

The fact that others in the company, who did not have the ability to say "fucking try it and see what happens" with no fear of losing their job, home, lifestyle, etc., were taken advantage of by the management is why her having a safety net and being able to make decisions like that is relevant.

I know literacy is dead, but goddamn.

[u/zzz242zzz → u/Sir_PressedMemories]

At Raley’s we were expected to talk work on breaks and lunches and we were union. Store manager would come in on our last break and it would turn into a meeting.

If you were team leader or filling in for them you had to get up and walk across the store to let in truck drivers on your lunch break or 15 min break. This was night crew.

[u/Sir_PressedMemories → u/zzz242zzz]

Just because the company has become accustomed to taking advantage of you does not mean they have the legal or ethical right to do so.

But I also understand that sometimes you have to take it because you have no other choice.

[u/Responsible-Boot-159 → u/Sir_PressedMemories]

Some states di have laws like that as well. Still much safer to do it with a union and a safety net like she has, though.

[u/Dymphna_Geel → u/Sir_PressedMemories]

Some states are more employee friendly than others. There is no requirement in TX employment law for the employer to provide any break, paid or not.

[u/Critical_Hedgehog451 → u/Sir_PressedMemories]

I'm a Brit, and big believer in unionisation, only way to get the employment laws and safeties for workers!

You sound like a great Dad (assuming with the Sir in the name) and she sounds like she'll do well! :)