You always hear the phase “9 to 5” and also the song with the same name. Assuming you include 1 hour worth of breaks (30 minute lunch and two 15 minute breaks), you’re only working for 7 hours a day which comes up to 35 hours a week.

Now it feels like you have to work 8 hours a day (for a total of 40 hours of actual work), plus your other time off meaning you’re really there for 9 hours each day (for a total of 45 hours). Am i looking at that wrong, or did expected times change, and if so, when?

  • Jo Miran
    96•2 months ago

    I am 51. When I started working my job was 9-5 with a one hour lunch an unofficial 30 minute coffee break and about four unofficial ten minute smoke breaks.

        • Jo Miran
          15•2 months ago

          You’re thinking boomer so you are off by ~20 years.

      • Jo Miran
        11•2 months ago

        My company went full time “work from home” in 2012 and we are specialists that are only brought in when everyone else has fucked up. So basically, I am on call 24/7/365.

          • Jo Miran
            2•2 months ago

            I didn’t think it was. For IT, it was a dead end job, so I couldn’t stay.