Did the concept of 9-5 included a 30 minute lunch and two 15 minute breaks? - eviltoast

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?

  • Lazycog@sopuli.xyz
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    29 days ago

    Half an hour mandatory lunch, paid. Austria.

    (pretty much depends on your job a bit, just wanted to continue with the same comment style)

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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      28 days ago

      Oh shit I need to go pester my family to let me be a citizen (or recheck and go talk to an EU focused immigration lawyer to discuss where exactly in Europe my family was when to see if I qualify)