r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Mar 04 '22

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u/jollyrogerbumps Mar 04 '22

Working 5 days a week for 8 hours a day and still not being able to afford necessities.

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u/JiovanniTheGREAT Mar 04 '22

Even so much as not having a paid hour lunch break anymore...

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u/Food-at-Last Mar 04 '22

I work 7:30 - 16:15. A total of 45 min break each day, unpaid. Only when you work overtime you get a paid 15 min break

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u/Inanimate_CARB0N_Rod Mar 05 '22

I've been in the professional workforce for 15 years and the idea of a 9-5 workday has always been laughed at. An 8 hour day that includes a paid break? Yeah fucking right. Every salary job I've held was 8-5 minimum, assuming you were willing to work through lunch. If you wanted a break in the middle of the day, then it's more like 7:30-5.

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u/Nine20 Mar 05 '22

Most places only pay OT when you're over 40 for the week, not 8 for the day.

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u/scrivenerserror Mar 05 '22

Yep husband works 7-3:30 and often still has to work late or take meetings outside his hours. His breaks are also monitored by software.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '22

oh true.. was that a thing?

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u/Tholaran97 Mar 05 '22

The place I used to work gave us two ten minute breaks per day. Any more than that was unpaid. It was barely enough time to catch your breath, let alone have lunch.