Ever since I graduated, everywhere I’ve worked has been 8-5. My current company is going to soon start expecting us to be in 7-5.

How many of you here work a 9-5 with a paid lunch?

Productivity keeps going up but so do working hours.

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    6 months ago

    So… they knew the value of their own time and didn’t overwork when they didn’t have to?

    Most office workers could probably learn from that mindset.

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      6 months ago

      So… they knew the value of their own time and didn’t overwork when they didn’t have to?

      This worked the other way NOT in favor of the workers. Sat down at your desk at 7:03am even though you’re not customer facing at all? Expect to be called into a conference room with your boss and your bosses boss about your attendance.

      Do you work in IT and need to work off-hours to perform work requiring downtime until 2am? You better be at your desk at 7am on the dot or you’re going to get written up.

      Have a doctors appointment at 3pm for an hour? You have to take vacation time for that.

      There was this really odd notion that if you weren’t sitting in your chair typing, you weren’t working and would get questioned by bosses.

      Most office workers could probably learn from that mindset.

      Office workers would learn (or be reminded) about how hellish it was to work a minimum wage job with zero flexibility.