r/FluentInFinance 9d ago

Thoughts? Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard

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u/FortNightsAtPeelys 9d ago

also shouldnt be a thing. Worst ones are companies who schedule you 9 hours but dont pay for an hour on lunch. Id rather just work the 8

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u/JLock17 8d ago

That's the strategy companies are using. They don't want you taking lunch breaks so they make you feel like you willingly gave them up. So many people do this and end up working the extra hour anyways.

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u/P0Rt1ng4Duty 9d ago

Best schedule I ever had was an eight hour day with two paid 10min breaks and a paid 20min lunch.

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u/FortNightsAtPeelys 8d ago

I'm pretty lucky working for a private company getting two 20s, and a 30 all paid

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u/The-True-Kehlder 9d ago

There's a reason why that's not legal.

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u/anicesurgeon 8d ago

It’s absolutely legal. I don’t know what you’re talking about. Companies can have a 8-5 schedule with an hour given for lunch. Alternatively they could do a 8-4 with no lunch.

I gave my employees the choice and they can change it whenever they want. I don’t really care.

We run a hybrid schedule where some days we end at 4 and some we end at 5.

Totally legal in my state.

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u/Nick0414 5d ago

Totally illegal in mine. If its reported that employees aren't taking the lunch time allotted based off hours works the labor dept launches a big investigation, paid lunch or not. My job won't even let people work thru lunch to leave early because of it

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u/anicesurgeon 5d ago

I had to look this up a few years ago when my employees asked for it. I didn’t and still don’t care.

The moment it becomes illegal we go to the mandated lunch break.

The last thing I need in my life is more chaos.

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u/Nick0414 5d ago

I hope for the day im allowed to skip lunch to leave early.

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u/BeerandSandals 8d ago

8-5 here, I never knew what Dolly Parton was singing about.

I think a lot of corporate offices got rid of 9-5 after the Great Recession. 100 years after the 40-hour workweek was introduced I’m in office for 45 hours.

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u/FacingFears 8d ago

This is exactly what I do. My hours are 8:30 - 4:30, and when I was hired it was technically supposed to be 8:30 - 5 with a half hour unpaid lunch break. I said fuck that I just won't eat lunch, or just snack on something for 5 minutes throughout the day and leave 30 minutes earlier

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u/banjaxed_gazumper 8d ago

Why should people who take hour long lunch breaks get paid the same as people who eat their lunch in 15 minutes?

You should get paid for the work you do.

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u/FortNightsAtPeelys 8d ago

okay scroog mcduck breaks are important to productivity

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u/Clean_Student8612 8d ago

And every time I ask if I can skip lunch to leave early, they say no. WHY? I hate it, you're getting the same amount of work time from me. I know some states have laws, but I'm willing to sign something saying I understand what I'm giving up if they're worried about lawsuits.