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?

  • jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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    2 hours ago

    50 hours per week is a lot. Ive been a lot of places where you’d get scolded if you said you worked only 40 hours per week, but usually 42 was acceptable.