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rraattbbooyy t1_j50twn6 wrote

The workplace responded by replacing “9 to 5” with “8 to 5” adding an unpaid hour to each workday.

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[deleted] t1_j50wlaj wrote

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ILL_Show_Myself_Out t1_j51hipu wrote

Things are slightly better now with the favorable job market but I still listen to songs from the 80’s mentioning 9-5 and think “wow that would be great. AND they get a lunch break!”

And they’re all like “BOSS MAN BE WEARIN ME DOWN WOAH WOAH”

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TheNerdWithNoName t1_j51ys5l wrote

America really needs to get its shit together regarding workers' rights. Amongst many other things.

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AlGeee t1_j51qo8m wrote

Yeah… We used to joke that we were “exempt” from overtime

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AirborneRodent t1_j52mifl wrote

That's not a joke, though. That's literally what "exempt" means.

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AlGeee t1_j52okyi wrote

When we were hourly employees, we got time and a half for any hours over 40 that we worked on a given week.

When we became exempt employees, we joked that we were exempt from getting the overtime pay.

Edit: we were NOT exempt from working overtime

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bolanrox t1_j50who6 wrote

9 to 5:30 here though i technically should be taking a lunch

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GhettoChemist t1_j51046h wrote

And now your work email is on your phone, so really it's 8 to all night, plus the weekend.

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stealth_mode_76 t1_j51hpnw wrote

I turn the work phone off the moment I clock out. I work from home but that doesn't mean I work for free.

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SpecificWorldliness t1_j525n05 wrote

If you are contracted to only work certain hours or are paid hourly then you too have the option to not work for free! I set my desk number to send calls straight to voicemail after 5pm and ignore my emails. Whatever it is can wait until the morning.

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stealth_mode_76 t1_j520q1o wrote

I'm hourly. They pay me or I don't work.

My job is actually really good about that though. My boss called me on my personal phone because they couldn't get into an account that I set the password on. I fixed it in like 5 minutes and he put me on the clock for 15 to make it worth bothering me on my day off.

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TheNerdWithNoName t1_j51z1yo wrote

I turned off email notifications for my work email on my phone. I don't check it outside of work hours.

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