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Is 9 - 5 (9-17 for me) common? Are lunch and breaks included in that? 9 - 5 is 8 hours and a normal workday is 8 hours?
by wofser 15y ago
Is 9 - 5 (9-17 for me) common?
Are lunch and breaks included in that?
9 - 5 is 8 hours and a normal workday is 8 hours?
- ghaff 15y agoNo--really sloppy article. I'm not sure when and how the "9 to 5" phrase entered the lexicon but, wherever I've worked, the "official" workday has always been 8-5 or 8:30-5 with an hour or half-hour respectively for lunch.
- peacemaker 15y agoIn the UK and most of Europe it's usually 9-5. The US likes to stretch out the workday to get more out of its wage slaves :)
- GnomeChomsky 15y agoI've only had two salaried jobs in the US, but both had an eight-hour workday in total with 30-60 minutes for lunch. i.e. 9-5 I do pity fellow Americans working 8-5 or 9-6.
- AndrewDucker 15y ago35 hour working week where I am at the moment. I've also worked a 37.5 week and a 40 hour week. Looks like average is 37.5 in the UK. Some stats about Europe in this article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/2795641/Britons-work-almost-two-hours-more-per-week-than-the-average-European.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/2795641/Britons-w...