We don't really work 9 to 5 but still call our job 9-to-5

I work 8-5. They say my lunch is unpaid but I'm salary. Fucken bullshit.

You lucky bastard, getting paid 24 hours a day

Observe your coworkers carefully and see how many really work 7 hours per day.
- I definitely would argue most people don't ever work 8 hours a day.
  Even when I was scheduled in a factory, I had 10-15min here, 30min there of downtime waiting on the line, going poo, being told to change posts, watching people drop pallets and then everyone scrambling to pick up the spill.
  That's why I'll always advocate work from home. Get your shit done, and get on with life.

Speak for yourself

8 to 5 seems much more common where I am.

But I do, acrually. As do many with office jobs?

Every office job I’ve ever worked has been 8-5
- Can you tell me your industry so I never go into it?

I always thought 9 to 5 was the actual standard american working time. I also thought it was weirdly late.

So at what time do Americans actually work?

I mean, I'm at work from 8 to 5, but the hours where I actually do work are closer to 9 to 5...
- 7:30am to 4pm with 30 minute lunch break.

I work 9 hour days with a 30 min lunch 6:30 - 4:00, Mon - Thurs. Then Friday is a half day, 6:30 - 10:30, its kind of growing on me. And if I feel like it I can just work a full day Friday and get easy 4 hours of overtime.

If it isn't 9 to 5 then why would you call it a 9 to 5

I'd love to work 9-5, I'm more like...6:45am to 9pm :|

7-3:30 most days, 5-1:30 others. I love it.

Yeah and in that movie those gals had a paid lunch hour WITHIN that 9-5 timeframe. Can you imagine? Damn that would be nice.

Every place I've ever worked most people who worked 8s worked 8-5 with a 1 hour unpaid lunch. In fact, 8-5 is what is considered business hours in my industry.

9-6 for me. Thanks obama

Only exceptionally bad jobs (or exceptionally well paid jobs) are not 9to5 ime.

9-5 doesn't include unpaid lunch break. Do you eat at your desk while working?
- Paid lunch break
Most jobs include a 30-60 minute paid lunch break, making 9-5 completely plausible.
- Most jobs include a 30-60 minute paid lunch break
  What? Where do you live? I’ve only ever had one job with a paid lunch break and I’ve worked a lot of jobs