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Slightly off-topic but: why is 9-17? Here I've always seen people working 9-18 with one hour off for lunch. Is this an Italian peculiarity?
by ahel 10y ago
Slightly off-topic but: why is 9-17? Here I've always seen people working 9-18 with one hour off for lunch. Is this an Italian peculiarity?
- drchickensalad 10y agoPersonally I say "9-5" a lot because it's a saying even though I'm 9-6.
- Jach 10y agoIt goes back to jobs that give a paid lunch hour, I had that deal when I worked a service job 10 years ago. For salaried employees the lunch hour is also 'paid' and I think especially in tech where so many of us eat at desks while thinking, we're pretty justified in keeping 9-5 or sometimes even less when we know 10+ hour days are looming as teams finish big features and it's integration time.
- Langdal 10y agoIn Norway the most common hours are 7:30 - 15:30 or 8 - 16, with a half hour break.
- 9point6 10y ago9 to 5/5.30 (inclusive of an hour lunch) seems pretty common in the UK. It's also common to have flexible time, so I work 10am to 6pm most days.