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Sorry if this is a little off topic, but I have always wondered when Americans talk about working 9-5 for 8 hour days. Does that mean you get paid for lunch tim
by TorKlingberg 16y ago
Sorry if this is a little off topic, but I have always wondered when Americans talk about working 9-5 for 8 hour days. Does that mean you get paid for lunch time? Or do you not eat lunch?
Swedish also work 8 hours days (or slightly less), but lunch hour is not included. Programmers, even at big companies, generally get to choose which 8 hours. 7-4, 8-5, 9-6, 10-7, either is fine.
- umjames 16y agoI don't know of any American companies that pay employees to eat lunch. 9-5, I think is just an American colloquialism at this point. If you get an hour for lunch, then it's really 9-6.
- Hubbert 16y agoIt really varies by company and region, and it's very much a "guideline." "9-5" is mostly an archaic figure of speech anyway: in the Midwest, arriving at 7:30 is not unusual, but arriving at 9:05 can be grounds for termination (this surprised me when I started working). One large software company, known for being a "best places to work" said that 8:30-5:00 with a half hour for lunch made sense. Of course, many people worked far longer than that. Are you the author of "The Overflowing Brain?"
- KaeseEs 16y agoHistorically, many companies have had a half hour paid lunch. This is quite a bit less common today.
- harry 16y agoI've not heard of anyone around these parts who are truly 9-5. We here in Kansas are 8-5 with a state enforced hour lunch break. We are not paid for the break.