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I still remember Dolly Parton singing about how much a drag it was to work 9 to 5. Most offices nowadays require you to work 8:30 to 5:30 and still call it 8 ho
by ksaj 6y ago
I still remember Dolly Parton singing about how much a drag it was to work 9 to 5. Most offices nowadays require you to work 8:30 to 5:30 and still call it 8 hours.
Remote work at least allows some people to effectively regain some of that hour, since you can discount the travel time, and associated costs for parking, gas, etc, or transit.
- briandear 6y ago8:30 to 5:30 with an hour lunch is 8 hours.
- ksaj 6y agoBut when 9-5 was the norm, it was still considered a 40 hour work week. Presumably lunch was paid back then. The song says 9-5 was "enough to drive you crazy if you let it," but nowadays those hours do not represent regular daily office life. I don't recall my parents ever saying "pfft you had such a short work day, Dolly!" so I can only assume that was the normal grind for them, too. If you are working from home, 9-5 is much more feasible. And without going to/from the office, you have more time for more productivity. That's really the only point I was making. I definitely didn't mean for the observation to be thread-worthy on that specific of a detail.