In Brazil, companies have to provide a lunchroom and by law, a lunch allowance (it's part of the compensation package). Eating at the desk or eating while walki

In Brazil, companies have to provide a lunchroom and by law, a lunch allowance (it's part of the compensation package). Eating at the desk or eating while walking is frowned upon. The civilized thing to do is to sit down, eat lunch, socialize and not worry about work. I love going to lunch with colleagues in Brazil. In Germany, lunch hour is part of the compensation scheme. Employees tap their RF cards to check out for lunch and tap to check back in. If they didn't use up their full lunch hour, they can accumulate it and take it as PTO. In most US companies I've worked in, there's no set lunch hour or duration. It's really left up to the employee as long as they can get their work done. I've had lunches that were 2 hours long, and lunches that were 15 minutes long at Chipotle or at my desk.