5 ms·

At my previous workplace in France before going full remote I also had a 2-hour lunch break between 12H and 14H. It was great I would bike to a food place, grab

At my previous workplace in France before going full remote I also had a 2-hour lunch break between 12H and 14H. It was great I would bike to a food place, grab some to go, and head to the nearby park and be by myself listening to an audio book or whatever. I think these hours are common in many places: 9H-12H, 14H-18H. 35H/week.

thaumasiotes 3y ago
I had an internship at CreateSpace after it was purchased by Amazon, paid hourly with time cards! My normal lunch procedure was to clock out, order a pizza from a nearby pizza place, drive out to pick it up, bring it back to my cubicle, clock in, and eat it at my desk. This also works well with sandwiches.† I later learned that I was legally required to take at least 30 minutes of lunch break, and I was horrified. Thankfully there was no enforcement. My mind boggles at the idea that workers need legal "protections" requiring them to spend less time at their home. Do your work from 9h to 16h, and enjoy a bigger part of your life. † It was also pretty common for everyone to go out together to a big group lunch. In such cases, the time taken for lunch is whatever it ends up being. But I was free to spend as little time as I wanted on my own individual lunch, if there wasn't a group lunch.
- arketyp 3y ago
  Why the downvotes? This is a real point of view. I eventually got so fed up hearing about Game of Thrones and trite opinions about Trump's stupidity that I developed a habit of completely skipping lunch, telling my colleagues I was into keto. They respected it, God bless them.
  - Shawnj2 3y ago
    I think it might be a culture thing but at where I work no one actually uses the break room to eat lunch, everyone eats at their desk. With that said a lot of people do so by skipping the lunch break time
- Atotalnoob 3y ago
  I just skip lunch and leave {lunchtime} early.
- watwut 3y ago
  > order a pizza from a nearby pizza place, drive out to pick it up, bring it back to my cubicle In all likelihood, this plus eating took almost 30 minutes anyway.
- OkayPhysicist 3y ago
  Capital has vastly more leverage than any individual laborer. If lunchbreaks weren't mandated, I can assure you most companies would develop cultures where stopping to eat was considered "slacking".
- sacado2 3y ago
  > clock in, and eat it at my desk But then you're eating during your worktime. I'm pretty sure your "check out, order, take it, bring it back, eat it" routine takes more than 30 minutes total time. Your employer might be OK with that, and I don't know if that's common in the US, but in France, that's illegal (many people still do it, though). You're not supposed to take your lunch break while working (or else it wouldn't be a "break" in the first place).
iLoveOncall 3y ago
On the other hand all my friends that have two hours lunch breaks hate it and would much rather go home an hour earlier. I don't have a set time and if my colleagues aren't there or if I work from home I will eat in front of the computer in 5 min and finish earlier.

thaumasiotes 3y ago

I had an internship at CreateSpace after it was purchased by Amazon, paid hourly with time cards! My normal lunch procedure was to clock out, order a pizza from a nearby pizza place, drive out to pick it up, bring it back to my cubicle, clock in, and eat it at my desk. This also works well with sandwiches.† I later learned that I was legally required to take at least 30 minutes of lunch break, and I was horrified. Thankfully there was no enforcement. My mind boggles at the idea that workers need legal "protections" requiring them to spend less time at their home. Do your work from 9h to 16h, and enjoy a bigger part of your life. † It was also pretty common for everyone to go out together to a big group lunch. In such cases, the time taken for lunch is whatever it ends up being. But I was free to spend as little time as I wanted on my own individual lunch, if there wasn't a group lunch.

arketyp 3y ago
Why the downvotes? This is a real point of view. I eventually got so fed up hearing about Game of Thrones and trite opinions about Trump's stupidity that I developed a habit of completely skipping lunch, telling my colleagues I was into keto. They respected it, God bless them.
- Shawnj2 3y ago
  I think it might be a culture thing but at where I work no one actually uses the break room to eat lunch, everyone eats at their desk. With that said a lot of people do so by skipping the lunch break time
Atotalnoob 3y ago
I just skip lunch and leave {lunchtime} early.
watwut 3y ago
> order a pizza from a nearby pizza place, drive out to pick it up, bring it back to my cubicle In all likelihood, this plus eating took almost 30 minutes anyway.
OkayPhysicist 3y ago
Capital has vastly more leverage than any individual laborer. If lunchbreaks weren't mandated, I can assure you most companies would develop cultures where stopping to eat was considered "slacking".
sacado2 3y ago
> clock in, and eat it at my desk But then you're eating during your worktime. I'm pretty sure your "check out, order, take it, bring it back, eat it" routine takes more than 30 minutes total time. Your employer might be OK with that, and I don't know if that's common in the US, but in France, that's illegal (many people still do it, though). You're not supposed to take your lunch break while working (or else it wouldn't be a "break" in the first place).

iLoveOncall 3y ago

On the other hand all my friends that have two hours lunch breaks hate it and would much rather go home an hour earlier. I don't have a set time and if my colleagues aren't there or if I work from home I will eat in front of the computer in 5 min and finish earlier.