I work a retail position and get a 15 minute paid every x hours and a mandatory hour unpaid. In other states the hour would be paid since it’s overnight and we can’t leave.
Edit: not the person you asked, but the company I work for despite being terrible is on the better side.
Depends on the workplace and how you want to think about it.
Worked at a place once where you'd get two 15 minute breaks and a 30 minute lunch in any department that you worked in.
BUT
If you worked at the cash registers, all your breaks where scheduled and kinda rigidly enforced. So it was normal to start your work shift at around the same time that it would be a normal human's lunch time (noon-ish). But your first break would be the 15 minute one with your scheduled 30 minute break somewhere around 4~5PM during the "afterwork" rush so getting started on that 30 minute break on time was a rarity.
Then there's the 30 minute lunch break. It's 30 minutes long but you've gotta get to the break room, use the bathroom, wash your hands, wait in line to get into the staff fridge, wait in line to use the microwave, sit down and eat, clean up after yourself, put your stuff away, go to the bathroom (maybe), etc. So that 30 minutes of time to "eat" winds up being around 10~15 minutes of actually focusing on eating.
You get 15 minutes, do you eat or play ping pong?
Are your breaks really that short? We have an hour siesta twice a day because it gets so hot you need to take some time for recuperation.
I work a retail position and get a 15 minute paid every x hours and a mandatory hour unpaid. In other states the hour would be paid since it’s overnight and we can’t leave.
Edit: not the person you asked, but the company I work for despite being terrible is on the better side.
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Depends on the workplace and how you want to think about it.
Worked at a place once where you'd get two 15 minute breaks and a 30 minute lunch in any department that you worked in.
BUT
If you worked at the cash registers, all your breaks where scheduled and kinda rigidly enforced. So it was normal to start your work shift at around the same time that it would be a normal human's lunch time (noon-ish). But your first break would be the 15 minute one with your scheduled 30 minute break somewhere around 4~5PM during the "afterwork" rush so getting started on that 30 minute break on time was a rarity.
Then there's the 30 minute lunch break. It's 30 minutes long but you've gotta get to the break room, use the bathroom, wash your hands, wait in line to get into the staff fridge, wait in line to use the microwave, sit down and eat, clean up after yourself, put your stuff away, go to the bathroom (maybe), etc. So that 30 minutes of time to "eat" winds up being around 10~15 minutes of actually focusing on eating.