• zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    2 years ago

    I mean, 9-5 isn't even the worst of it. Plenty of people are stuck with Just-In-Time schedules and Zero Hour Contracts where they don't know when or how long they'll be working until the week - or even day - they get the call to come in.

    The meme is very Urban Professional in its outlook. Oh no! I'll still have menial bullshit work in a menial bullshit job! This isn't the Utopia I was promised!

    My brother, there are worse things than a 9-5 office job.

    • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      I mean, a 9-5 office job is just a 7 hour workday plus lunch lmao. Slicing off 5 hours in a workweek is not too bad.

      • Norm_Chumpsky [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Not to split hairs, but it depends. A lot of companies don't have paid lunch, so it's 9-5 @ 35 hrs/week or 9-6/8-5. But yeah, still not nearly as bad as tons of much harder jobs with longer hours and less personal autonomy.