Does anyone actually work 9-5?

[JamesWebbSpaceTelescope]

Just that really. I was thinking and none of my friends/family do so I wondered how common it actually is/isn’t.

I’m a teacher so well known to not be 9-5 my day officially starts at 8.35 and ends at 5 so I’m in school 8-6 most days. Husband is an engineer/project manager so works long hours plus a commute (often away overnight as well).

Do you work the classic 9 to 5?

Full time is defined as 35 hours a week plus, generally in the UK @SweatOverdose

9-5 with 30 mins for lunch is 37.5 hours so certainly full time.

I do - either 9-5.30 (with an hour for lunch) or I take a short lunch and finish at 5. I do 4 days a week.

I do 8-4 mon-fri but I sometimes work over time, especially lately as I wanted a couple of days off so did 7-5 for two weeks to get TOIL.

That's with 3 breaks, of about 20-30 minutes each.

Yes, I work in marketing 9-5. It's hybrid so on three days a week I have a 20 minute commute. I will very very rarely stay a few minutes late if I need to take a call or finish something urgent but other than that I'm out of there at 5 sharp.

I'm 7-3:30pm for work but up at 5 am everyday and in bed it has been seeming lately at 1am.

Superstore 8am to 6 20

I work 9-5:30 Mon-Thurs with half an hour for lunch. Fridays and weekends off- love it. I would prefer to finish at 5pm or earlier but can’t complain.

Nope but work in a supermarket, so my shifts can be anywhere from 6am to 10pm Mon to Friday and from 7am to 4pm on Sun.

How do you pay bills when both of you are hardly working?!

8-4:30 mon- Thurs and 8-3:30 Fri but I have flexi time so I could rock up at 9 if I want. Or when I have my dc I log on 7:00 work til 8:30 and then drop them to school and arrive at 9.
other days I arrive at 7:30 and leave at 4.

Technically I do, officially I work 9-5 two days a week but I flex them across 3 days so I can do the school run. During the holidays I stick to my 9-5

I do, I work from home and have two children. I need to take them to school and pick them up from after school club so I rarely work outside my hours.

If I worked full time I'd be 9 to 5 with an hours lunch. I work 26 hours. 9 to 5 2 days with 1hr lunch and 9 to 3 the other 2 days without a break

Yep I start at 9.30, 30 min lunch break and leave at 5 on the dot every day. Never have to stay later.

9-5.30 with an hour for lunch (that I rarely take unless it's quiet.)
WFH ( I work hard unlike MN folklore re WFH)
DH works in public sector also 9-5

Family and friends do similar hours.

My Dsis used to do shifts but now does 'office ' hours too.

Not sure it's unusual but of course many sectors are very different

I do 9-6 one week and 8-5 the next. So not quite the classic 9-5 but pretty close.

Yes, middle office investment banking.

we do hybrid work, 3 days office, 2 days home.

unless there is an event or I have project work, I shut down at 5pm, together with the majority of the staff.

My DH is a Project Mgr and works exactly
9-5as those are his contracted hours.

Yes, most people I know do there or thereabouts, salaried professionals, really the only ones who don’t are shift workers such as NHS and police, or hospitality / retail.

I work shifts and know lots of other people working in retail, hospitality, or healthcare, none of whom work anything like 9-5. The people I know with office jobs tend to have some flexibility and often work from home at least some days.

Pre-teaching, most jobs I had were 9-5, one was 8.30-5 and maybe a couple were 10-6. This was 20 - 25 years ago though. I hate the way the standard seems to be 37.5 hours now. We should be working fewer hours, not more!

At the moment, I guess my standard day is 8-5.30 (sometimes a bit earlier, sometimes a bit later), but nothing at home anymore.

Public sector or most quangos - a couple of hours a month. Or none at all of what's contracted and then work late into the night to claim overtime.

Nope- honestly can't imagine a 9-5 job. I start anywhere between 7am and 9am depending when first meeting is (lots of work with Aus so regular early calls). Then finish between 6.30 and 8.30pm with odd later calls. On office days I leave the house at about 6.15am and get home about 8-8.30pm

I do 6.30 to 19.00 3 days a week and pick up bank work when I can which ranges!