To want to work 9 til 5pm

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Recently started a job 9 til 6. Isn’t this too long day for UK standards?

Previous jobs were 9:30pm to 5:30pm.

Am I been lazy? I

Surely you knew the hours when you accepted the job?

1 h lunch?

Negotiate hours?

Cries in 12 hour shift.

(Prior to this I worked a 9-5 so they're not unheard of, but 9-6 seems to be more the norm)

Completely normal in a lot of businesses.

I’ve only ever really known 0800-1800!!

Those were the days when 9-5pm was the norm . It made for a good work life balance .

I don’t even know my hours of operation but if at working from home I do 0900 - 1800 normally, if busy start at 0720 instead

Those hours are pretty normal. I worked 8-6 back in the 70's.

Normal in some industries (retail, hospitality) less so in others

I think it’s relatively normal. I work 8-5. Sometimes 5.30 if a meeting runs over.

i agree op too long! And I couldn’t do it - childcare shuts at 6!!

I do 8.30-4.30. Husband 9-5

my current and 2 previous jobs have been 9 - 5.30. Just glad I don’t have kids in childcare any more. I think giving a third of your day 5 days a week to an employer is quite long enough but meh doesn’t look like the 5pm finish is a thing any more at least in my field

Too long for what?

Did they change the hours after you started?

If your husband finishes at 5 he could pick up from childcare before 6, unless a very long commute?

I work 9-5 now but it's the first job in years that hasn't had another 30-60 minutes on top. I think 9-5 should be standard office hours (although I only get a 30 mins lunch break now, I prefer this to getting an hour and a longer overall day).

Sounds like this is becoming the standard.

I always thou most companies in the UK standard hours were 35 or 37.5 per week not 40 hours per week. This has bern my experience until now but it seems things are changing and I am being lazy. Adding the commute there is not much family time left during the week.

I guess the UK is going backwards; comparing to Scandinavia countries

It's very normal nowadays but there's no way I would go back to a job like that.

I work 8-2 at the absolute most. Most days it's 8.30-1.30.

It used to be 9-5. Remember the Dolly Parton song. About the 80’s?

l got offered a job 8:30 to 5:30 with half an hour for lunch in the 80’s. I turned it down as it was quite unusual then.

Ended up in 8:30 to 4:30 with early finish on Friday and an hour for lunch. Seemed pretty standard then.

I bet the people that complain about anything longer than Monday to Friday 9-5 being terrible for “work life balance“ are the same people that complain if services/shops aren’t open outside of those hours. Everyone wants to work the perfect hours themselves, but equally they want to go to the GP or hairdresser or dentist at 6pm after work.

FT is anything from 34+ hours

Not really sure what you are hoping to gain from posting this to be honest. There is clearly a huge variety of working hours throughout the UK and what is appropriate will depend on a large number of different factors - job role / pay / seniority / travel / weekend working etc etc.

If you don't like the hours find a different job.

I do 8-5.

We’re also one of the least productive countries in Europe. Maybe if we were more productive we could work fewer hours. Or maybe if we worked fewer hours we’d be more productive 🤷🏻‍♀️.
My ‘core’ hours are 9-5, but my contract states I must work the hours necessary to perform my role. Thats rarely only 9-5!

35hrs hasn't been standard for years; when I entered the workplace over twenty years ago I remember occasionally seeing 35hrs advertised on job specs as a selling point. 37 or 37.5 is common, 40hrs is more of an American influence and not great. Though I think a lot depends on what is expected, for a lot of people in salaried 37.5hr contracts there's an expectation to be flexible and not clock off strictly on time.

both kids in different locations so I do nursery run and he’s on school run!

my hours are any 8 hours 8-6 anyway (with 1 hour break) I’m up so early with the baby anyway I’d rather get in early home early - get baby home and get dinner ready before husband and school child arrive in ! Makes for easier evenings.

also husbands hours in the company are 9-5 anyway - they list it as a “perk” 😂