Office hours

[ilovebrie8]

Started new role hours are longer than I’d anticipated and the commute is over an hour ...autumn looming I’m having second thoughts. I think 8.30 to 5.30 is a tad long when you add in an hours plus travel either side...any thoughts? Thanks

[ilovebrie8]

5.30 anyone...beggars belief ...

[CloudsCanLookLikeSheep]

What fucking time would you have to get up to be at your desk for 7.30? Seven loving thirty???

[ilovebrie8]

Wise move clouds...I need to step off this hamster wheel...feel so fed up. I was told today that ideally they want people to work 7.30 to 5.30 eh ....that’s beyond the pale in my book.

[CloudsCanLookLikeSheep]

I went field/home based around 7 years ago and never looked back. It's killed my career as I'm stuck on the same rung, but I don't have to sit in a chair for 9 hours a day ruled by the clock, and another chair an hour a day there and back to get there.

[ilovebrie8]

It’s bad nowadays the hours expected in private sector especially my place really wants 8 to 6! Official is 8.30 to 5.30 but comments made...I’m on lookout to move! Chancers...

[7Worfs]

Cloud, it’s also an industry in which overtime is expected (and completely unnecessary).
There are people who have their 3 main meals at work, which is just sad.

I do my own thing and focus on output, not presenteesm. Most of the time I get away with it, which goes to show they know it’s ridiculous.

[CloudsCanLookLikeSheep]

That's basically a free 10 hours per week for them.. but some people will be desperate enough to do it.

[NeverSayFreelance]

I interviewed for a job recently that was advertised as full time - turned out they expected 8-6 each day. The job required over an hour commute. I promptly rejected it.

It's shocking what some offices think is normal working hours.

[CloudsCanLookLikeSheep]

8.30 to 6 sounds like a horrendously long day to me 7worfs.

With a commute on top they basically own you Monday to Friday.

[7Worfs]

Normal hours are 9 to 5, anything else is companies being CF, unless they offer flexibility.
I ask for flexibility and wfh before I even attend interviews, my first job in IT really spoiled me in that regard.

My current company’s official hours are 8.30 to 6. When I’m not wfh I go in a bit early and leave around 5-5.30 when I wrapped up my day. I don’t care about funny comments like ‘half day today, eh’. My reply is that I made enough money for the company today.

[ilovebrie8]

I wish I could get out of the office environment totally agree Clouds...it’s stifling all the pettiness ...

[ilovebrie8]

HeyMonkey am loving your reply made me chuckle! That’s the way to go 😊

[CloudsCanLookLikeSheep]

I've noticed that standard hours used to be 9-5 and now it's more like 8.30 to 5 or 9 to 6.

Reading posts like these I realise now why I shunned office life at the expense of career progression in favour of field based roles.

[thedevilinablackdress]

Ignore the tutting, leave on time and if anyone says anything, tell them you're on top of your workload (assuming you are).

[HeyMonkey]

Fuck the tutting, I'm on my feet at 17:00:01 every day and straight out of there.

I'm not in it for free!

[ilovebrie8]

They don’t resent me in particular it’s office wide, anyone who goes on time is met with a tut. Not a nice environment.
No I didn’t do that actually ...you are a bit condescending heratnumber... first thing is log on wait for pc to start up...then make a drink as others do...I don’t time it to arrive in the dot I arrive when I arrive depending on traffic sometimes early sometimes 5 mins later...which I more then make up for at end of the day...

[Heratnumber7]

The commute much longer than anticipated roadworks etc
Road works won't last forever.

I assumed shorter day, my bad!
Yes. "Your bad".

They moan when people leave on time expect u at your desk.
I think a certain amount of overtime is expected in any salaried job (as opposed to a job with an hourly wage).
Could it be that everyone else is staying late to make a team effort to cope with a deadline or heavy work load? Could be why they resent you leaving on time.

I arrived one day went to make a cuppa and got told hurry up need to get working
Was this the first thing you did after arriving bang on the dot? Before, say, starting up your pc?

[proseccoaficionado]

@ilovebrie8 then tell them your hours finished at 5.30.

[ilovebrie8]

Comments made about the time...oh it's 5.31!

[dannydyerismydad]

Are you working for a well known American company which develops operating systems?

I managed a year there. It nearly killed me. Everyone trying to outdo each other to see who could put in the longest hours. I was so tired I was nauseous most of the time.

[proseccoaficionado]

I worked in banking for years. My last job in banking was the final straw. Hours were 9-17.30, but you were expected to be there at 8.30 for "staff meetings".

No cigarette break, which was fine, though I was a smoker at the time, but no lunch break either. Tehnically, you were supposed to have 30 mins/day but I had months in a row when I didn't eat ANYTHING in 9 hours.

Though, as a sign of "rebellion", if I didn't have any customers particularly (but the rude assholes were coming in at 17.29 claiming it's not yet 17.30 and kept you there for ages with their non sense) I packed my stuff and left at 17.30 sharp.

So one day I was called into my boss's office (I had 2 female bosses, one worse than another) to be told that I need to stay AT LEAST until 18.30 and finish whatever was left for the day. I asked "So will I be paid for the extra time?" And she said no. I quit soon after. I'm still satisfied.

[proseccoaficionado]

@ilovebrie8 so what do they say if you leave on time?

[ilovebrie8]

Yes the culture is about being present and comments if you leave on time don’t make me feel comfortable

[Cohle]

Seems pretty standard to me. It doesn't sound like you did a lot of research before taking the role....

[underthebridgedowntown]

Ugh, they mistake presenteeism for productivity. They must have a high staff turnover.