That’s how the capitalists getcha. Back in granddads day, they just made sure you lost enough fingers in the machinery to keep from counting. Nowadays they gotta keep you too busy to realize they stole two hours instead of one.
This is mostly an American problem. Here in the EU it’s less of an issue. Even here in Spain, where we work 9 to 6 or 9 to 7, is always because, either we have a big break in the middle of something. And regarding kids, I don’t have them, but those who do in my company usually take the time off to go, pick then up and get them home or something if the school is nearby. Otherwise they arrange some home delivery or something, as I recall.
It’s all on a state by state basis. So ‘right to work’ states like Alabama, Texas, Virginia, etc, there are very few regulations. There the employer is viewed as the owner of the job and can basically tell the employee to work anytime. States with stronger regulations like California have much more stringent policies and there it’s if not less likely to work a lot of overtime people are likely to be paid for it.
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One less hour to do enough math to see it’s two hours too.
That’s how the capitalists getcha. Back in granddads day, they just made sure you lost enough fingers in the machinery to keep from counting. Nowadays they gotta keep you too busy to realize they stole two hours instead of one.
That’s been my experience as well, or even way worse. We should have more unions.
Damn. Why do you work this way? Don’t you have regulations and stuff?
In Austria I already work 8-4 and we are currently talking about reducing it to 8-3.
This is mostly an American problem. Here in the EU it’s less of an issue. Even here in Spain, where we work 9 to 6 or 9 to 7, is always because, either we have a big break in the middle of something. And regarding kids, I don’t have them, but those who do in my company usually take the time off to go, pick then up and get them home or something if the school is nearby. Otherwise they arrange some home delivery or something, as I recall.
It’s all on a state by state basis. So ‘right to work’ states like Alabama, Texas, Virginia, etc, there are very few regulations. There the employer is viewed as the owner of the job and can basically tell the employee to work anytime. States with stronger regulations like California have much more stringent policies and there it’s if not less likely to work a lot of overtime people are likely to be paid for it.
Just 5 or 6 hours less a week, that’s all
Just 20 or 25 hours less a month, that’s all.
𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟎 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥.
I do 6pm-6am 5 days a week
Which was an improvement from my previous position of starting at 12am-4amish going to 9am-2pmish 6 days a week.