We don't really work 9 to 5 but still call our job 9-to-5

Many people still work 9-5.

Observe your coworkers carefully and see how many really work 7 hours per day.
- I definitely would argue most people don't ever work 8 hours a day.
  
  Even when I was scheduled in a factory, I had 10-15min here, 30min there of downtime waiting on the line, going poo, being told to change posts, watching people drop pallets and then everyone scrambling to pick up the spill.
  
  That's why I'll always advocate work from home. Get your shit done, and get on with life.

Speak for yourself

I work 8-5. They say my lunch is unpaid but I'm salary. Fucken bullshit.

You lucky bastard, getting paid 24 hours a day
- A salary is something The Man gives you to give up on your dreams.

8 to 5 seems much more common where I am.

But I do, acrually. As do many with office jobs?

Every office job I’ve ever worked has been 8-5
- Can you tell me your industry so I never go into it?

I always thought 9 to 5 was the actual standard american working time. I also thought it was weirdly late.

So at what time do Americans actually work?

I mean, I'm at work from 8 to 5, but the hours where I actually do work are closer to 9 to 5...
- 7:30am to 4pm with 30 minute lunch break.
It is an American thing. In France it is usually 9 to 6 with a 2 hours lunch between because we like to have fun.

If it isn't 9 to 5 then why would you call it a 9 to 5

I work 9 hour days with a 30 min lunch 6:30 - 4:00, Mon - Thurs. Then Friday is a half day, 6:30 - 10:30, its kind of growing on me. And if I feel like it I can just work a full day Friday and get easy 4 hours of overtime.

7-3:30 most days, 5-1:30 others. I love it.

I'd love to work 9-5, I'm more like...6:45am to 9pm :|

630-5 here. Of course, all of our office folk do, in fact, work 9-5.

I work 3pm-11pm so I always say I work the evening shift.

I can see why you’d say that

I literally do

9-6 for me. Thanks obama

I'm not American, what did Obama do to weaken workers' rights ?
- It’s a joke
  
  https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/thanks-obama
- Well for one he was tall

I used to work 7 - 3:30 but now that I can choose my own work hours I prefer not to start till 8

It might not be 9-to-5, but it can still be a 9-to-5.

And that's for the people lucky enough to be able to work 8 hours a day, I'm 5a-6p lol

I do about 10am to midnight five days a week. Fortunately my job is really easy.
Quit. Maybe you can find some luck.

Only exceptionally bad jobs (or exceptionally well paid jobs) are not 9to5 ime.

9-5 doesn't include unpaid lunch break. Do you eat at your desk while working?
- Paid lunch break
- Sometimes. My work is pretty variable. Some days I have to search for things to do. Others I have lots with short due dates. On busy days I eat at my desk. On really busy days I don't eat. It evens out in the end because I can leave early on slow days to make up the time.
Most jobs include a 30-60 minute paid lunch break, making 9-5 completely plausible.
- Most jobs include a 30-60 minute paid lunch break
  
  What? Where do you live? I’ve only ever had one job with a paid lunch break and I’ve worked a lot of jobs