# Workin' 9 to 5...or 8 to 4? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 22, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043 "2010-04-22T23:05:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043/41 "2010-04-23T02:59:53Z")
All across the clock… GM of a cafe …we also do overnight production. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043/42 "2010-04-23T03:36:55Z")
8 to 5, one hour unpaid lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043/43 "2010-04-23T04:53:41Z")
Neither. I work 12 noon to 8pm. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043/44 "2010-04-23T06:29:57Z")
Mostly when I feel like getting there, unless there is a specific project that requires being there at a certain time. Depending upon my other job, and what I’m doing on that day, I arrive anywhere between 7-9:30 am. Sometimes I don’t even go to work at all, but work from home. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043/45 "2010-04-23T06:48:11Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > I’ve always worked 8 to 5, which is 8 hours of work and 1 for lunch. or 8:30 to 5:30, but those aren’t in the options in the poll. this ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043/46 "2010-04-23T07:17:43Z")
Ah, not common… I prefer 8 to 4, but I’ve worked all kinds of hours and I’m currently out of work. I had a job which was supposed to be 9 to 5, my boss accepted a change to 8 to 4 (which meant 1-2 hours less in the car, daily), then HR yelled at us saying it had to be 9 to 5:30, and in any case I ended up working 10h-6h-10-6-10-6… because it was best for the synthetic work I was doing, and reporting 9-5:30 to HR. I had another which was supposed to be 9 to 5, but my boss moved me to 11 to 7 ☹ that sucked donkey balls, as it meant I couldn’t do my shopping before work, couldn’t do my shopping after work, had to do my shopping on Saturday morning, along with what seemed to be half the region. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043/47 "2010-04-23T07:28:33Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever in my life worked a shift that remotely resembled either of those. In the city that never sleeps, 9-5 jobs (or anything within 2 hours of that) are a freaking LUXURY. ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043/48 "2010-04-23T07:31:52Z")
8:30 to 5:00 because there is a 30 minute lunch break that is unpaid. It’s the closest I’ll ever get to 9 to 5 ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043/49 "2010-04-23T09:48:15Z")
I set my own hours. It’s currently 5:45 a.m. and I’m working. (A report is compiling.) At my previous job, I worked 8 - 5 with an hour unpaid lunch. I agitated constantly for a half hour lunch and a an 8:30 start but that was never an option, even though the people I reported to never arrived before 9. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043/50 "2010-04-23T10:16:51Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > What, no 10 to 6? > > That’s what I usually work. I own a retail store. The posted hours are 10-6, five days a week. Most days I go in earlier and stay later than that. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043/51 "2010-04-23T10:55:51Z")
I’d say roughly 7 am to 10 or 11 pm, with big gaps in between for stuff like eating, drinking, posting to the SDMB, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Khendrask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@Khendrask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khendrask)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043/52 "2010-04-23T11:24:34Z")
2AM till noon on Mondays, 5AM till 3PM Tue, Wed, Thu, off Fri, Sat, Sun. ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043/53 "2010-04-23T11:32:03Z")
I work from 07:30 to 16:00 ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043/54 "2010-04-23T12:41:17Z")
6 am to 9 pm. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043/55 "2010-04-23T12:45:01Z")
Wow, some folks are putting in some major hours! I start 7, done by 3. Still have some daylight to play with. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043/56 "2010-04-23T12:53:50Z")
8:00-4:30 with a half hour lunch, actually. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043/57 "2010-04-23T14:03:46Z")
Generally 8 to 5, but in practice it’s more like 8:15 to 5:30. I’m exempt so I don’t really track my hours very carefully. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043/58 "2010-04-23T14:10:40Z")
It was 8 - 430, then some days I changed to 7 - 330, then we switched to an alternate work environment. Now I can work whenever, Mon - Sat, as long as I get 40 hours in. The only drawback is production is up from 630am - 7pm, so while I can work after 7pm, it’s in inquiry only. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043/59 "2010-04-23T14:30:22Z")
7:20-4:30 I’d get in earlier but I have an hour commute. My last Job was 6:00 - 3:00 and that was fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043/60 "2010-04-23T14:49:36Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > I’ve always worked 8 to 5, which is 8 hours of work and 1 for lunch. But those aren’t in the options in the poll. What I would have said. Also, I have worked 12-hour shifts all over the clock as well as night shifts of seven and eight hours. “9 to 5” is a myth as far as I know. I did not participate in the poll. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workin-9-to-5-or-8-to-4/537043.md?page=4)