Y'all know I hardly work, right? Every other Monday off for working an extra 45 minutes a day, and I am up to five weeks vacation leave.

I am in the wrong job! I work an extra 45 minutes a day and get extra work on the weekend for my troubles! Not that often, I admit.

My frustration is that if I work OT one week and want to take time the next week (same pay period), I have to reduce my time off hours by the OT hours. Meaning I end up with just 80 hours instead of 80+OT. So, while I may take time off, my PTO balance doesn't go down.

Now that the kids are grown and I have flexible hours, my PTO balance is higher than it has ever been before. Wish I could take it in one big block.

I remained miffed that FT in ny was 9 to 5 and here it is 8 to 5.

I would love 35 hours a week with benefits.

I remained miffed that FT in ny was 9 to 5 and here it is 8 to 5.

I have a friend who asked about that recently, and it blew my mind.

I remained miffed that FT in ny was 9 to 5 and here it is 8 to 5.

20 years in the south and I still haven't gotten over that shit.

The song "Workin' 9 to 5" baffled me for a long time. I kept counting the hours and going "Don't they get lunch? Are they paid for lunch? How are they getting a 40-hour week without something being really hinky?"

Pretty sure that's not legal, Suzi. There are specific professions where OT calculations are based on 2/80 calculations like nursing, but that's the exception not the rule.

The song "Workin' 9 to 5" baffled me for a long time. I kept counting the hours and going "Don't they get lunch? Are they paid for lunch? How are they getting a 40-hour week without something being really hinky?"

ME TOO!!!

I thought maybe that times had changed.

Here full time is 8- 4:30 or 8:30 - 5. If you are hourly, you are considered full-time at 37.5 hours, but you get paid less (obviously)

I have been wondering for a few days - how did 9 to 5 become standard business hours, anyway?

Not that I have ever worked 9-5 (my current schedule is 7-3:30, and other than that half-hour lunch break that I only sometimes actually get to take it's pretty convenient). I was 10-6 at the store in NO, but we ate lunch on the floor and stayed available to customers, otherwise I've always had the unpaid lunch.

Also, I am sure that is not legal Suzi (unless you are salaried but they are paying you overtime?) What they could do is pay you for the hours worked, and give you unpaid time and a half off.

So week one, you get paid for 50 hours (40 hours and 10 hour overtime) and the next week you work and get paid for 25 hours- (40 hours minus time and a half). I am not sure if that messes with fulltime status, though.