Is an 8-Hour Workday Unrealistic?

Going to the office for 9 hours while taking 5 smoke breaks and holding meetings that should’ve been an email is no better

Simple, do 8am to 4pm for half and 9am to 5pm for the other half. Worked great with our team!

Why not ask them? Perhaps it can be a shifted schedule. Some come in an hour later, some leave an hour earlier—- but ask them. Work together

I’m a boss and I only care about them getting their work done. You can work from home. You can leave 2 hours early, work on the roof, in a safari, in London, on Mars. Just get the work done !

I agree with this mostly , only difference is I don’t think the workers are necessarily unreasonable if they quit . That just means they want a different set of rules than that owner wants . That’s fine . Nothing wrong with that

I understand that obviously "entitled employees" are frustrating for a rich business owner, but........ this country needs people with an entitled attitude towards employment BAD. This country has gone through waaaay too many generations of people just accepting extremely poor work conditions and worker rights.

Dave didn't answer the question being asked. Employees are asking if they can WORK THROUGH LUNCH; not taking a break, and leaving sooner in the day. The employees are looking at working for 8 hours regardless. Not 7. Otherwise you're AT work for 9 hours, only being paid for 8.

Here's an out-of-the-box idea, TALK TO THE EMPLOYEES! Why do they want to leave? Is it maybe a traffic issue, maybe it's a realization that they work better at 12 and not at 4. 99% of issues like this would be fixed if employers talked to their employees like humans. THATS the problem. Not millennials, not Gen Z; it's the younger generation seeing their parents be kicked and concerns ignored by bosses for their whole lives and saying, "Maybe there's a better way," and bosses feeling like they just don't want to work because they think they know whats right for people who they know nothing about.

You summed it up when you said it's my name on the side of the building. Being retired now, I can say that anytime I wasn't working for myself was a waste. If you're working for someone else you're selling your time for money. If you're working for yourself it's a different story. Consequently employers and employees do not and should not have the same expectations of what work is. It isn't that people don't have a work ethic, it's that they don't have an investment in the success of the company. A smart employer will give them an incentive a dumb one will just make rules and complain which creates a revolving door of new employees.

Skipping lunch and leaving early for any number of reasons shouldn't be a problem. If there are multiple employees that want to do this, split up some number of employees to work 8-4 and some number to work 9-5 to cover the customer service aspect.

In other words, Dave advises is to treats your employees like kids?

My wife's office allows the employees to work from home 1 or 2 days a week, but Tuesdays are office days for everyone. My wife chose Fridays. My daughter chose Mondays and Fridays. My wife works about 60 hours/week, including on Fridays. No, she doesn't work in her pjs. She gets up just as early and she's at her desk before 7:00 whether it's at the office or at home. She works through lunch, quits about 5:00, but gets on calls with her team members in China at night. Sorry, Dave, but my wife works just as hard, if not harder, from home than at the office. Plus, there are fewer distractions at home. I get the evil eye even if I try to say something 🙂

As someone who has done this for 7 years, it's not an issue. Giving people 5 less hours a week of free time, plus asking them to work OT for free (salary), wage increases that don't keep up with inflation, etc. will motivate good talent to go elsewhere.

Dave is a great leader. Dave also wants to do what he wants to do because as he said, his name is on the building. I could learn aot from Dave. I also know I wouldn't work well with Dave. Dave ignored the question. The people are working 8 hours, just not taking lunch. Dave doesn't really care what the employees think in this scenario. That goes a long way... It doesn't mean that you do what the employees want. It means you take the time to connect and listen to their concerns

This is not 40 hours a way. The additional 1 hour for lunch every day is still on company time, regardless of getting paid. Which is a 45hour work week. Have the employees switch off, who gets to go home early. Let one come in at 9am instead of 8am. Working in an office does not need to be strict.

We're taking about IT workers they tend to be night owls. See if some are willing to come in an hour later so they can stay until 5. The issue some have when the boss sets a schedule of 8-5 with an hour lunch is that effectively occupies 9 hours of your day but you only get paid for 8.

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Firstly, change lunch to a half hour. 60 min. is a waste of time. Secondly, consider staggering starting times in order to cover more hours of the day forcustomer service.

Some states require breaks by law, so working 8 straight hours then leaving early without a lunch break would be grounds for employment lawsuits.

Make sure you have it in writing. Each state has a break law. Any disgruntled employee that leaves for whatever reason, them not getting the required break can come back and bite you.