In my opinion, this is mostly great only for salary folks. As an hourly worker, an hour lunch break means I’m away from home for an extra hour. Also, as someone who travels to many locations, I’d much rather eat on the road than sit down and wait until lunch is over, especially if it’s mandatory…
Generally I agree, but I do carve out a narrow exemption for that particular hourly job, it was in a warehouse so pretty physical, I was on my feet all day, carrying around heavy boxes and such, and with the specific job I had I was often the first one there in the morning and basically always the last to leave, so I really wanted that nap in the middle of the day
I didn’t like my old job, but the one thing I really miss was having a full hour for lunch and being located directly next door to a park
I’d go hang my hammock up between a couple trees and set an alarm on my phone to take a nap, it was pretty damn great.
In my opinion, this is mostly great only for salary folks. As an hourly worker, an hour lunch break means I’m away from home for an extra hour. Also, as someone who travels to many locations, I’d much rather eat on the road than sit down and wait until lunch is over, especially if it’s mandatory…
Generally I agree, but I do carve out a narrow exemption for that particular hourly job, it was in a warehouse so pretty physical, I was on my feet all day, carrying around heavy boxes and such, and with the specific job I had I was often the first one there in the morning and basically always the last to leave, so I really wanted that nap in the middle of the day
Same here from when I was working in the field. If I’m driving, I can count it as working so I go home after 8 hours instead of 9 or 8.5 or whatever.