How long is your lunch break?

[oiprocs]

Originally posted by: Injury
Hourly... and whatever I feel like. So long as people know when to expect me back and >1 hr lunches aren't a daily occurrence.

The one big benefit of my company is that they are pretty laid back about scheduling. If you have a doctor's appointment or something you just let someone know that you're going and you go. You don't really need to get approval and you don't get hassled for it.

For about 5 months now I've been coming in at 8, skipping lunch and leaving at 4. I get my 8 hours in for the day, I'm home before traffic hits, and I always feel like I have soooo much more free time in the evening because of it. Nobody has really cared and it's only been an issue once, where someone else waited until the last minute to turn a project over to me that needed done before EOD... they called me about 10 minutes after I left and I had to turn around and go back. I wasn't too happy about it because I ended up being stuck until 7 when this person could have given me the work earlier in the day and nobody would have had to work overtime. I haven't tested the waters with coming in at 7 or 7:30 and leaving at 3 or 3:30, but a lot of our deadlines are at 4, so I can imagine screwing myself over a lot.

So when you fill in your time sheet, do you put down that you took a break?

I'd rather skip out on the half hour as well and leave at 330, but as great as my boss is, I wasn't able to get that caveat.

 

[D1gger]

As long as I want/need, but at the end of the day the work has to be done.

 

[imported_Lothar]

Originally posted by: TallBill
I eat while I work and stay on the clock.

This.

 

[JulesMaximus]

As long as I want. I can pretty much come and go as I please.

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: oiprocs
30 minutes here. Kinda sucks 'cause nothing is really close by, so if you don't bring something, you'll spend 10-15 driving time, only giving you 15 or so for ordering/eating/belching.

edit: I'm hourly, so seeing this business of "as long as I want" has me thinking you guys are salaried.

Fridays: 3hrs
2hrs to watch whatever new movie premiering at the noon showing
1hr to eat lunch afterwards

rest of the week: Average of 1.5 hr++

 

[ggnl]

Officially, 1 hours. But I usually take a little longer than that.

I'm salaried.

Back when I was hourly, I would eat at my desk so I could leave early.

 

[krylon]

8 inches.

 

[MixMasterTang]

Originally posted by: oiprocs
30 minutes here. Kinda sucks 'cause nothing is really close by, so if you don't bring something, you'll spend 10-15 driving time, only giving you 15 or so for ordering/eating/belching.

edit: I'm hourly, so seeing this business of "as long as I want" has me thinking you guys are salaried.

I used to take longer lunches when I was actually hourly. We didn't have time clocks or anything, but we would fill out a time sheet at the end of the week. Me and a few others would leave for lunch promptly at 11:00 and usually get back at 1:00pm. Normally since people don't know exactly when you left and also take a lunch break sometime in there they wouldn't know we were gone. Either that or we'd get a call and break out the laptop and just pretend like we were at work! I spent too much money on cigars and lunches though.

 

[scott916]

1 hour, salaried.

 

[mb]

1 hour, salaried.

But, we're also allowed two 15 minute breaks during the day, so if I'm not to busy I will just roll them into my lunch hour. Otherwise I never use my other breaks.

 

[Red Squirrel]

1 hour but I sometimes take it longer or shorter. When I eat at work I tend to just take the time to eat then do work that I've been trying to catch up on while taking calls.

May sound workaholic but way I see it is when I'm slacking off at another time at least I don't have to feel as bad.

 

[herm0016]

30 min. at the hardware store, whenever you get a few min. at the theater.

 

[Uppsala9496]

1 hour. Salaried, but technically I don't get paid for it.
At my old job I always took my full hour. New job....I'll work during it.

 

[gorcorps]

Salary, and it's pretty much however long I want (within reason). If I make a habit of a full week with 3 hour lunches I might get a phone call.

 

[Slew Foot]

Salaried, varies depending on how the OR cases are going, 30 minutes to basically all day.

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: queenrobot
1 hour unpaid, and I can't shorten to leave early unless I ask ahead of time.

Sadly, it's this now.

 

[imported_Imp]

Officially 1 hour. I take about 1 hour usually, but have been staking 1 hour 10/20 minutes lately. It doesn't make me feel bad cause they're renovating the floor downstairs, it's an old building with wooden floors, so I get to smell paint fumes and cigarette smoke from construction workers all day.

 

[Jumpem]

No set time limit. Though I usually only take ten minutes.

 

[LilPima]

I'm supposed to take an entire hour... some days I take less, some days I take more. As long as I bill enough hours in a day, I figure it doesn't matter how long I take since I'm still making them money.

Salaried - 9-5 pretty much unless I'm on a deadline.

 

[DangerAardvark]

30 min lunch breaks are the devil.

 

[Cdubneeddeal]

Salaried. As long as I please.

 

[TipsyMcStagger]

Salary - As long as I want, though usually don't take lunch break because I'd rather get my work done and get out.

 

[BW86]

Originally posted by: Koing
3600 seconds...

+1

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Salaried. 9-hour workday, three breaks. Two fifteen-minute breaks, one thirty-minute break.

Can't extend any of those as at the end of the month,
Logged-in time/no. of working days needs to be >= 8 hours
If I don't meet that gate, I don't get my performance incentive. If I make a habit of it, it becomes a 'behavioral issue.'

Performance incentive (getting an A) pretty much doubles my salary so I value it.

(I work in Customer Service)

 

[Xecuter]

30 minutes - hourly