How much time are you allowed for your lunch break?

[DCal430]

hours 0700 - 1700 and get 30 mins.
This is in the UK working in aircraft maintenence

Are you only working 2 or 3 days a week, or do you get many hours of break and social time each day during work.

I think most Europeans go to work, work for 1 hour, get 1 hour break, work for 1 more hour, go home for a 3 hour lunch, work for 1 more hour, get another hour break, and finally work for 1 more hour before going home.

 

[sze5003]

I work in IT as well and we get 1 hour for lunch. I pack my lunch and eat at my desk so I can leave at around 4pm because I get in around 730-8am. Most times I get stuck working later so it sucks I guess 80% of the time.

I will usually go out for lunch with friends on Fridays.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I usually eat at my desk and read e-mails and nef.

 

[boomhower]

12 hour shifts here. Day shift is get something on the go, chances are you aren't going to have time to check out somewhere and eat. Night shift, 30-45 minutes.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Director IA - However long I want so long as I get my projects done & attend all my meetings - some days not a lot of time - other days 2hrs.

 

[mikeymikec]

Are you only working 2 or 3 days a week, or do you get many hours of break and social time each day during work.

I think most Europeans go to work, work for 1 hour, get 1 hour break, work for 1 more hour, go home for a 3 hour lunch, work for 1 more hour, get another hour break, and finally work for 1 more hour before going home.

You know, your opinion becomes more interesting every time you state it.

 

[Slew Foot]

Self employed, no breaks for me. Id rather just finish and go home earlier anyway

 

[Dr. Zaus]

Ph.D. student: I work as much as I want and take a break whenever I want, with the exception of 9 hours a week when I actually 'have' to be somewhere.

Day:
Wake up at 6:30, walk out the door at 7:15... walk to office start work at 8:00; drink coffee, read email, chat with office mate. Do real work at 8:30, stopping to neff every hour or so for a few min. Eat lunch at around 11:30, talk about research over lunch, get back to work around 12:30: do more work until about 7:00 when I walk home.

Sometimes around 1 I'm sleepy, so I take a nap in my office 'reading' chair.

It's a good day; only interrupted by going go conferences 4 weeks a year, and family vacation 2 weeks a year.

 

[Sureshot324]

Technically its 30 mins but most people take an hour. If I go to the gym I take close to 2 hours.

 

[Ketchup]

Are you only working 2 or 3 days a week, or do you get many hours of break and social time each day during work.

I think most Europeans go to work, work for 1 hour, get 1 hour break, work for 1 more hour, go home for a 3 hour lunch, work for 1 more hour, get another hour break, and finally work for 1 more hour before going home.

You know, this thread is for what "you" are allowed for a lunch/break, not your made-up ideas about what others work.

 

[mistercrabby]

Taking time for lunch is for pussies. What, are you a union slug?

 

[olds]

Supposed to be an hour.
I am supposed to work from 0730-1630. But I go in at 0600, usually eat at my desk while working (or browsing AT) and leave at 1430. An hour is too long unless I have to go somewhere to get lunch.

 

[zCypher]

Network analyst for telco, 8 hour day consists of two paid 15 minute breaks and an unpaid 30 minute break which is usually when I eat. I'm usually on some kind of project instead of taking calls though. So there is a lot of flexibility for breaks and start/finish times so long as everything gets done.

 

[Mixolydian]

Taking time for lunch is for pussies. What, are you a union slug?

fuck you...

 

[ImpulsE69]

I take 6-7 hour lunch breaks with little 15 minute breaks spread out. It makes for a really busy day.

 

[jimbob200521]

Bout 45 minutes to an hour for an 8 hour work day. Plenty of time to grab a lunch from the cafeteria, eat in the lounge, and play a quick round or two of Hill Climb or Plague and maybe a smoke if the mood strikes.

 

[Adrenaline]

Taking time for lunch is for pussies. What, are you a union slug?

I'm in a union. I don't have a set lunch. I take it when I can and if I'm busy, I don't get one.

Twelve hour shifts, three days one week and four days the next. I can't leave to get lunch as I am on the clock.

 

[Wyndru]

What's a lunch break?

I usually work through mine and eat a protein bar, unless I'm out of the office already and just grab something on the go.

 

[Dedpuhl]

Civil Engineer - ~1 hr

 

[SpunkyJones]

I just have a quick bite at my desk while working, no real lunch I guess. Not sure what we are allowed to have, but we're too busy to take a 'real' lunch.

 

[Smoblikat]

IT in America, I get at least an hour, but depending on who in the group is going out we can get away with 1hr 30m

 

[bononos]

http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/workhours/breaks.htm
It doesn't look like federal law mandates lunch breaks.
Everyone in the office has to turn in 40hr timesheets so every minute taken for lunch has to be made up by working longer. The UK office turns in 37.5hrs so 30minutes free time for them.

 

[Kyle]

30-60 mins but if we take a longer lunch we have to make it up @ the end or start of shift since the lunch break is unpaid

 

[child of wonder]

Whatever I want.

IT Consultant working for a VAR.

 

[Brovane]

1 hour Lunch. IT Network Admin. We are supposed to take 1-hour but things can be flexible depending on need. However by rules we have to clock out for at least a 30 min lunch in a 8-hour shift. Which makes things interesting when we are working a outage. Excuse me while we take a 30 min break. Those are the types of conversations that give my boss a nervous tick.