Questions tagged [lunch]
Questions relating to the period of time in which one is given to eat their lunch. This can include questions on communication during this time or on issues raised by particular location, or lack thereof, for eating food.
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Legal for company to force employees to clock in by (unpaid) lunch break? [closed]
At my company the lunch break is unpaid time, as is pretty standard.
The company allows employees to either arrive late or leave early twice per pay period month, without having to use paid leave time....
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When should one stop trying to eat with immediate coworkers in your team? [closed]
I have heard that one should not eat alone at work. I tried to meet with my team members but it is hard to get this pattern to stick as I eat at different times, I would rather finish work earlier and ...
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Is it legal to have a single 20 minute break for a 9 hour shift in the UK?
I work 5 days a week 9-6 and get a single 20 minute break for lunch. I am mentally drained and completely worn out. How can this be legal? By the time you’ve gobbled your food it’s time to go back - ...
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Hours and lunch time. What should I do when all the other engineers have a shorter lunch break and are expected to work more hours?
I started at the company I'm at now about 2.5 years ago. I was told via email I get an hour lunch. I asked, via email, if I needed to take the whole hour for lunch. (I assumed it was an unpaid lunch.) ...
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How to avoid the higher expectations that come with seniority as well as any desire on the part of management to promote me?
I work for an organization that has a pay structure such that advancing beyond senior developer is utterly undesirable, but has excellent benefits and lots of vacation time and a strong stock market ...
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Manager schedules meetings during my lunch break
I put a 30 minute blocker in my calendar titled "Lunch" so that I could grab some lunch during that time. My manager has the same thing, but at a different time (way too early for me to have ...
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What are reasonable dietary preferences to expect employers to accommodate?
At my work we frequently have events where lunch is provided, and that consists of finger food such as sandwiches, wraps and pastries. They are very keen on accommodating "proper" ...
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If I do not want to join the shared lunch every day, how to do this nicely enough?
The members of my team always go "for lunch" all together and invariably always to the same shop nearby, just to grab the cheap sandwich and then eat in the office. I would strongly prefer ...
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Overtime vs Pay Cut (California) (40-45 hours)
I was under the impression that M-F 9am-5pm was 40 hours of work but my boss is now changing it to 8am-5pm which is 45 hours but at the same weekly rate.
What does California workplace laws say about ...
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Employees very mad over free lunch choice
My organization hit a big milestone, so I wanted to do a little something to celebrate. Because everybody is working remotely (due to this COVID craziness), I thought it would be fun to send lunch to ...
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Mandatory one hour unpaid lunch
I work in a devops-like role in Colorado. My manager recently let us know that he wants everyone on the team to be taking a one-hour unpaid lunch break every day so that we each span 9 hours of ...
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How to get rid of unwanted coworkers at lunch?
We are 5-6 coworkers (from different teams) that like to go out for lunch together.
The problem: For some reason, there are people joining us without being invited.
It just happens like this:
It'...
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Left out of team Lunch; how to handle this professionally?
My boss, for whom I have worked for a long time, invited all managers to lunch for their Christmas present at her expense (she says it is a work development tool) but tells me the email invite I got ...
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Supervisors complaining to me about disappearing (On bathroom break)
I work in a manufacturing company where I am required to basically monitor machinery and process paperwork (not giving too much detail to keep anonymous).
It is generally expected people be on the ...
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Team lunch - I have food preferences the venue can't accommodate [duplicate]
I am a vegetarian (and also I don't drink). Our manager takes the team out to lunch, say, once every quarter.
This time they are planning to go to a restaurant that has no vegetarian options. ...
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