Who's in the Office? The American Workday in One Graph
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#2Interesting data, reminds me of that thread a few months ago about work start times by city; I expected a bit more variation on some of the industries here, but I guess most of them are large categories.
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#3Great graph, though I was a bit confused by the categories - I ended up picking "Computer and mathematical", which seemed to be a strange way to describe what I do (but hey, I'm not American either).
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#4I expected to see more night owls in the "Computer and mathematical" category, but it looks like we're more conventional than the average.
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#5Weird, I came to work once at Twitter at 9am and I was the only one in sight on the whole floor.
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#6Do 9-5 jobs with paid lunch exist?
Everything I've seen is either 8-5 or 9-6 or some variation of that. Heck, where I am now is 9 hour days plus they encourage you to take lunch, 7-5. Half-day Friday though.
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#7A couple of things that one would guess, but are neat none the less: Food prep is the only one without a dip during the lunch hour (they are preparing what everyone else is eating). Also, protective services has the fattest tails (most late shift workers).
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#8I expected to see more night owls in the "Computer and mathematical" category, but it looks like we're more conventional than the average.
The vast majority of computer programming is done in "stodgy", "boring" settings, like offices and for government projects, so this really shouldn't be a surprise for that field. The "work anywhere when you like, just get your 8 in" concept is relatively niche, even in the Valley "glamor" bubble.
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#9Do 9-5 jobs with paid lunch exist? Everything I've seen is either 8-5 or 9-6 or some variation of that. Heck, where I am now is 9 hour days plus they encourage you to take lunch, 7-5. Half-day Friday though.
I have a friend who works for a large software company (SAS), and he works 9-5 with an hour lunch in the middle.
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#10Do 9-5 jobs with paid lunch exist? Everything I've seen is either 8-5 or 9-6 or some variation of that. Heck, where I am now is 9 hour days plus they encourage you to take lunch, 7-5. Half-day Friday though.
Some still do, I guess it largely depends on the company. Each company I've worked at the last several years were 9-5 or 10-6 with lunch break in the middle somewhere.