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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the real world 40 hours is the minimum hours worked. So workers are in the office a lot more than govt employees realize pre-covid.

If I had a Dentist Appointment or Doctors Appointment or Kids activity and I had to leave on time. Not early. I have to ask my boss usually.

Going back to office 40 yours a week is the absolute bare minimun in real worlds.

Places I worked at we often staff it based on a 50 hour week. We could hire 20 percent less workers. We be more profitable, we have less real estate rent, less people on medical plan. And even 50 hours is not a long day. If you eat at your desk and skip lunch it is 8-6pm

And in busy season when i was big four, we usually work 8-8 every day 60 hour weeks.

In summer we worked only 40 hour a week and felt like a vacation none of us knew what to do with all the free time.

When I worked at Citigroup we had a rule unless my dept was working at least 45 hours a week each we could not hire. Makes sense, how are you short staffed if no one is working OT?

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Have you ever worked as a Fed? I'm guessing not. I've worked as a Fed and am now in the private sector. I worked a lot as a Fed...sometimes nights and weekends. Yes, I was eligible for comp time, though it wasn't always approved.

Frankly, I have a lot more flexibility in the private sector than I ever did in government, because the rest of the world doesn't scrutinize my every move assuming that I'm somehow gaming the system when in fact I was just trying to serve my country. While I think my corporate job is useful, it's far less impactful than what I did in the government. You are benefiting from some of the work I did in the government pretty much everyday. But now everyone thinks I have a useful job, and I earn 10x what I used to. Because Americans don't understand how good we have had it for the past 70 years.[/quote]

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