No breaks or lunch in the workplace?!

[Tober138]

Originally Posted by Hemlock140

You always have the option to look for a better job somewhere else that does have paid lunches and breaks.

This.

if you don't like the "break" policy, or any other policy or any benefits (or lack thereof) provided by a company, you can either choose to go elsewhere, or choose to accept them by taking the job.

I have turned down job offers in the past because I simply did not like what they had to offer and / or the environment / rules of the office.

Originally Posted by Audi Nut

Slavery's back?

If it was "slavery" then that would mean that you would not have the option to look elsewhere for another job. Since you do have that option, you are not a slave.

Originally Posted by YAZ

I find it unreasonable (to say the least), that an employer wouldn't offer a "breather' once in a while.

"Pee break Boss?"

And, chances are, that type of employer will likely not attact and / or keep the best possible employees. They will likely move on to another employer who provides a more hospitable working environment.

[joe vereeken]

Ohio precision molding in barberton only gives 15 minutes for lunch. Thats 15 mins total time and not the actual time your sitting at the table (11 mins) try eating a meal in 11 mins the break rom looks like a bunch of starving animals rescued from the humane society.

[TheMillersWife]

In the state of California, there are rules mandating 30 minute lunch break for every five hours worked, and 10 minutes rest for every 3.5 hours.

In the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, there are no such laws. I used to work 12 hour shifts and not nary an official lunch or break to be seen.

In none of these cases are the lunch break required to be PAID in full or in part.

[Vic 2.0]

Originally Posted by Innotech

I deal with this too. I work 12 hour night shifts and I can leave to get food but I dont actually have an official break time to do it. Some nights it gets so busy with phones ringing literally all 12 hours, and I either dont have time to get anything or I dont have time to eat what I bought. I guess thats just how it goes though.

Yes, that is how it goes in businesses that aren't run properly. I also work 12 hour shifts. And I don't have that specific problem at my job, but I'm required to work through my preset breaks every now and then because someone "up top" made a promise to a customer that the workers in general can't keep.

Competence is only required of those on the bottom, you know that.