• Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Work in IT.
    Start at 9:00
    Lunch 13:00-14:00
    Go home at 18:00
    Commute (if construction does not tear up the main crossing) is around 30min 1-way with bus or a 15-20min bicycle ride.

    Experience: About 5 years without college/uni.

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      Work in IT. Start at 9:00 Lunch 13:00-14:00 Go home at 18:00

      IT Job I left:

      • start at 8
      • coffee 10-1030-ish (sometimes like 11)
      • lunch at 12-13
      • second coffee 15-1530
      • leave at 1647, home by 1720 by train – tools down, muthafuckas
      • voluntary standby for 1/4 time and immediate double-time for callouts, sanctity of personal time otherwise.
      • union, 9x9 work term, no abrupt firings.
      • EXACTLY on the median base salary for my job+region, which includes dot-coms.
      • in north america, no less.

      Experience: About 5 years without college/uni.

      Experience: my soul.

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        1 year ago

        Both of y’all are melting American brains trying to do the math on figuring out what times you’re talking about.

        Most Americans have no clue that 13:00 is 1:00pm because 12+1 is too difficult, and God help you if you say 22:00, because 22-12 might as well be euclidean geometry.