Also, do you work remote? Also, how long is your lunch break?


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[Edited on December 18, 2012 at 8:22 AM. Reason : important shit ITT]

12/18/2012 8:20:44 AM

work in office
take lunch
30 minutes

12/18/2012 8:24:15 AM

i haven't had a lunch break in 6 years. must be nice.

12/18/2012 8:26:34 AM

work in office,

eat lunch @ my desk b/c I bring my lunch from home w/ me,

Most of the time I usually work while eating b/c I spend a majority of my lunch break running or something.

12/18/2012 8:28:53 AM

I guess most of the dudes here have wives that make them lunches.

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12/18/2012 8:30:19 AM

My SO's co-workers go out to eat a lot but it's mostly junky food and it gets expensive so he's stopped doing that. Or so he says.

12/18/2012 8:32:30 AM

I technically get an hour but most days I eat at my desk (and not work) or go take a walk around the lake on our campus or read over lunch and then eat at my desk while working.

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12/18/2012 8:33:26 AM

Quote :

"work in office, eat lunch @ my desk b/c I bring my lunch from home w/ me, Most of the time I usually work while eating"

Usually this. Lunch is normally one of three things:

- Leftovers from previous night's dinner

- Sandwich and chips that I made

- Delivery or walk-to-pick-up from a close by restaurant

I've been clocking a lot of hours on an online program for a contracting job I just recently got assigned....so every minute spent clocked in is an extra minute I can get out of the office earlier.

12/18/2012 8:33:34 AM

Usually work from the office, but it's not uncommon for me to work from home.
When I am in the office, I just eat at my desk and work through lunch. If you do take a lunch break, there is not set limit on how long it can be... As long as at the end of the week, you have at least 40 hours

12/18/2012 8:34:58 AM

Yup, our time is billed based on what project we work so I can take as little or as long as I want technically. Its weird here, people who come in at 7 almost never take a lunch and then people who come in at 9 almost always do

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12/18/2012 8:36:35 AM

Not often, though I can whenever. I just prefer to power through and gtfo.
Nope.
However long I want it to be.

12/18/2012 8:41:19 AM

we do what we want, flex schedule

12/18/2012 8:46:37 AM

^^^ we bill our time that way as well but we have so much inter-coordination that we basically have a courtesy schedule because otherwise it becomes inconvenient to the other people we're working with on our project.

12/18/2012 8:48:49 AM

I've got an hour long lunch break, and either go out to lunch, run some errands or go to the gym.

12/18/2012 9:13:23 AM

I bring a bag lunch, which I generally eat on the toilet, immediately after I defecate.

12/18/2012 9:33:39 AM

they force us to take a one hour lunch. apparently too many people were taking 30 min lunches and then leaving 30 minutes early to go to their kids' athletic events or something and then not using their vacation time.

I usually just cut up a bunch of carrots at the beginning of the week and bring some cottage cheese/crackers and just eat those as a snack while I watch netflix at my desk.

12/18/2012 9:34:29 AM

sometimes
no
theoretically, 1 hour

There's no real limit/policy on lunches, it's just more of, have at least 40 billable hours/week and get your work done.

I typically eat at my desk while working; however, I will use my "lunch break" to go run errands when I have them.

12/18/2012 9:42:31 AM

do you even lift

12/18/2012 9:44:23 AM

work in an office
i leave & usually go home to eat
1 hour

12/18/2012 10:02:41 AM

I take a lunch break.
Work in office 3 days & remote 2 days.
Usually 30 mins, but sometimes go out to lunch and take around an hour. I tend to make up for lost time by coming in early most days.

12/18/2012 10:11:19 AM

Work at home.
I go out sometimes, other times I eat at my desk while I work on whatever.
If I go out, I take as long as I want/need, usually about an hour.

12/18/2012 10:23:22 AM

Yes/No... I typically snack/eat all day. If I do take a lunch break, I go shopping or teach a spin class.

Yes. Remotely, though I do have an office space at my company's campus.

As long as I want. But usually I don't take a break.

12/18/2012 10:46:13 AM

Dont get one. I snack when I can.

12/18/2012 10:47:06 AM

Quote :

"we do what we want, flex schedule"

12/18/2012 10:48:42 AM

i eat like a 2nd grader, take my lunches at 11am

12/18/2012 10:49:39 AM

Sometimes bring leftovers, but mostly just grab something from the hospital and eat at my desk. Occasionally go out to Franklin Street, and a couple of times even gone to Durham. Also if time allows I will use that as gym time and do that or just get out and walk. Can't really work remotely, and I get an hour.

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12/18/2012 10:58:31 AM

i can't wait til i have a job with a lunch break. and work in a place where people are treated equally regardless of who you are friends with/who you gossip with on a regular basis. just kidding, that will never happen.

12/18/2012 12:32:55 PM

shoulda majored in something worthwhile

12/18/2012 12:33:33 PM

No but I make my own hours.

12/18/2012 12:34:33 PM

i get paid to take it.

so yes.

I work in an office. Contract work.

30 minutes are paid. anything more than that is time i have to tack on at the end of the day.

[Edited on December 18, 2012 at 12:42 PM. Reason : .]

12/18/2012 12:41:42 PM

no... eat and work.

12/18/2012 12:44:03 PM

I get an hour break

In our new building we're not allowed to eat at our desk, which sucks because it's hard to run errands on your break and eat at the same time. So I just run my errand for an hour, and then come back and eat in the cafe after I'm done (that takes about 30min). Change the rules and I won't take more than an hour.

12/18/2012 1:00:21 PM

Quote :

"shoulda majored in something worthwhile"

i thought i was doing right back then. my intentions were good. times have changed. boo hoo

12/18/2012 2:23:52 PM

I usually go to the gym and for a run or walk and then eat lunch, before I worked somewhere with a gym I usually ate at my desk.

12/18/2012 2:28:53 PM

Client 4 days, home 1 day
Go out for breakfast/lunch/dinner 4 days, lunch out on the home day
No set time, typically take 45mins - it's not billable time but we make up for it and then some

[Edited on December 18, 2012 at 5:37 PM. Reason : This is how you get fat]

12/18/2012 5:35:49 PM

nap > lunch

12/18/2012 5:37:57 PM

yes, i usually take a lunch break that's anywhere from 60-90 minutes, depending on the day...i'm less than 10 minutes from home, so i usually just go there, let the dogs out, and read or watch something from the DVR...or run errands or do a small project around the house

i work from home when i feel like it, but not that often...our company supports flex scheduling, so i'm thinking about moving to 4 10-hour days per work week...or 44/36 schedule (9 hours MTWT and and alternating fridays of 8 hours and out)

[Edited on December 18, 2012 at 5:40 PM. Reason : .]

12/18/2012 5:39:25 PM

Quote :

"work in office take lunch/at desk 30 minutes "

12/18/2012 5:42:50 PM

Work in office.

Lunch break is an hour.

I live about a mile from work so I normally come home and watch TV during lunch or something.

12/18/2012 5:53:54 PM

1 hour lunch

If I just want to eat lunch and surf the internet I'll stay in my office. If I want to watch tv/talk to people....or take a nap I'll go to the break room.

12/18/2012 6:40:51 PM

yes
yes
5 hours, steak and lobster, champagne

12/18/2012 6:45:57 PM

we usually walk around to places that are nearby, the cafeteria on campus is kinda meh

12/18/2012 6:47:24 PM

yes I take lunch

I can telework two days a week and most likely that is going to go up to three in the near future, office policy right now is two days though. Lunch is 30 minutes though we can combine our breaks and make it a hr.

I also work 9 hrs 8 days and 8 hrs 1 day and get off one day.



[Edited on December 18, 2012 at 6:55 PM. Reason : w]

12/18/2012 6:49:37 PM

Yes. Occasionally. 30-90 minutes.

12/18/2012 7:27:00 PM

I have 30 minutes paid lunch. It's probably 50/50 between bringing something and eating at my desk and going out with co-workers to grab a quick bite.

12/18/2012 8:30:22 PM

I don't have time. But I do typically finish my day around 2-3 pm.

12/18/2012 9:33:46 PM

office and not really. If I'm going to leave the office for >10 minutes, I need to wear a pager and have my phone forwarded to an Ascom phone to wear around. Way too much trouble so I just eat at my desk and take lots of <10 minute walks around.

12/18/2012 10:34:15 PM

Quote :

"they force us to take a one hour lunch. apparently too many people were taking 30 min lunches and then leaving 30 minutes early to go to their kids' athletic events or something and then not using their vacation time"

...

does not compute

12/18/2012 10:37:16 PM

30min to 1hour...unpaid
There is requirement that you take a lunch if you work a certain amount of hours.

[Edited on December 18, 2012 at 10:41 PM. Reason : adf]

12/18/2012 10:39:27 PM

work in an office/lab

lunch can be anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour, depending on the day and what's going on in the lab

we do whatever we want so long as we have 40 hours at the end of the week

[Edited on December 18, 2012 at 10:47 PM. Reason : .]

12/18/2012 10:46:44 PM