Hey team member. Lunch breaks are sacred to some and luxury to most. But on the day before a holiday half day, can you just suck it up and not bitch that you have to work through lunch?

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OP you’re part of the culture that is dehumanizing our industry. Did you bring team member lunch at their desk so they could meet your deadline?

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Good luck keeping talent around with that mentality when tech companies not only allow people to have lunch but oftentimes provide it

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There is no reason to work through lunch. If you’re forcing people to do it something is wrong with your team.

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@OP I take it you haven’t traveled outside of the United States given your short-sighted perspective? Most non-Americans feel bad for us...for the lack of holidays and extreme working hours. Always talking/worrying about work. Overall we seem to have the mentality of living to work instead of working to live. You’re perpetuating it with this passive aggressive post.

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It’s illegal to force someone to not take their lunch break. At least in California. I work through lunch only when I feel like I need the extra time. Never when anyone else expects me to. I’m entitled to 30 minutes of lunch after working 5 hours in CA, and yeah, I’ll bitch about it if someone else is the one making that decision for me

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Nah

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SR, what was salty or spiteful? We should be working to make our industry a better place to be, not reinforcing the BS that makes people hate it.

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There are a lot of spoiled and high-maintenance people in this industry. No free La Croix? Gross. Only 1 happy hour a month? Lame. Work through lunch to expedite a task so everyone can leave early tomorrow? How dare you.

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Director 1 on that good-good WFH and show up at 11 am every day vibe. You go to your directorial-ness busting your butt one way or another. Lay off the salt and spite.

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I️ haven’t really had time for lunch since 2016.

I️ don’t feel entitled. Just tired and a little sad. Often hungry.

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More and more tech is starting to sound real good

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There is such a bad corner-cutting, coddling culture in advertising.. omg the place that pays you needs you to work through lunch!!!!??? GASP! DEHUMANIZATION!

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Since when do we get paid to have lunch? 🙄

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Oh. I thought you were complaining about working through lunch.

DEGENERATE!

Whoa people put away the pitchforks ...he or she seems to be speaking specifically about the day before a holiday so everyone can go enjoy themselves burden free.

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holy crap. it's just fucking lunch.

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