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Does that 2 hours come out of your work day or do you have still stay 2 hours later? I don't even use my 1 hour lunch break because not using it let's me get off earlier.
Depends on your job, and what it's being offset against. Some workplaces care more about your work that your office hours. OTOH some workplaces are run by psychotic control freaks who've forgotten what the point is 🤷
Sometimes the point of a job is to be in a certain place at a certain time, so job places requiring you to follow the clock makes sense in a lot of cases.
If your job is to make at least 25 "thingies", and you make 25, you should be able to go home.
Back when I worked a job with a target (25 work items in this case) it would have been reasonably cheap for them to massively increase productivity by doing that
Finish the day's work and go home
Instead they demanded 25 work items, gave us enough work to deliver around 15 each and wanted us on site regardless of whether work was done
Yeah that's a good point actually, although in those cases you usually can't pull a 2 hour lunch
Doesn't come out of your hours so yes in practice you finish later and/or start earlier.
F that. I guess it's nice if you need to go to a doctor or something but no way as a standard thing.
Yeah it's pretty shit tbh, but also total weekly is 35h max, tons of vacations, etc etc etc. Also very dependant by workplace, depends if the boss is modern or old school, etc. Some people definitely enjoy the long mid-day break, also realistically if the bossman takes you out and orders a bunch of wine, expectations for the afternoon are gonna be low...
Also shit gets weird when you start going south, shops will close from 12:00 to 16:00, morning open at 10/11, it's maniana maniana. Overall I would rate France not the best country to work in but it's mostly because you then have to deal with not only French people but also French administration, and F that. Overall work conditions and benefits are good (salaries not so much). I personally GTFO of there and much enjoyed the faster pace where I live now but I'm kinda getting over it and the slower rhythm sounds more tempting now.