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The proper response isn't to quit, It to send a response that says that the law requires a break, and you intend to follow the law, even if my supervisor demands that I break the law. I will not follow an illegal directive.

I'm the future, I will take all legal breaks, for their full amount of time.

Further, I will be saving this email as evidence, in case of any future lawsuits by any employees. Any future discussion of this subject will be shared with the state department of labor.

And I would copy HR.

Is this really real? Hard to fathom but I guess in late stage capitalism anything is possible.

The Brenda person seems like someone that'd get featured in LinkedinLunatics.

On behalf of the team, i volunteer to spend my 30 min calling dept of labor...

Two things stand out to me: "work family" and "support your co-workers."

I don't "support my co-workers," I do my job, and they do theirs. When one of us isn't there, the other one keeps working. Nobody is waiting around for me to finish my lunch. I'm not holding anything up. Tell THEM to get to work, not me. I'm on lunch.

And "work family?" Get fucked with that nonsense. It's my job, not my family. I love my family, I will die for my family. I will NEVER die for my job. You have me for 40 hours a week. The rest is MINE. You don't even have the right to request any of MY time, without compensation.

The value of my excess labor belongs to ME.

..... Not even a two weeks notice

Time to talk to HR about IBS and a possible medical discrimination lawsuit.

In the UK, workers are legally entitled to at least a 20 minute break for every six hours they work, and generally contracts and an employee handbook can offer more. If this was a British firm, Brenda would be feeling the wrath of HR if they caught wind of this.

If that had happened in Germany, Brenda would have provably committed an administrative offence and should stop unless they want to go to jail:

§ 4 Rest breaks

Work shall be interrupted by predetermined rest breaks of at least 30 minutes for working hours of more than six to nine hours and 45 minutes for working hours of more than nine hours in total. The rest breaks referred to in sentence 1 may be divided into periods of at least 15 minutes each. Employees may not be employed for more than six consecutive hours without a rest break.

§ 22 Penalty provisions

(1) An employer commits an administrative offence if they intentionally or negligently

2. contrary to § 4, do not grant rest breaks, do not grant them for the prescribed minimum duration or do not grant them in a timely manner

(2) In the cases referred to in paragraph 1, nos. 1 to 7, 9 and 10, the administrative offence may be punished with a fine of up to thirty thousand euros [...].

§ 23 Penal provisions

(1) Any person who commits one of the acts specified in Section 22(1) Nos. 1 to 3, 5 to 7

1. intentionally and thereby endangers the health or working capacity of an employee, or
2. persistently repeats, shall be punished with imprisonment for up to one year or a fine.

If people didn't redact the names, and instead shame those idiots and companies, maybe they would think twice next time

We need to make Brenda famous...like Astronomer Cold Play Famous

Lmao eat a bag o’ dicks Brenda 

corporate speak is revolting.

I suppose this shit is from u$ or another such savage country. In Europe the company would pay a huge penalty for putting pressure to limit the break time.

This email reminds me of the literal month that I lasted at the Costco world headquarters..... Never again 🫩

This can't real

Brenda must have a real hardon for the recruitment process...

Brenda is going to need new tires soon

Sure thing, Brenda! I'll be sure to invite my work family to lunch with me for the full allotted time so no one feels unsupported! Thank you for the idea!