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[CanadaGo4]

Is working 1-9 a lot better than 2-10? I'm hearing from some people that it may be the case - that getting out at 9 lets you have fun in the evening, but getting out at 10, despite being only one hour later, just makes the evening too short and too late.

Anybody have any history with this?

[nicwr2002]

I work 130 to 9 and 2-9 on Tuesday and Thursday, but when we have the winter and summer intensives I have to work until 10 and there is a noticeable differences for some reason. I felt more tired getting off at 10 as opposed to 9, but that just may be because of the intensive courses. During the week, getting off at 10 feels so late at least in a smaller city like Gwangju. Anyways, getting off at 10 on Fridays isn't too bad as people are still raging since its 불금

[Skippy]

[lemak]

Many supermarkets and some of the better restaurants close up between 9.30 and 10.30 meaning if you don't finish until 10 the number of places available to eat, and shopping you can do after work diminishes a lot.
Have the working hours in Korea really deteriorated to the point that 8 hours a day these days is more or less the default? When I was last there it was none of this 1-9 or 2-10 business. Seemed like 2-8 or 3-9 was the standard. Really is an employers market there these days.

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[lemak]

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