At my job I'm intitled to one hour lunch break. Every now and then my company caters lunch. Is it ok to sill leave the office for an hour if they have lunch provided? They only provide lunch for specal occasions, like birthdays, ect.
2007-03-23 06:07:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
You are entitled to your hour whether you eat your food or theirs... however the time spent eating their food counts as part of your lunch hour. Therefore if you spend half an hour eating you still have another half hour to go for a walk or read or whatever it is you do during your break.
2007-03-26 19:29:43 · answer #1 · answered by endorable 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would depend on whether you attend the function, if so that is considered your lunch, however since you did not plan it, if you already had plans to run errands on your lunch break, it would be appropriate for you to still do so. In that case you would need to let your manager know that you have some errands to run... Hope that helps!
2007-03-23 06:28:32 · answer #2 · answered by jonbjammin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grab your food and run. Most of the time, if your company supplies food, you are not being forced to eat it, but if you do that starts the hour time. You are also not forced to sit with everyone else and eat the free food, you can grab it ands go, unless it is more formal like "if you plan to attend our business lunch please sign up" then it is you lunch hour with the company because you signed up for it.
2007-03-23 06:36:28 · answer #3 · answered by Yutow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are not attending the lunch then yes, take your break. But if you are attending I would consider that your break.
You could always attend the lunch for a few minutes, then go on your break.
2007-03-23 06:20:46 · answer #4 · answered by mars1021 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
If you're not going to the catered lunch, yes, you should go do whatever you want for that hour unless you're REQUIRED to attend the lunch. If you eat their lunch, I'm afraid that's your hour.
2007-03-23 06:16:09 · answer #5 · answered by Annie D 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are attending the function, that is time away from your desk and I would consider it your break.
2007-03-23 06:11:43 · answer #6 · answered by Question Addict 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋