- This article is about the phrase '9 to 5'. For other uses, see 9 to 5 (disambiguation).
9 to 5 (see also: day job) is a phrase used to describe a conventional and possibly tedious job. A day job is a form of occupation taken by a person in order to make ends meet while working another low-paying (or non-paying job in their preferred career track Negatively used, it connotes a tedious or unremarkable occupation, the idea being that, because the job is so boring, the workplace shuts down outside of required hours. The phrase also indicates that a person is an employee, usually in a large company, rather than self-employed. More neutrally, it connotes a job with stable hours and low career risk, but still a position of subordinate employment.
The phrase originates from the traditional business hours in the United States of 9:00 a. Business hours are the hours during the day in which Business is commonly conducted The United States of America —commonly referred to as the m. to 5:00 p. m. (9h - 17h), Monday through Friday (or, rarely and archaically, Saturday), representing a workweek of between 35 and 48 hours depending on how the hours are counted. In many traditional white collar positions, employees were required to be in the office during these hours in order to take orders from the bosses, hence the relationship between this phrase and subordination. White-collar worker refers to a salaried professional or an educated Worker who performs semi-professional office administrative and sales coordination tasks as opposed to Workplace hours have become both more flexible and, especially in urban locations, longer but even still, the phrase is commonly used. (Though exceptionally demanding such jobs might be described as an "8-to-7" or "7-to-10". )
The "9-to-5" generic workplace is featured prominently in The Drew Carey Show, Office Space, and the Dilbert cartoon. The Drew Carey Show is an American Sitcom (set in Cleveland Ohio) that aired on ABC from 1995 to 2004 Office Space is an American Comedy film, released in 1999, that was written and directed by Mike Judge. Dilbert (first published April 16, 1989) is an American Comic strip written and drawn by Scott Adams. It is also referenced in the movie Nine to Five. Nine to Five, also known as 9 to 5, is a 1980 American comedy movie starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin
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