Last job I worked.
"Yea, everyone here is new, but it's totally because of covid"
"The boss doesn't like people going out to get lunch because they're afraid you'll never come back, so being your own lunch"
"You'll get weird looks if you leave on time". It was a chinese owned company with heavy chinese work culture influence so you were expected to stay overtime all week.
Also "the people here are nice but it's pretty stressful".
Eta: also was told by my trainer "you want to know the best advice I can give you? Find another job". This was like...my 2nd week in.
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True story about leaving during lunch: At one job I worked many years for, I would train almost every new employee that came in. I remember two people right now.
One girl I trained all morning, then lunch time came, and she asked if there were any restaurants around. I told her “here and there” and she drove off to get lunch. Waited for her to come back after lunch, but she never came back. Made me waste my entire morning for nothing.
Another guy I trained and during training, he QUICKLY grabs his backpack and nervously asks where the bathroom is. I thought, “Damn, this guy must need to go!” I thought him grabbing his backpack was just being protective of his belongings since you know, it is his first day.
We all thought he would come back, because right by his computer that he was at, he left his lunchbox. He never came back.
Now that I think of it, what the hell happened to that lunchbox?