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1.

I consider myself someone who can handle—and even enjoys—working overtime, but here are my working hours during the first two weeks after joining. Make of them what you will!

First week

Monday: Finished work at 12 a.m.

Tuesday: Finished work at 2 a.m.

Wednesday: Finished work at 4 a.m.

Thursday: Finished work at 10 p.m.

Friday: Finished work at 10 p.m.

Second week

Monday: Finished work at 7 a.m. the next day

Tuesday: Finished work at 8 a.m. the next day

Wednesday: I couldn’t take it anymore, so I took the day off

Thursday: Finished work at 10 p.m.

Friday: Finished work at 10 p.m.

To add to that, none of this overtime was paid!

2.

The boss treats employees working overtime as something they are supposed to do. They believe that employees work overtime because they failed to schedule their work properly, lack ability, or work too slowly. In reality, the main reason is that every project has fewer than five working days from initial planning to presentation (some even have only two days). The boss does not come into the office until 5 or 6 p.m., at which point they start calling everyone into meetings to discuss progress. Even if you send them the files early, they will not respond to you.

Basically, the boss does not care that working hours end at 6 p.m.

3.

For every proposal, my supervisor requires us to first agree on the structure with the boss, and only then continue writing after reaching a consensus. But every time, the boss says things like, “What is this? You brought this to me? The content is too incomplete!” Damn, weren’t we supposed to be discussing the structure first?

4.

The company’s turnover rate is extremely high. I’d say the average employee tenure is less than two months!

Also, the boss has a very bad temper—the kind of person who blows up after just three sentences. They yell and make a scene, which still affects the atmosphere in the office.

5.

Finally, I may genuinely have been too weak. I left in less than a month because my body could not handle the workload. Since I had been there for less than a month, I submitted my resignation to my supervisor that day and stopped going in. However, the boss was extremely unhappy about this and reportedly even threatened other employees over me, completely refusing to acknowledge that there was anything wrong with the company.