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During the interview, they said working hours were from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. However, after starting work, people in the same unit said they actually started at 6:30 a.m. When they asked whether I could occasionally work overtime, I thought I could cooperate occasionally, but it turned out to be every day. As a truck driver, you often have to tie down the cargo behind the truck with ropes, and every driver has their own way of tying them (a “gangster knot”). When an experienced driver trains you, they tell you not to leave a rope tail because it will be difficult to untie. I had been tying ropes for more than 10 years and they had never come loose halfway through. When a rope is pulled tight, it naturally takes a little time to untie (but every knot could be undone in under 10 seconds). Because the driver training you could not undo his own knot easily, he would accuse you of various things and say you were wasting time. It did not actually make much difference in time (apparently, taking breaks by the roadside and padding your overtime hours was fine). I eventually quit because pulling heavy cargo caused tendon inflammation and muscle strains. When I went to complete the resignation process, the security guard said he was used to it—the turnover here is very high.......