The employee said they found the situation difficult to understand because managers often took hour-long breaks, while other colleagues regularly stepped away for 30 minutes without anyone questioning them. They added that they rarely took a proper break themselves, making the CEO’s message feel even more unfair.
Event Context
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Team Analysis
Many users felt the employee should move on. “Get an outside offer and leave this toxic place. Someone seeking attention probably reported this to the CEO,” one person wrote.
Another advised, “Never spend your own money on office expenses, OP. Lesson learned, I guess.”
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Others pointed to the delayed reimbursement as a bigger concern. “It’s unusual. What’s even more unusual is not paying you back immediately,” one user commented.
Another added, “Don’t take the company too seriously if it focuses more on your timings than your work. Stay for the experience, and leave as soon as you get a better offer.” One commenter summed it up in a few words: “That office is not worth staying. Switch.”
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Match Outlook
The post continued, “Guys, is this normal? I literally just joined full-time, and as a Gen Z, this feels so weird. Working life is way tougher than I expected.”
The employee also claimed their boss had made another unusual remark, writing, “Hire a social media intern even if it’s unpaid, or I’ll make you create all the reels yourself, and I am HR, lol.”
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One person commented, “I was doing an unpaid internship where there was barely any work, but we still had to sit in the office from 10 AM to 7 PM. Since I travelled from far away, my day became 8 AM to 8 PM. One day I left 10 minutes early, and they told me I needed to learn corporate hours. I refused, requested shorter working hours, and started leaving at 4 PM.”
Another user wrote, “I also did an unpaid internship for four months at the startup where I now work full-time. My office hours were 10 AM to 7 PM, and I travelled 16 km each way. They said I could leave at 6 PM, but only if I came in early every morning to unlock the office. I refused.”
