Went from chasing company perks to asking about overtime policies during interviews

Last year I took a job with a foosball table and free snacks, but after 6 months of 60 hour weeks with no extra pay I realized I'd rather have a place that respects my time. Has anyone else stopped caring about office culture once they saw how the actual workload was structured?

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fionaa3524d ago

Spent three whole years at a job obsessed over their "award-winning culture" before I realized the award was just a framed piece of paper they bought online. Now I ask about overtime policies before they even finish saying the salary.

shane_nguyen1mo ago

It's wild how we get sold on these surface level perks while the real cost - your time and energy - gets completely hidden until you're already in too deep. Kinda like how grocery stores put the fancy new snacks at eye level but the stuff you actually need is buried on the bottom shelf. We're all just learning to look past the shiny distractions and ask the boring but important questions.

shane_nguyen1mo ago

Wait, hold on - you're telling me the grocery store thing is actually intentional marketing and not just lazy shelf stacking? That honestly blows my mind a little. I always figured the bottom shelf stuff was just older products they forgot to move up, not a calculated move to hide the boring essentials. So the canned beans and basic rice are deliberately placed down there while the overpriced organic kale chips get the prime real estate? That's messed up. Never thought to look at it that deep before, but it makes too much sense.