Strict sandwich leave: Not sure what this means. I assume it means "leaving your workstation to eat a quick lunch, such as a sandwich." I wish it wasn't so strict either, but I could go either way here. (EDIT: I have been corrected and now agree with the guy complaining!)
Mandatory 10-7 office timing: Dude, if YOU can't keep a schedule, that's YOUR problem. That said, when I worked in a big retail store in 2004, I did once get a minor chewing-out for NOT taking my break because I was so busy that day that I worked the whole nine hours. Credit to the store in question, but things are probably different now.
Salary deductions for late arrivals: See above. You're working less time, you're getting less pay. Arrive on time.
Time tracker for not moving mouse: Okay, THAT'S overboard, what the hell? I'm serious, what penny-pinching jackassery is this? I'm with the complaining guy! What if you have to pee?!
Not allowed to change password or access work email credentials: Very odd, especially the latter. Valid complaint.
CEO's office auto-locked: I get the big man wants his privacy, but a trustworthy man would want to listen to and address concerns, in my eyes. What's the boss afraid of? What's he hiding?
Quitting requiring 15 days notice: Isn't this standard policy? Give them two weeks to find someone to replace you? That's what I've always heard.
Overall, not as bad as I was fearing, but I still understand this guy's concerns, and get why he left.
Full disclosure: I have never worked an office job, so there could be a LOT that I'm missing. Maybe this particular job really is as painful and draining as he says it is. Still, again, I get why he doesn't want it.
That said, when I worked in a big retail store in 2004, I did once get a minor chewing-out for NOT taking my break because I was so busy that day that I worked the whole nine hours.
There are a lot of strict laws about breaks and the like that have been passed over the years. Every state is variable but the majority of them are something close to "if you work 5+ hours, you legally must take a 30 minute lunch break" with some amount of paid coffee breaks also required to be offered.
I know this because back in the day I would prefer to just work when I was at work so I could get my shit done and leave, and I would be forced under threat of termination to get off the clock for a lunch in the middle of my shit.
It was infuriating, but its the law and even more infuriatingly a law that we need to prevent businesses from working people ridiculously.
That explains why the guy above me was so adamant.
It was a Wal-Mart, by the way--the old standard model was about to close and the new Super (which is now the standard model) was opening up in town, so they were on a hiring spree.
God, those cheers they made us do in orientation and the break room. So corny. Ugh.
Major corporations are the most strict about it because they try to "one size" the policy within the company to hit every state's regulation so they don't have to have a shit ton on the books for every different states. Double so if they also have to comply with a union too.
I'm thankful I never had to work a Walmart, my retail store days were bad enough without all the humiliation rituals they put those boys through.
Let's go through these one by one.
Strict sandwich leave: Not sure what this means. I assume it means "leaving your workstation to eat a quick lunch, such as a sandwich." I wish it wasn't so strict either, but I could go either way here. (EDIT: I have been corrected and now agree with the guy complaining!)
Mandatory 10-7 office timing: Dude, if YOU can't keep a schedule, that's YOUR problem. That said, when I worked in a big retail store in 2004, I did once get a minor chewing-out for NOT taking my break because I was so busy that day that I worked the whole nine hours. Credit to the store in question, but things are probably different now.
Salary deductions for late arrivals: See above. You're working less time, you're getting less pay. Arrive on time.
Time tracker for not moving mouse: Okay, THAT'S overboard, what the hell? I'm serious, what penny-pinching jackassery is this? I'm with the complaining guy! What if you have to pee?!
Not allowed to change password or access work email credentials: Very odd, especially the latter. Valid complaint.
CEO's office auto-locked: I get the big man wants his privacy, but a trustworthy man would want to listen to and address concerns, in my eyes. What's the boss afraid of? What's he hiding?
Quitting requiring 15 days notice: Isn't this standard policy? Give them two weeks to find someone to replace you? That's what I've always heard.
Overall, not as bad as I was fearing, but I still understand this guy's concerns, and get why he left.
Full disclosure: I have never worked an office job, so there could be a LOT that I'm missing. Maybe this particular job really is as painful and draining as he says it is. Still, again, I get why he doesn't want it.
There are a lot of strict laws about breaks and the like that have been passed over the years. Every state is variable but the majority of them are something close to "if you work 5+ hours, you legally must take a 30 minute lunch break" with some amount of paid coffee breaks also required to be offered.
I know this because back in the day I would prefer to just work when I was at work so I could get my shit done and leave, and I would be forced under threat of termination to get off the clock for a lunch in the middle of my shit.
It was infuriating, but its the law and even more infuriatingly a law that we need to prevent businesses from working people ridiculously.
That explains why the guy above me was so adamant.
It was a Wal-Mart, by the way--the old standard model was about to close and the new Super (which is now the standard model) was opening up in town, so they were on a hiring spree.
God, those cheers they made us do in orientation and the break room. So corny. Ugh.
Major corporations are the most strict about it because they try to "one size" the policy within the company to hit every state's regulation so they don't have to have a shit ton on the books for every different states. Double so if they also have to comply with a union too.
I'm thankful I never had to work a Walmart, my retail store days were bad enough without all the humiliation rituals they put those boys through.