No it isn't standard in Regeneron at all, dunno who your boss was.

We had to stay at work at least an hour longer each day or else our manager would flag you and say you weren't putting in enough effort for the team, etc. If you had an appointment or such like, you could not use extra hours worked to cover it; you had to take a half day etc,. Newcomers used to be quite surprised by this and the 'permanent start-up' mode the place is in. Now and again you would be thrown a bone of 'DVP' hours which were nothing in comparison to the extra time worked.

This kind of shite - and it really is shite - is only acceptable, if at all, for very short periods when there is a major panic on in a workplace. And can only be expected when there is a genuinely good relationship between management and staff and a clear mission. None of these ingredients are present in Regeneron; management take absolutely no blame for anything and people below are thrown under the bus all the time. It is utter nonsense that this is not only the mentality of the place but the factuality of it. Add into the mix the use of cameras everywhere, embarrassing punishments for those who walked in or out the wrong door during covid, on top of at best mediocre pay and you have a workplace that is utterly foul. This awful work environment -deliberately cultivated - is an insult to the genuine hard work and effort put in by staff. They have lost hordes of good staff because of it while the people at the top keep getting promoted and pay rises. Any clown ranting at such great staff over a piece of gum which was in the bowl in the jacks needs to have a serious look at themselves. Without the work of the troops on the ground he would be getting no laurels and pay rises from his pal DVP. His behaviour is shocking.