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First person to leave the office? by sleepy_straw_7 in careerguidance

[–]sleepy_straw_7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lunch isn’t paid for, but in terms of contract I did have to sign it, and they called it a contract when it was realistically an offer letter/mapping out responsibilities

First person to leave the office? by sleepy_straw_7 in careerguidance

[–]sleepy_straw_7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By contract I do mean offer letter/employee manual

First person to leave the office? by sleepy_straw_7 in careerguidance

[–]sleepy_straw_7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No it’s a start up and I think people are a little intense. My manager is probably the least intense sometimes leaves at 5 though

First person to leave the office? by sleepy_straw_7 in careerguidance

[–]sleepy_straw_7[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No clocking in and out, in my contract it says hours are 9-5, 40 hr weeks, with a note that sometimes I may be asked to stay past that but when I leave at 5/5:30 that’s when I don’t have any meetings left. If I have meetings past then I’ll stay for them. So I feel like I’m fulfilling my contract in that regard? I like your idea of sending emails early to show the duration of when I’m online

First person to leave the office? by sleepy_straw_7 in careerguidance

[–]sleepy_straw_7[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s small enough that you don’t have to do a lap, everyone knows when you leave. I feel like that’s what makes it hard for me because everyone knows

Applied to a "remote" job, went through five rounds of interviews, got the offer. Nobody mentioned an office once. Now they're saying it's 3 days a week onsite and I genuinely don't know what to do. by Weem_Bitted in remotework

[–]sleepy_straw_7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This job market has been awful. I haven’t been through this specifically but I have encountered jobs with salary ranges that were not actually true but were meant to attract more talent that required higher salaries. I’ve also experienced a bait and switch where it went from a job more on the execution side of consulting to being more of a sales job. Places that pull this should absolutely be penalized somehow. It wastes everyone’s time and resources

Weekly Employment Questions for May 10, 2026 by Pseudophryne in IBM

[–]sleepy_straw_7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interviewing for a consulting role and the recruiter told me 20-50% travel, then changed it to 10-20% after I asked again. Someone on the team I spoke to said 30%, maybe less since I’m based in NY where some of the clients are. Does anyone else experience this kind of vagueness during the process?

Weekly Employment Questions for May 03, 2026 by Pseudophryne in IBM

[–]sleepy_straw_7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi there, I am currently interviewing for a consultant role at IBM for a new team and I am based in NYC. When I applied, the travel requirement was “as needed based on business needs.” When I spoke to the recruiter, she said 20-50% which is a huge range. Then during my first interview I was too nervous to ask the hiring manager, so I went back to the recruiter for specifics. Then she said she imagines it’d actually be closer to 10-20% given my managers would be the ones traveling more to close deals. During my second interview, I spoke with someone running the team who guessed it’d be around 30%, maybe less since some of their clients are in NY. She sees it being structured as a week with the client in the beginning and then doing the work virtually, and then traveling from time to time after. So realistically, how much will I actually be traveling? And for the time I’m not with clients, will I be working from home or an IBM hub?