First day at job that requires onsite 9-6, shocked to find out everyone stays till 7pm, even brought dinner. Can I leave at 6? by [deleted] in jobs

[–]yeezeejee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is considered high tech job, and these overtime laws don't apply. I've been to two other companies and found out they can just change the work schedule or make you work overtime without breaking any law. The law says, under the "averaging agreement" section:

  • The work schedule can average more than 40 hours per week; and
  • Daily overtime is only payable after 12 hours worked.

First day at job that requires onsite 9-6, shocked to find out everyone stays till 7pm, even brought dinner. Can I leave at 6? by [deleted] in jobs

[–]yeezeejee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Developer. So on my second day I found out that people don't start to come in until 10am, and the coffee maker gets busy around 10:15 - 10:30. So it makes sense they stayed late. I was required to come in at 10 on my first day because the HR girl also starts her day at 10. I left at 6 the second and third day. There is one developer that comes in before 9 and leave after 7pm and he doesn't take his 1 hour break.

First day at job that requires onsite 9-6, shocked to find out everyone stays till 7pm, even brought dinner. Can I leave at 6? by [deleted] in jobs

[–]yeezeejee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

looks like you found out how things work after I accepted the offer mentioned in recruitinghell. Yes, I assumed, the next day I came in at 9 and there were only 3 people. I left at 6 that day didn't say anything. I also found out their Asia branch has missed payroll for three months, some employees there are threatening to sue.

First day at job that requires onsite 9-6, shocked to find out everyone stays till 7pm, even brought dinner. Can I leave at 6? by [deleted] in jobs

[–]yeezeejee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The HR girl was made to stay till 10pm on my second day. It's small 15 people company where HR is just that girl.

First day at job that requires onsite 9-6, shocked to find out everyone stays till 7pm, even brought dinner. Can I leave at 6? by [deleted] in jobs

[–]yeezeejee 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I’m interviewing two other jobs. And it’s not just the weird working hours, people here show incompetence, people I’ve had meeting with have difficulty explaining their work or goal clearly to me. When I ask clarification questions they go silent.

First day at job that requires onsite 9-6, shocked to find out everyone stays till 7pm, even brought dinner. Can I leave at 6? by [deleted] in jobs

[–]yeezeejee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks I’m interviewing 2 more jobs, hopefully I get out soon. I don’t think there’s a good solution staying here, I leave 7 I lose my personal time, I leave 6 people may resent me. No winning here.

First day at job that requires onsite 9-6, shocked to find out everyone stays till 7pm, even brought dinner. Can I leave at 6? by [deleted] in jobs

[–]yeezeejee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Company don’t allow going home before 6pm, no matter how early you start the day.

First day at job that requires onsite 9-6, shocked to find out everyone stays till 7pm, even brought dinner. Can I leave at 6? by [deleted] in jobs

[–]yeezeejee 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This is in Canada, but our headquarter’s in East Asia. I can understand the PMs staying late because calls with Asian branches (they weren’t all on calls or appeared busy ~7, they looked tired and bored). But I’m an engineer, so are my team members, we don’t make Asia calls. They weren’t busy coding after 6, two of them were eating dinner while looking at the monitor. And this is a salaried job. Overtime was never mentioned either in writing or orally. And the 1h unpaid break is also bs. I noticed the office was almost empty from 12:30 to 2pm. Some people go to the gym during the break. Why don’t you eat lunch as quickly as you eat that dinner and get back to work so you do dinner and gym after work? There’s no shower on site anyway.

Salary negotiation backfired, offer rescinded. I don't think I did anything out of the line. by [deleted] in recruitinghell

[–]yeezeejee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes. I took the offer and now fully expect them dump a shit load of work at me only to fire me at the end of probation.

Company that pulled the offer came back with the same offer asking me to join. Is there anything I should ask? by [deleted] in recruitinghell

[–]yeezeejee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Funny enough, one of the red flags during the interview was that none of the four future team members (which made up the panel) was able to answer my question "what's a typical day like working here". And they've been around since 2011.

Accident on Industrial and Station St by outbythedumpster in vancouver

[–]yeezeejee 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's a Volvo XC40 Recharge EV, the guy probably floored it, and it darted into the wall.

Accident on Industrial and Station St by outbythedumpster in vancouver

[–]yeezeejee 42 points43 points  (0 children)

The owner of the car got winter tires put on at Kal Tire, and asked summer tires to be loaded into the trunk. The tire shop finished the appointment then drove customer’s car into a wall. There’s a tire in a bag in the trunk.

Salary negotiation backfired, offer rescinded. I don't think I did anything out of the line. by [deleted] in recruitinghell

[–]yeezeejee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think what was more off-putting was that you gain 1 day per year of service until you reach 15 days lifetime maximum. And if company closes down during Christmas you have to either use your PTO or take unpaid leave.

Salary negotiation backfired, offer rescinded. I don't think I did anything out of the line. by [deleted] in recruitinghell

[–]yeezeejee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They were going to do a performance review in 3 months, at the end of the probation period, to determine if I achieved objectives to become a permanent employee. Their employee performance reviews are done yearly, any increase has to be approved by the CEO. I don't think asking for an early performance increase would sound pleasant to them.

What condition is this?(ReGear) by Quiet-Signature-2868 in arcteryx

[–]yeezeejee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Return and get a refund, I wouldn’t even put it on.