This is a bit of a generalization. I’ve come away from work with some very good friends. But I’ve also been in the situation where socializing was specifically disincentivized. The work culture matters a lot; if you’re micromanaged every minute of the day you’re going to have a bad time. What you’re describing sounds to me like more specifically corporate culture, and more in the executive realm than your average worker bee.

Perhaps it’s trite to say so but if anything, the fact that so many people hate their job is above all an indictment of capitalism.

Flatlanders are known for their ability to generate triangles using nothing but angles. This specimen is currently flexing on the haters.

Women are so cute and I love you too and I love you too [ad infinitum]

I’ll take it.

Fundamentally I agree that work shouldn’t need to be a priority in this situation if the individual doesn’t want it to be, but this is like basically the optimal scenario. I wish more companies respected their employees’ time and strictly valued results over the appearance of business.

50/50 that or it gets sexualized and women are told to put it away

I was just joshing you, playing a little trick, I think it’s for atheism.

Pro-Avengers

I’ll be honest, for a minute I thought it was not a flaw but referring to “Monday Me, on Monday” which is a concept I can relate to

No my eyesight is fine, what are you on about?

Not sure if it counts as a first day, but a third interview had me gone. I was quite late and they told me I was out of the running. Reasonable enough, but the company was in the middle of a move, so this interview was in a different location across town from the first two, and the only indication of where it was taking place was a tiny sign stuck in the ground. I must have circled the parking lot 10 times.

It was for the best because I later learned the work conditions there were rotten.