Mid-career adult here. New job, been there 6 weeks, office environment, overqualified but wanted a change from my old job that used to rule my life; manager called me into a meeting today and told me that they saw me packing up early the day before, literally 3 minutes to 5 pm, and that this was wage theft and I can’t do that. Also noted that because I get there “exactly” on time, I can’t take any time to make coffee/put away my lunch/settle in because that’s time on the clock and thus stealing.
I feel like a scolded child and if this is how the environment there is going to be, I want to bail now. I have an advanced degree and experience in this field, what the fuck am I doing.
If I leave now, I could just drop this from my resume and pretend it never happened. I don’t have anything to move onto immediately but seriously what the fuck.