I am part of this educational internship program where we work a long term, competitively paid internship. I was one of the people selected for an interview with company A, and they brought the group of candidates out for a tour. It was a nice tour and they paid for some beers afterwards at a local brewery. I was asking questions about company culture, and the question of start time came up.
They said “the latest you can start is 8AM, but we'd prefer earlier. I start my work day answering emails and phone calls at 6:30 on my way to drop my kid off. “
So naturally I asked “do you consider your work day to have started at 6:30 then?”
The response: “you know, I would consider myself more of a company man than most, I work till the work is done.”
That, combined with other questions about company culture put me in the position of being the only candidate who they never contacted for a follow up interview.
I just heard that the guy who took the job is working weekends UNPAID so he can catch up on his workload.
I'm making the same money somewhere else and not only do I like my job, but I go home at 5 sharp every day.