>get job at small company, 20 employees maybe >15-20 minute meetings every single morning where people report on yesterday's progress and outline their plan for the day, this despite the fact that everyone works independently on different projects >owner of the company walks around telling you to sit up straight, dont say this, dont say that, dont put your cup there, dont eat here, dont do this this way, get off your phone, stop looking out the window >checks over all your work >unpaid lunch, no sick pay
Is this normal at small companies? Anyone experience stuff similar?
The pay is really good so I want to make this work but its pissing me off.
yes. very. every small company i have worked for has done this. i would suggest just accepting it for what it is. if the money is good no worries. if the job isnt worth it then you will be looking for a better option eventually as it is.
Aiden Long
Search for a new place. This is not normal except dailys if you work in software development or engineering
Carson Williams
>sit up straight? srsly
James Russell
I work at a similarly small company and it's the complete opposite. Nobody gives a shit what you do as long as your job gets completed, but we get paid shit.
Lincoln Harris
S-sauce?
Ian Walker
> would suggest just accepting it for what it is I'm trying because I know nothing I can say will change it.
Hmm.
Yes.
I used to work for a multibillion dollar turnover company and it was like you describe. Turn up drunk and sit with your feet up all day and it was fine so long as the work was done.
Lincoln Gonzalez
This, basically, OP needs to choose between an enjoyable workplace or good pay.
When I started it was a small company and we also had the daily R&D meetings but everyone was working on vaguely related projects so sometimes you learned when someone else was solving the same problem as you, which was helpful.
Jack Jenkins
also pay was shit but I liked the work so I stuck around for a while, eventually we got bought out and it got worse without pay getting better so I left
Nathaniel Young
Yep, they're called "daily scrums" - they're pointless. If someone needs help they go to the person who could help them and ask, they don't work the rest of the day and wait until the 15 minute meeting the next morning. If you've got an employee who is going to wait 12+ hours to bring something up then they should be fired, not accommodated.
