Q&A With Sosland Publishing Employees

Everyone has there own clique and if you do not automatically fall into one then hardly anyone will ever even acknowledge you. I was pretty lonely there.

This work culture is extremely clique-oriented. Like high school, you figure out where you belong in the first couple weeks and are stuck there whether you like it or not - the cool kids don't have any openings. And for the love of god, do not use the break room for lunch or socializing, it's just a place for busy-bodies to gossip about other coworkers. Everyone is nice on the surface, don't get me wrong, but don't expect to make friends here.

Very flexible. As long as you're finished with your work by deadline, they don't care if you're 15 minutes late or leave a little early. It was much better when everyone was on salary (before the damned department of labor switched most of us to hourly timecards), but essesntially, the attitude has remained the same. Just write on the card that you came in at 8am, had a one-hour lunch, and then left at 5pm and your solid. No one's going to call you out on anything unless you work overtime. Then they will be very upset. Yeah, it's kind of like that.