What attributes do you most require from your workplace?

Ideal world:

• More autonomy,
• Better defined tasks and expected results,
• Less or no silly forms to fill up,
• Don't fill my time with pointless tasks just to keep me busy (replace with a course I can select or nothing.)
• No interruptions in the morning at least (if job can be done without them.)
• Less meetings or requirements to see every email and media
• Employers following the law (fairness): I was required to do a course on GDPR just to realise how they did not respect it nor many of my co-workers respected workplace rules. But I was the weird one.
• No chit-chat as a requirement, please.
• Make noise cancelling headphones accepted (more common now.)
• Do not require me to be social especially with after-work meetings or games, I do not participate and that is normal for me.

In my last job, I was paid for 37 hrs a week. The first day, I was leaving at 5 pm. Everyone looked at me estranged. I learnt soon that everyone was working about 45 hours a week "on their own will." and many of them working on bank holidays and weekends (this was explicitly celebrated by managers.) I think that was ridiculous.

Technically, the employer was not breaking the law, but I also doubt this should be allowed.

Ideal world:

• More autonomy,
• Better defined tasks and expected results,
• Less or no silly forms to fill up,
• Don't fill my time with pointless tasks just to keep me busy (replace with a course I can select or nothing.)
• No interruptions in the morning at least (if job can be done without them.)
• Less meetings or requirements to see every email and media
• Employers following the law (fairness): I was required to do a course on GDPR just to realise how they did not respect it nor many of my co-workers respected workplace rules. But I was the weird one.
• No chit-chat as a requirement, please.
• Make noise cancelling headphones accepted (more common now.)
• Do not require me to be social especially with after-work meetings or games, I do not participate and that is normal for me.

In my last job, I was paid for 37 hrs a week. The first day, I was leaving at 5 pm. Everyone looked at me estranged. I learnt soon that everyone was working about 45 hours a week "on their own will." and many of them working on bank holidays and weekends (this was explicitly celebrated by managers.) I think that was ridiculous.

Technically, the employer was not breaking the law, but I also doubt this should be allowed.

Its a matter of course for them to make minimal adgjsuments according to the law. Declaration may get you an interview or a job but may change peoples view of you, the biggest struggle has been for me how I am percieved when others use their relative 'normalness' to gain a social advantage.