What's a red flag in a workplace?

We are family

funnily enough, if you are indeed family, you will be more exploited...
my in-laws had an hostel, me and my wife would be working there complete days or more than 24 hours (so we would turn to sleep a little), without leaving, or leaving only to buy things for the hostel... in that time I was in college too, so, if I had classes I would go to the classes and then come back to it.
I don't recommend anyone to have or work in an hostel. being or not being, literally family.
I fell for that one, many years ago. I fell badly for it. It was a painful lesson to learn with consequences lasting to this day.
- Sorry to hear

A manager that is difficult during the application process. If they've got an attitude, have unrealistic expectations, disparage staff members etc during the process, they'll be shit to work for. During the process they're on their best behavior, what the heck will their worst be?

Anti-union propaganda in the break room.

I'm not technically a manager. I'm at the same level as some managers, but don't have any employees under me. I still have to go through the anti-union training every year and it makes me sick. It makes me want to try and start the plant operators unionizing.

Return to Office

Getting harassed by a person and boss said to me: "hey don't take it seriously"

Thanks asshole. You could've stepped in and tried to at least de-escalate or something. Instead you watched me get yelled at by an unreasonable person just because you considered them a customer.

Pro tip. Take it seriously, and if your boss doesn't, his boss might.
- I quit about a week later and funnily enough after I checked back as I need some personal documents I found out that they closed the location.
  While I'd like to take credit, I think it closed mostly due to poor management.
  My boss would literally put his feet up onto the metal desk and play games on his phone all day everyday which was shocking to see cause my previous jobs were god awful fast food where everyone was hustling.

A boss that's shouting or very emotional

A boss who on your first day tells you "I don't allow people on my team to go to lunch together".

Have you had a job where that happened?
- Yes. He was a sociopath. He felt his employees would conspire against him if they were allowed to socialize without his supervision. It was my first day on the new job and every alarm bell went off in my head. It took me a year and a half to find something new and get out of there.

Company name rhymes with Shamazon.

I was about to write down some stuff before I realized that every job I've had has been riddled with red flags and I don't think I actually know what a "nice" workplace is like.

I just apply to whatever I can get within my field and accepted that work is work. Don't know if I can ever find a place that I'd enjoy going to. I've had workplaces that I tolerate enough to stay the full day and work to get paid.

But I'm always happy for people who can say they found a job they actually enjoy! Maybe I'll accidentally bump into one of those some day.

I can recommend public service if you can swing it.
- You mean to work for public services? I am currently doing that and sadly might have ended up in one of the not-so-nice ones.
  There are a lot of people here who have been here since forever and feel the need to exercise their authority everyday to the "new person" and see everything the new person does well as a threat to their own position.
  But yeah it for sure is more relaxing than in private companies. Took a big paycut to work here because I thought it's better to feel less strained after work.
  I've heard in general that public services are better as employers though!
really hope you find a place like that!
I have been in a great place to work for 5 years now, and now I even have people under me that I have to take care of and I also treat them with the same way my different bosses has treated me here, being nice and with respect.
one of the core "principles" of the company is "People first", and even, as they are still a company and some cold decisions have been made, they truly follow this concept.
at least 98% of the workers there are nice and help each other, they don't give you crap if you need to disconnect and go out, or if you have problems outside and need to go out, etc.
Sometimes I dread to wake up and go to work, because, in the end, I have to wake up and go to work and be there great part of the day, but I'm grateful that is being for this company where im being respected and treated like a person.
- That sounds quite nice! And you sound like a very nice manager.
  This gives me a bit of hope, maybe someday I'll find such a job.
  Thanks for sharing :)

Weekly beheadings of lowest performers.

Clusterfuck of an onboarding process. Last two companies were great, and they both worked my ass off to provide an organized and sensible experience for new hires.

Conversely, a tight onboarding likely means a solid company.

A boss

Everyone is some months old working in the project and the project has years as well as HR.
The Hierarchy diagram is a spiderweb with more polysyllables than the finals of the world spelling bee championship.
You see the maganer call the company a family constantly.
Phantom Hirings on LinkedIn and such.
Relatives of high ranking ones working in key positions.
The main guy from the syndicate is closely related to the main boss of the company. Once I saw it was the same guy... go fucking figure...