Most office jobs offer an unpaid hour long lunch. Thus, you come in at 8, go to lunch at 12 or 1, then go home at 5.

#33, then if the OP came in at 9, and had his hour long lunch break, he'd be leaving at 6. Still an hour later than everyone else, was #20's point.

Asking when you get paid is very important. One needs to know when they can pay their bills. Some people get paid once a week, some every other week, some on the 15th and last day of each month, some once a month, etc. You're working there to get paid. Duh. Asking about pay before you get hired, that's kind of a different story.

Anyone working that closely to a CEO should have the innitiative to find out when he is supposed to be at work. Anyone who can't be bothered to find out the particulars of a job doesn't deserve that job in this economy. There are probably 100's of people waiting for the opportunity this slacker has been given.

And if he's working that closely with the CEO, and its such a professional title, he should've known to ask when they start work in the morning.

What?!? I don't know ANYONE that applies for a job without having their salary in mind. You're not working for free! Your boss knows that. Salary negotiation is often a very important part of the interview and hiring process.

I don't know ANYONE that would accept a job without first finding out what the pay is. Don't act all high and mighty, saying degrading things like "it's acceptable for low class service jobs." You just sound like a prick with a stick up your ass. In nearly every field, at every level people want to know what they're paid before they start working. Have you ever had an interview before? That's the entire point. The company ask questions to get to know you and see if they want you working for them; you ask them questions to figure out what the company is all about and see if you want to work for them. Jackass.

Upon hire? You should know your pay before you even accept the job. I am currently going through an interview process for a contracting firm and was asked, BEFORE they interviewed me, what my salary requirement would be. When I got placed with my current hospital, the recruiter let me know how much I'd be making hourly, how much my sign on would be, and how much they'd give for moving expenses. I actually asked for her to rearrange some of the numbers in the sign on and the moving expenses AND they had the moving company bill them directly so I didn't have to pay anything up front. Salary negotiation is a HUGE part of being hired, and it's not something that you can be looked down upon for. I mean if you're asking in the interview it might be a little weird, but most places have a spot on their application for salary requirement. If you're working for a professional company/corporation, salary negotiations will happen no matter what. Only an idiot would start a job without knowing what they are making.

What are you talking about? You should get all the administrative stuff out of the way on the first day so you can get down to work. A work contract works both ways.

oh please. People need to know when they're getting paid. It's not a freaking low class question.

We had a guy that would take toxic morning ***** in the womens' bathroom before anyone else got there. There is only one woman other than me, and we both thought it was the other one until we figured out it was him and told him to use his own goddamn bathroom. I also told him to see a doctor, because anyone who stinks up not only the bathroom, but the 100 foot hallway outside of the bathroom, has something wrong with them.

I'm imagining a bathroom marked "Men?"—hilarious!

BeeSkwaird, That's why I hate the American rules of using quotation marks! I'm glad you enjoyed the unintentional humor.