India, Feb. 26 -- Even when office hours are clearly defined, leaving exactly at closing time can feel like breaking an unwritten rule. In some workplaces, the end of the day becomes less about productivity and more about optics, with employees lingering at their desks, waiting to see who will make the first move toward the exit. A Reddit user recently brought this quiet pressure into focus, recalling his time at a company where, he claimed, no one "dared" to leave at 5pm.

In a post titled "Worked at a company where no one dared to be the first to go home at five o clock", the man shared that he worked as an account manager for a firm that built and designed bakery stores. His official shift ran from 8:30am to 5pm, but he said he would t...