New Delhi, Feb. 27 -- Even when office timings are clearly set, many employees feel subtle pressure to stay beyond working hours. In some workplaces, the end of the day is shaped less by workload and more by perception, with staff waiting to see who leaves first. A recent Reddit post highlighted this unspoken culture, with a user claiming that at his former workplace, 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 user said he was employed as an account manager at a firm that specialised in building and designing bakery stores. His official work schedule was from 8:30am to 5pm, though he said he regularly arrived early, around 8:15am.

The employee...