For me it was the collective solidarity during the manual data entry shifts we did when elections came around. Those were some of the most soul crushing experiences of my life, and the incredible feeling of coworkers you didn't even know that well covering for you as middle management wondered where I was (I had to take a short bathroom break because I couldn't take a leak for hours) were so heartwarming. Of course there also was all the bad stuff: lying to customers who were having real problems that you couldn't do anything about, being insulted by people you called for a survey and you can't even seriously argue against them, terrible pay, the list goes on. If you have anything to contribute, please do so! I'd love to hear your perspectives.
Lots of downtime working the evening overnight shift gives you a lot of time to get to know your coworkers. Could not have a phone on the floor, no paper or pens (so no books) and couldn’t visit anything but .gov websites as GD blocked everything else, so you got to know everyone around you.
They didn’t allow us to do that because in the past people just stole social security numbers and all types of shit, so you couldn’t have anything that could record information.
Damn they do that shit at my old school... :thinky-felix: