It sounds like the employees are the bottom level of some kind of scam. A company that has so little faith in itself that it forces their employees to act as customers is either on the verge of ruin or just completely unethical. They’re definitely getting some kind of kick backs from this.

I’m sure they have found some kind of shitty technical loophole that makes it legal somehow, but you might still report it anonymously to the employment commission since it is 100% unethical and a serious conflict of interests.

Either way if possible find somewhere else to work as soon as you can. Once these people have bilked you out of as much of your paycheck as they can they will decide your no longer a valuable company asset

I would fall between the third and fourth types. I would definitely spend far too much time trying to decide wether the glass was half empty or half full before realizing an hour and a half later that I had, in fact, ordered a cheeseburger which had never arrived and now the kitchen is closed.

You know things are really bad when Boris Johnson suddenly sounds like the voice of reason 😰

does not carry penalties

So what’s the point then?

I don’t get what’s happening here