The best defense is a good offense. In other words, you should not be locked into your relationship with your employer, especially as a new hire. It's always

The best defense is a good offense. In other words, you should not be locked into your relationship with your employer, especially as a new hire. It's always your option to quit if things aren't as advertised, and not worth salvaging. This means managing your finances and attitudes to be more mobile, and not basing your security and contentedness on the good will of your employer. Bad employers act a lot like political candidates. The hiring process is the campaign, and once the votes are tallied and the position is locked in, the worker is subjected to things not quite as described. You never know what things are going to be like for your personal situation regardless of how much you read up on company experiences, so keep a fallback plan open, sacrifice to maintain a financial buffer, and don't get bogged down in your possessions and location. This mindset is also useful even when your employer is great, in family emergencies and other life-upheaving events.