1) Whether you'll lose weight or not depends more on your eating habits than your work. I've been here 2 years, didn't change my eating habits, haven't lost a pound...at least not until I started dieting.



2) Yes. I don't know of any policy that would prohibit that unless it was at risk of getting caught in a belt or something.



3) Yes, can't imagine why you would be worried about that. Last job didn't let you polish your nails?



4) This one's a bit hard to answer. At the end of the day it comes down to this: Work as directed. If they keep you 5 hours or more, then too bad. They won't keep everybody around until the job is finished, but they will keep some people. It's supposed to be offered in order of seniority, but usually they keep the most useful people around longer.



Finally, I strongly recommend you change your username if that's your real name.