There are no standard expectations any more. Any airline, using any airport, using any staff, using any contract staff at outposts - you cannot assume anything.
John47
In my experience Ryanair don't worry too much about hand baggage on departures from the UK but are obsessive about both hold and hand baggage on flights into the UK.
In my experience - 100% the opposite is true! I have also seen FR being hyper critical on checked baggage but ignoring hand luggage at the same airport for the same flight.
I think that it depends on staff, directive of the day, pax loads, visiting managers, the carrier visiting to see how contracted staff are handling their pax, etc.