Always Leave Office on Time!

I agree with the principle. There are some exceptions obviously.

You can't really go wrong if:
a) You stick to your contracted hours
b) Stand your ground and don't be a pushover
c) Only agree to overtime in the appropriate circumstances (Maintenance work, change management, planned work or true emergencies)

You are not only doing yourself a disservice working long hours every day, in turn it affects your performance and the business. So don't be a dumbass :p Even an 8 hour day is usually almost 10 hours if you include commute and ready-time.
 
Lol, lots of butthurt people working long ass hours here.

But I agree, to an extent.

I have no issue pulling in long hours if its an out of the ordinary deadline or circumstance, but when everything has a crazy deadline all the time, then that just becomes the norm. And the norm should be done in normal work hours.

This is particularly relevant when you are understaffed and expected to pick up the slack without any visible effort from management to replace the lost staff.
 
MickeyD said:
Yeah, that one is a bit harsh! Should be modified to include the term "who regularly or always stays late...".
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I have been eorking at changing that. Slow going. Now in process of trying to setup not eorking late more than twice a week, then 1, then only when needed - no more than once or twice a week, but not every week. Else people can wait.
 
I was told people who habitually work late are either embezzling the company or are unhappy at home.


PS I neither agree nor disagree with the above
 
I always work when required to but management always knows they will pay me back in time and not money.
 
Worked anything from 10 hours to 18 hours daily in my 1st job of 4 years. The whole time i was made to feel like i was stealing a living. Got a new job paying almost double, doing less than half. WTF
 
JackWhite said:
Worked anything from 10 hours to 18 hours daily in my 1st job of 4 years. The whole time i was made to feel like i was stealing a living. Got a new job paying almost double, doing less than half. WTF
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When change Really is as good as a holiday
 
Doesn't the cliche/saying "work smart, not hard" have some relevance here. I read the OP's story somewhere previously, and the idea I got from it was if you are working smartly and efficiently, the long hours are generally not required.

In the one job I had previously, I would have to almost pull an all-nigher to get certain tasks done once every 3 months. However, it didn't effect my life outside of work, and wasn't due to inefficiency or incompetency, just how it was. I was, and still am, always looking at ways to "work smarter, not harder", a concept that the current industry I am in struggles with a bit.

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I agree with the list.

The thing is, I refuse to work overtime unless absolutely necessary. An example of necessary overtime is when you have a project going live on a weekend or weeknight. Nothing you can do, you have to work. I don't mind that. An example of unnecessary overtime is when your manager fails to plan and you end up having to work extra to complete your tasks on time.

I know people - especially lawyers - for whom overtime is the norm. I'm sorry, I absolutely refuse to live like that.

Regarding deadlines. There are always more deadlines. You never have a last deadline for the rest of your life. There is another one after that. If your deadlines are such that you have to work overtime, you are either bad at time management, or work for a company with poor project management.
 
My Opinion on this is "I live to work, i don't work to live". I think there will always be times where it is "Crunch time" but like what was said before if "Crunch time" is all the time then it just aint worth it.
 
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