Did they work 60 hours a week, or try to get you to do it? Or both?
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apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
People telling me that at my old job worked 60-80 hours a week. Was always like 🤨.
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
mesamunefire@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I worked at a place that had crazy hours. People worked their tales off.
Early on, I told them I was only going to do 9-5. Management was shocked that I actually kept that schdule. Unlimited vacation but no one used it…except me.
It didn’t matter in the end. The entire company went bankrupt when the 2 founders committed bank fraud (they are now in jail). It didnt matter how much we worked, if the people in charge are dumb. I still got paid just as much as everyone else in the end, except I got to see my family/friends for that span of time.
Work to live not live to work.
Case@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
Yep.
I work in IT, if I’m on a call or actively working a ticket that I can finish and just ran out of time? I’ll stay, happily, and finish it.
I’ll help cover vacations, and if I like the company, other people calling in to an extent.
The longest stretch I worked was when I was much younger (and dumber). Retail, before the holidays. There were a variety of contributing factors at work, but in the end I worked 22 days in a row, most often 12+ hours a day. The OT pay was nice, don’t get me wrong, but I quickly learned that my time and well being are worth more than most employers can offer, even with OT adjustments.
I slept over 24 hours straight, and my body hurt ALL over for two weeks. That was with a wonderful girlfriend at the time who knew her way around a massage, and was happy to do so when asked - and I needed it then, lol.
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Exactly. Like how most HR folks will tell you that statistically companies with unlimited PTO, people use less. Those studies are incredibly flawed, as they are using data to support a preexisting conclusion. It always starts at the top. If you don’t have a culture of working to live then the numbers will never show you the opposite.