Working Long Hours Is Like Working for Free Working long hours is sometimes a necessary evil, but if youre doing it regularly as a salaried employee, youre basically working for nothing. Jason James writes on We Are a Mammoth the many ways working long hours is just plain bad. First, after 40 hours a week, every additional hour doesnt add additional dollars into your bank account (unless youre one of the lucky people to be paid overtime): Salaried employees are salaried to allow the company some flexibility. This flexibility is often compensated for, but compensated in a 41-50 hours a week sort of way, not an 80 hours a week sort of way. Working more than youre compensated for simply devalues your work and your time. James points out several other problems with the 75+ hour/week mindset: Its unsustainable for the company, unhealthy and unsustainable for the employees (and can result in depression), its a sign of poor leadership and poor project management, and it doesnt result in better work. Maybe its impossible to get to the ideal 25 hours a week structure, but if its you having a hard time going home on time, its time to learn how to stop working so much (unless you like working for peanuts or for free). James adds: if you are going to put in the extra hours, make sure its on your own terms. And if some place or some job is making you feel like long hours come with the territory just know they are misleading you to their benefit, and you can find a better situation with some extra effort. What Long Hours Really Mean | We Are a Mammoth Photo by fokewulf. ift.tt/192LGrz ift.tt/1cYubNa Source: Lifehacker
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 18:59:44 +0000
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