It was so refreshing to read this post and hear that other people are in a similar situation to mine. Here is my story: I am a programmer for a small company that works in healthcare and financial stuff. One summer, I was thrown into a project with totally unrealistic deadlines that forced me to work 80 hour weeks for three or four months. I was mentally at the breaking point at the end of it. I told myself, never again. I am going to establish boundaries and work from 9-5 give or take an hour or so a day. Well, my review came up recently and I was reamed. There was a perception that I wasn't pulling my weight. Needless to say, I now feel like I am on the bubble and last week I worked 77 hours. If I had comp time, I would not work from September through the end of the year because I have already worked my hours by then.
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It was so refreshing to read this post and hear that other people are in a similar situation to mine. Here is my story: I am a programmer for a small company that works in healthcare and financial stuff. One summer, I was thrown into a project with totally unrealistic deadlines that forced me to work 80 hour weeks for three or four months. I was mentally at the breaking point at the end of it. I told myself, never again. I am going to establish boundaries and work from 9-5 give or take an hour or so a day. Well, my review came up recently and I was reamed. There was a perception that I wasn't pulling my weight. Needless to say, I now feel like I am on the bubble and last week I worked 77 hours. If I had comp time, I would not work from September through the end of the year because I have already worked my hours by then.