If I work 80 hours in a week, and only get say 60 hours of good work done, that still puts me 20 hours ahead on Monday if I was working 40 hours a week.
Even if you were to assume that my productivity were to go down 10% for every hour over 50 I worked, I'd still be *somewhat* productive at hour 80. Of course it's not linear like that, but if something's *got* to get done, then it's got to get done, whether I'm tired or not.
I experiment the contrary. If I am asked to work more than 50 hours, it's not only these hours where I'll be less productive, it's the whole time I'm working. The more is asked, the less I am productive, the less I enjoy, the less I want to achieve good quality.
So in my case, working 80 hours in one week will produce less than working 40 hours. I am not kidding.
When I started working my managers asked for more hours. I explained to them I wouldn't do it because it would be far less productive. They were very angry and threatened me with bad things, they continued to ask for more hours regularly, and told me I was out of my mind. When I left each of these jobs, the same managers told me I was doing great work and they needed me to stay.
I am confident in what I can produce, given I can work in good conditions. Now I just look for the employer that will admit that while I am working, and not only when I've had enough and I decide to leave.
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If I work 80 hours in a week, and only get say 60 hours of good work done, that still puts me 20 hours ahead on Monday if I was working 40 hours a week.
Even if you were to assume that my productivity were to go down 10% for every hour over 50 I worked, I'd still be *somewhat* productive at hour 80. Of course it's not linear like that, but if something's *got* to get done, then it's got to get done, whether I'm tired or not.
I experiment the contrary. If I am asked to work more than 50 hours, it's not only these hours where I'll be less productive, it's the whole time I'm working. The more is asked, the less I am productive, the less I enjoy, the less I want to achieve good quality.
So in my case, working 80 hours in one week will produce less than working 40 hours. I am not kidding.
When I started working my managers asked for more hours. I explained to them I wouldn't do it because it would be far less productive. They were very angry and threatened me with bad things, they continued to ask for more hours regularly, and told me I was out of my mind. When I left each of these jobs, the same managers told me I was doing great work and they needed me to stay.
I am confident in what I can produce, given I can work in good conditions. Now I just look for the employer that will admit that while I am working, and not only when I've had enough and I decide to leave.