I see it happening all the time. New employees (and not just them) who are eager to please decide to go the extra mile to get noticed and end up doing a bunch of extra work that with time becomes expected of them to do. When they realize they've sacrificed their evenings and weekends (usually for no reward) and decide to stop, it makes them look like slackers. Don't do this to yourselves, there's no need for it. You're only putting yourselves into a lose/lose situation. Do the job you're paid to do. That's it. You'll be much happier that way.
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protect your time. log in at 9, log out at 5. there's very few things that can't wait until the following day.
Same as everyone else. I came out hot, firing on cylinders, M/M got a meager 2% raise and about 3.4% bonus.
The next year I did the same, thinking it was a fluke. M/M 2% raise, 2.5% bonus.
This year I did the job I was hired to do, M/M and got royally fcked.
No point in giving this shthole anything extra as they will not compensate you for it at all.
Now I'm just working on my exit strategy.
I did this for too long but I've learned my lesson since.
I wish I learned this sooner!
I remember the MSP conversion in 2020 where I worked 7 days a week for over 6 MONTHS, often times well into the evening. At first I felt important...I was commanding respect, people looked towards me for guidance and direction, and I received tons of exposure to senior leadership on a daily basis. All I got was a "great job team, you did well" and "couldn't have done it without you". No compensation increase, no big bonus, just the usual 2% and a few thousand bucks bonus.
Never again.
Pops worked in saw mills. He was paid hourly. Got a a lot of overtime. When I was about 10, he took a supervisory role which was salary pay and 40 hours a week. He told me, if you ever work a salary job, don’t put more than 40 hours a week. You work your 8 hour day and you’re done. There will always be work tomorrow, and if there isn’t, then the job isn’t going to last for long anyway. He lamented that he was being paid less as a supervisor on the salary than actually as a paid worker, given he was still working overtime and not getting paid for it. I have tried to adhere that advice to this day. Pops was smart.
I fell into this trap. I'm much happier now doing the bare minimum to match my almost bare minimum wage they're paying me.
This company amazes me with how cheap they are. Every expense is spared
This advice came too late for me. I worked late hours, sometimes on the weekends too. Crunched through work while multitasking on Skype/WebEx calls. My raise and bonus did not even cover inflation this year.