Lets have a sincere discussion about this. The more managers try to squeeze us, the less motivation I have to give my best. At one point I was expected to do work for three people. It’s a “great” way to burn out your employees so that they start working bare minimum.
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I do my best to deliver quality work but I limit it to 45 hours a week now. It took me a while to get to that point but I didn't make the decision to put 3 people's work on my desk and I'm not allowing it to ruin my personal life.
I still do a quality job, but I am taking it easy. I almost burned out a few years ago, when I had to juggle several responsibilities. At the load levels that are normal for many Ford employees, I was doing the work of 2.5 people. I was irritable, clashing with managers, taking over the deadwood coworkers' projects (that my projects were dependent on) to make things happen, and deliver the work in time.
Then, after asking for a raise and getting such a misery (less than 5%), I decided to take it easy. The stress levels alone were worth more than 5%. After I started letting the projects pile up, my manager hired a contractor. So the company chose to pay a full salary over paying a little more to me.
Since the SRD in 2019, I see myself as a prime target for layoff due to the high salary. So far, I am still standing here, but who knows for how long. Of course, this job instability doesn't help to "work for free", so I am sticking to 40 hours a week. (Yes, I worked longer a couple of times, but I see it as "waste" from my part).
I have seen "Office Space" several times lately. Sometimes I feel like I am in a woke version of that movie, which doesn't help my productivity much. As Peter said, "it is a problem of motivation".
I still put in the full effort to do a quality job for the company. Always will.
But. When it keeps piling on with no increase in resources available, it will take longer. Duh.
Some management types do not grasp this very well.
I do a lot more than what's required for the job, but it's dual purpose. Anything extra I volunteer for normally involves learning how to do something new, like working in different programs we don't typically use.
What I do every so often is look at other jobs out there in industries I'd want to work in and see what their requirements are. If there's specific software they want experience in that we have, I'll request it and do whatever it is in it so I can market those skills later. So if you're in a position where you keep getting stuff dumped on you to do, at least try to take that and turn it in to valuable skills you can use later.