They want us to work so hard our memory is like a Rocky montage. The only thing we can recall is a single song and snippets of the way we ground ourselves in to dust for months at a time and after all that we still lose at the end.
damn that analogy hits harder than Ivan Drago
Yes, that has been the case in my life experience, and I don’t think they would say “all” if they didn’t mean that. That’s why I have never told anyone anything along those lines.
So good life advice to anyone reading this especially the young folks
The boss that looks after you is rare. You are responsible for maintaining your work/life balance. That’s means logging the fuck off, deadlines be damned, at a reasonable time and maintaining your sanity. Work is infinite. There will always be more. And the company will take every bit of what you give it, until you collapse. It’s up to you to set expectations, and it’s up to you to draw the line.
And, if you do go above and beyond (ie. literally giving your all rather than an appropriate amount of effort within your working hours) you only stand to lose. You’ll get more work or more complex work assigned without any increase in pay. If you’re lucky your boss will be appreciative of your efforts and abilities, but that doesn’t pay the bills.
My all for capitalism is 30%.
