I heard somebody say that 60 hours per week should be considered max capacity. Are you kidding me? Max capacity should be what you're paid for, which is 40 hours. Doing extra few hours occasionally is not a big deal, but doing so much that you consider bringing it down to 60 hours a good thing is beyond crazy. Do you folks have families? Do you have a life outside work?
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60 hours may be viable for a month tops
I think we've all had to put in extra during critical crunch times. You expect that, it happens and you deliver. But to put in 60 hours a week as a normal routine should never be allowed to occur. Worse it is never just 60 hours. 60 becomes 70 and 70 becomes 80. Why does it work this way? Because it is allowed to happen.
And in 20 years it will all be forgotten and not mean a thing. So do not put yourself through it. Maybe this works in small entities like law firms, but in mid to large sized corporations, especially in the tech sector, it NEVER works out.
lolwut? 60 hours may be viable for a month tops during crunch followed by several months of working much less than 40 to recover.
I get paid hourly. Working 46 hours only because everybody quit and we are running lean.
Working 60 hours a week will get you two maybe three things. A Ruined health. missed time with your family you will never get back and possibly an early grave. It will not get you anything else. Maybe a reputation for being a chump that can be abused at will. OK four things.
I've posted my story several times so I won't waste the bandwidth. But from personal experience these are the only results.
60 hours = 10 hours/day six days a week, i.e., you also work every single Saturday, or, 8 hours/day every single day, except Sunday, when you must work 12 hours.
Congrats to the managers who are getting away with this.