> Now, there's nothing wrong with working on week-ends when there's a deadline or an important milestone
I disagree with that, on the basis that deadlines and milestones are artificial constructs of the company. It should always be wrong to work on weekends.
I worked for 15 years for a Fortune 100 company and I experienced probably five or six 'crises' each year that required me to work unusual hours.
The worst case in each scenario was that the company might lose some money; the most common case, though, was nothing at all; it had been declared that we would be 'competitive' by an arbitrary date and it was all-hands-on-deck to meet that target.
Looking back I now understand and regret that neither of those cases are anything I should have worried about as an individual person. I gave my personal time to the company simply to avoid being sacked; that doesn't seem like a fair trade.
I disagree with that, on the basis that deadlines and milestones are artificial constructs of the company. It should always be wrong to work on weekends.
I worked for 15 years for a Fortune 100 company and I experienced probably five or six 'crises' each year that required me to work unusual hours.
The worst case in each scenario was that the company might lose some money; the most common case, though, was nothing at all; it had been declared that we would be 'competitive' by an arbitrary date and it was all-hands-on-deck to meet that target.
Looking back I now understand and regret that neither of those cases are anything I should have worried about as an individual person. I gave my personal time to the company simply to avoid being sacked; that doesn't seem like a fair trade.