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By working late it's not just the kids that are getting harmed but any co-workers.
Had a colleague that used to work late and through his lunch, eventually the manager approached him and told him to stop. The guy said if he didn't do it the work would pile up. The manager told him that by working overtime he was making it look like the current team headcount was sufficient and that he couldn't get evidence there weren't enough people to meet demand. Guy stopped doing unpaid overtime and after a couple of months there was a new member of the team to ease the workload.
I used to have a manager like that...
One time he came in a bit early and commented how early everyone else was getting in (like 15 minutes or so). Then a colleague said that actually, he never left from the day before. Note he was exempt from overtime, so no budget issues.
Anyway, so my job that morning was to follow my boss driving my colleague's car to my colleague's house (didn't trust his driving after that much awake time) and driving the manager back. The manager also took the guys badge and said he would drop off the badge in two days and the guy needed to take time for himself.
Pretty sure every manager since that one wouldn't have given a damn.
I would absolutely trash my subordinates for pulling that shit.
It's not even about their health or whatever, it's just straight up illegal and I could get in so much trouble for allowing it or not putting an end to it. Also because it's dumb, don't do that.
In my justification and industry, 24 hour or even the 32 hour shift he was aiming for would be legal, and his fixed salary wouldn't even pay him any differently for the overage.
So in this case, he had no legal or business obligation to intervene and especially not to drive him home. So sad as it is, it was truly above and beyond by the standards here.
By far that colleague was the biggest workaholic I've ever seen, distant second place going to a guy that would routinely stay 2 hours late. Thankfully most people cut things at 40 hours or less, except maybe once or twice a year due some business emergency.
Meanwhile in my company our department was told we need to work overtime to prove we need one more person to do the workload. Lol. Lmao even. Unfortunately, one of us is a workaholic and does exactly that.ย
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Depends on the quality and culture of where you work.
I did unpaid overtime for a while in my old job, because I knew full well no one was going to be hired and I was the team's supervisor. It was up to me to figure out how to make it all work.