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No, that’s not it. I take longer to complete my tasks, but in return, I am more precise. I get bogged down in details too easily and want to get everything right. The overtime is an attempt to compensate for that. It is—I think—a poor coping mechanism.
Are you measurably more precise? One place I worked had a guy that was known to take almost twice as long to build up an assembly but they also worked the first time every time. Other people overall would not produce the same number of working assemblies in the same time. My suggestion to have him train others fell on deaf ears as Takt Time was pushed above FPY.
If your precision shows up like that, you've got room to argue.
Yes, I certainly think so—or at least, that is the feedback I receive. In my performance reviews, my professional expertise and the quality of my work consistently fall within the above-average range. The quantity of my work, however, falls into the below-average range.
A colleague once remarked that I was a "walking encyclopedia." Personally, however, I don't see myself that way.
I have also already tried to leverage this very strength as a selling point. I was told that while this is indeed a nice asset, the field I work in ultimately places the priority on sheer volume.
Consequently—once again—I am currently trying to look around for positions that would be a better fit for me.
If they were smart, they'd have you train people in. What kind of work is it?