does this happen at your work?

does this happen at your work when your coworkers compare who is a harder worker? who works more hours and trying to convince each other they need to stay later.I hate that this happens at my work but I dont want to keep saying no to the shift supervisor that I do not want to stay later. if I wanted to stay late I would. I look bad in fornt of them when i only work forty hours and they work fifty and sixty but our lives are so different, I cook everything from scrach, they eat out, they have a husband or wife and a couple kids I dont. I dont like feeling bad for this but its hard to go against peer pressure.

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Existentior · M

That happens all the time and it's despicable. It happened twice to me. Some freak next to me who works abnormally hard, like a freaking hamster on a wheel and then my manager says I need to work as hard as him. Screw that. This is the same guy who, like you said, does the later hours too, even though he doesn't have to. A complete lackey.

I look at my life and I say: "Nope, I'm not going to slave away extra hours just to please someone who's getting rich because of my efforts. I'm not going to destroy my work-life balance and my sanity". I can relate to you in every aspect; I also cook everything from scratch and the chopping up and cooking alone can take at least an hour.

I wouldn't feel bad for it. At least for me, I have too much self-respect to be dependent upon other people's thoughts - I don't care who they are. I would rather maintain a healthy life rather than trade more of it in for the sake of some promotion. I maintain the 38-40 hour week and I am not going to suck up to anyone.

Girlyfriendcollecting · F

@Existentior good way of looking at it, that you just do not care what other people think but i want a promotion I make a few dollars more than minimum wadge.

Existentior · M

@Girlyfriendcollecting Yes, I thought so.