Most places will tell you 40 hours a week, but in reality if you want to move up you gotta be the person that puts out fires and is available on call to fix shi

Most places will tell you 40 hours a week, but in reality if you want to move up you gotta be the person that puts out fires and is available on call to fix shit when it breaks out of the blue. There’s some companies that have solid process and don’t require more than 40 hours a week with the ability to advance, unfortunately most companies aren’t like that. One mistake I’ve made that I won’t in the future is to stick my nose and fix things that aren’t really my responsibility. There’s a fine line to walk between revealing your other strengths where you can help other teams, but more often than not you end up with more responsibility and doing 2-3 other peoples work. You have to be careful getting involved in other departments even though you can do it better than those employees and can fix urgent problems. You get stuck with more permanent responsibilities that weren’t part of your main job duties.