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I wonder if praise for working weekends or long hours is tantamount to encouraging burnout.

• JohnFen 4y ago
  I think (hope) people are using "working weekends" as shorthand for "going over and above when needed" rather than literally working weekends. Just working weekends as its own thing isn't good and isn't really worth kudos. Putting in necessary extra effort in order to put out a fire is, as is coming up with a particularly great solution to a thorny problem, or helping a coworker out of a jam, and so forth.
  • lelandfe 4y ago
    > Say you worked a weekend, and you were given a $50 gift card. Now you have put a price on the effort
    • screwturner68 4y ago
      one year I got an $11 check because I was a remote worker and couldn't go to the holiday party. I didn't take it with the joyous holiday spirit in which it was given.
  • screwturner68 4y ago
    I work nights, weekends and holidays all the time it's when clients will allow me to do my job. I don't mind working the odd hours what I mind is the expectation that I'm available during normal business hours too.