> The sacrifices don't always pay off. The cynic in me wants to really say, typically the sacrifices never pay off. My example time: Company I was working fo

> The sacrifices don't always pay off. The cynic in me wants to really say, typically the sacrifices never pay off. My example time: Company I was working for planned a promo on July 4th. This promo was in collaboration with a GIANT sports brand. Think of the most known sports brand (not sportswear) in the world. No real testing in our QA env due to (some reason I can't remember). Day of promo (July 4th) I get a frantic call "IT'S NOT WORKING." I spend my July 4th, stopped in my tracks right before I'm about to head out the door to the lake with some friends fixing a bug in this promo. My reward for doing frantic work to save probably 3 peoples assess above me even when I wasn't on call? "thanks" Not even the basic 2.5x daily rate that is mentioned in our company handbook. All this to say: The sacrifices hardly ever pay off in my mind.