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Get as much money/benefits/etc as you can. There is generally no correlation to how hard you have to work. Case in point: I also had a really chill job and was
by HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
Get as much money/benefits/etc as you can. There is generally no correlation to how hard you have to work.
Case in point: I also had a really chill job and was ridiculously underpaid. The recruiter I worked with got me a job paying 2x more, with much better benefits, a great working environment, a much shorter commute (10 minutes) and cool projects to boot. There was literally no downside to taking the job. Work expectation was 40 hours/week. Yeah, for a while I did work a lot more than that because I was single (no reason to go home early) and I really liked the work. There was absolutely no pressure on me to work more than a regular work week.
I've been in industry for 30 years and have never taken a job where I worked more than 40 hours/week unless it was a short crunch. No one can force you to work more; they can suggest it, they can try to make you feel guilty, but they can't force you. And unless they want to get rid of you for some other reason, you're not going to be fired for working "just" a normal week.