Not related to this case. Once, when I was super young, someone put me in a project that clearly would take 3x more people and 2x more time. They said it was c

Not related to this case. Once, when I was super young, someone put me in a project that clearly would take 3x more people and 2x more time. They said it was challenging because they couldn't loose the project bla bla and if everything went ok we would all be promoted. People worked almost 24x7 for months. But the project got done with no major delays. When time to credits came, a friend of the boss who was actually in another team got the promotion and we all heard that there were not enough vacancies for promoting the team but they wanted us to know that they appreciated the effort and it wouldn't be forget. Months later, a layoff came and half of the team got laid off. Since then, I only work extra time with OT and I demand that to be written as a plus in my formal evaluations. Does it help? No. But