I think most people are even ashamed/afraid to admit they put in too many hours. The stigma of being exposed as against the norm scares people. Their employer

I think most people are even ashamed/afraid to admit they put in too many hours. The stigma of being exposed as against the norm scares people. Their employer may find out; that's where the shame stems from. I think a lot of us feel working too many hours is bad. Except for critical times, like 1-5% of the time at most, but most of us will never admit to it because of that stigma. I was offered a great role recently but turned it down because the employer explained that most guys here bring their laptops home and work weekends and the actual work hours are 8 - 6:30 pm. The role had full paid benefits and an awesome salary. I am not lazy by any means in fact I am extremely self motivated but there is a threshold and like most people are saying on here the quality begins to dip beyond that threshold and your health starts to get affected.