[quote=Thibault][quote=flu] You probably don’t *have* to work long nights if you’re willing to cut down on your expenses somewhat…Don’t worry, when you get older like me, you begin to care less about working…sort of…[/quote]
I didn’t have a choice. Being in charge of software configuration, I have to be available during code deployment to production which usually occurs at night to minimize impact on customers.
And working extra hours in my job doesn’t make me more rich. I am not a hourly employee.
Sure I start to care less about working… but I still work as much as I use to when I just started![/quote]
I suspect your real issue is your role in the organization is part of the new global economy tech sweatshop.
It doesn’t matter where you go, if you don’t change careers, the issues will be the same. Expectations to work night and weekends to ‘do the release’ and then expectations to work normal business hours to support developers and management.
The other option is to just develop a cavallier attitude to flex time and crank your hours back to 40-45 per week. The worse they can do is fire you and everyone should be fire once in their life.
It’s always a good discussion with management and will readily tell you if your manager is a human or a clueless corporate drone just trying to step on people to get ahead.
Needing to work extra time is part of job, needing to work extra time every week isn’t.
