The "Damn! I'm good!" thread.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

A-****ing-men. My wife and I always talk about how we should feel guilty that we are often idle at our jobs. It's because we do them quickly, do them well and are out the ****ing door at 4:30.

You are damn right. We're not going to make extra work. Overtime is for suckers.

Well, I'm certainly not a workaholic. I preach to my staff all the time that balance is important and that we make a big effort to get out by 5:00. But if you're idle during your 40 hours, the manager in me says you're not balanced, your scale leans too far to the side of not doing enough.

Now some of that is on your manager, he's clearly not filling up your day enough. But if you're not going to him and saying 'hey, I'm done my shit, you want me to do anything else?' then you're really never giving him a reason to promote you.

Maybe you're cool with that, and if that's the case more power to ya. But I like money. My balance is struck by busting my ass to do as much as I can during 8 - 5:30 - even if more than my job description requires. Then from then on it's family time. It's a work hard play hard mentality. If I'm at work I'm 100% engaged in the cause, and at home I'm 100% engaged in fun and leisure and time spent with family.