Comments on: Overtime is not a solution http://www.sowrey.org/2009/11/overtime-is-not-a-solution/ A miscellany of know-it-all-isms by Geoff Sowrey Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:27:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lyn http://www.sowrey.org/2009/11/overtime-is-not-a-solution/#comment-8274 Lyn Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:19:22 +0000 http://www.sowrey.org/?p=2223#comment-8274 AMEN! I remember well the shellshocked, spaced out (exhausted) crew the day after a certain big launch...... not knowing what to do with themselves. At 5pm, I remember telling one of them to go home and reintroduce himself to his wife :) Sometimes shit happens and it just needs to be dealt with, but..... A company that I worked for in Ottawa many, many moons ago practiced and encouraged really excessive overtime. It was considered a good thing that a couple of my coworkers were in the office working every single day for two months (both were going through relationship breakups). Of course when it came time for layoffs 6 or 8 months later - they were the first to go because "their performance was significantly diminished". Gee - I wonder how that happened?! (they had not had vacations during the intervening time either) I guess the poetic justice is that said company went out of business several years ago. AMEN!

I remember well the shellshocked, spaced out (exhausted) crew the day after a certain big launch…… not knowing what to do with themselves. At 5pm, I remember telling one of them to go home and reintroduce himself to his wife :)

Sometimes shit happens and it just needs to be dealt with, but…..

A company that I worked for in Ottawa many, many moons ago practiced and encouraged really excessive overtime. It was considered a good thing that a couple of my coworkers were in the office working every single day for two months (both were going through relationship breakups). Of course when it came time for layoffs 6 or 8 months later – they were the first to go because “their performance was significantly diminished”. Gee – I wonder how that happened?! (they had not had vacations during the intervening time either) I guess the poetic justice is that said company went out of business several years ago.

]]> By: Andre http://www.sowrey.org/2009/11/overtime-is-not-a-solution/#comment-8260 Andre Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:47:33 +0000 http://www.sowrey.org/?p=2223#comment-8260 I totally agree. Nothing worse than working with (or on) a team that is surviving strictly on overtime miracles. My best experiences have been with teams that have had a strong culture of working really smart 9-5 and avoiding overtime like the plague. People underestimate the value of happy, well rested, balanced team members. I totally agree. Nothing worse than working with (or on) a team that is surviving strictly on overtime miracles. My best experiences have been with teams that have had a strong culture of working really smart 9-5 and avoiding overtime like the plague.

People underestimate the value of happy, well rested, balanced team members.

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