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Forced overtime has me miserable need advice.

So for 6 years I worked a position that paid me a decent amount of work for what I did, I was happy I had a 9-5 schedule with weekends and holidays off and enjoyed my personal life more than imaginable, I always dreamed of promoting within the workplace, I did and it was a lifelong dream. Or at least I thought it was I am now working 80 hours of overtime a month forcefully and my new schedule sucks. Some days I work 16 hours straight sure the pay is way better but I feel my quality of life has gone down the tubes and I don’t want my schedule to cost me my personal relationships. I can always resort to going back to my old job but I fear the criticism that I will face and the backlash from people within the work circle. Sure I’ll take a…


So for 6 years I worked a position that paid me a decent amount of work for what I did, I was happy I had a 9-5 schedule with weekends and holidays off and enjoyed my personal life more than imaginable, I always dreamed of promoting within the workplace, I did and it was a lifelong dream. Or at least I thought it was I am now working 80 hours of overtime a month forcefully and my new schedule sucks. Some days I work 16 hours straight sure the pay is way better but I feel my quality of life has gone down the tubes and I don’t want my schedule to cost me my personal relationships. I can always resort to going back to my old job but I fear the criticism that I will face and the backlash from people within the work circle. Sure I’ll take a 40k pay cut but I don’t know. I’m seeking advice on what I should do.

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