Without my OK I was scheduled for 10 hour days & Saturdays, but my contract states that after 8 hours I can leave without penalty although it's “frowned upon”
I value my time and unless there's a strict deadline I don't bother staying after my 8 hours just to sweep the floors and look busy. I'm not scrounging for pennies. More money is always nice, but time with my family is irreplaceable.
This doesn't mean that every time I clock out after 8 hours I don't get a feeling of impending doom for not taking easy overtime money.
The ideas always “one day you might be broke or have a much harder job and you'll wish you took this easy money”
Is this even a legitimate thought or am I so sucked into this corporate hell that I can't even enjoy time off the clock because I “could be making money right now”?
This feeling sucks. Sure I can be working 10 hour days, 6 says a week and all that overtime will add up to another 12k by the end of the year, but I'll have no life. All the older guys I work with keep saying “take it while you're young. Bust your ass so you can relax when you're older” really? Because you're almost 70 and still working every minute of overtime. You'll relax when you're dead I guess