I recently started my first real job. Why do people do so much unpaid overtime?
Just wondering if this is normal. I normally stay back like 30mins, maybe more in rare occasions. For example today I stayed back like 50 mins because my manager and I were working together on a problem. Then he tells me that I should go home and he will investigate the problem himself. It was quite late so I went home but then I saw his last teams message was at 8pm meaning he was working on that problem for hours after I left? I don't really understand this idea of doing this much unpaid overtime. Are they trying to get promoted? To look hardworking? In my previous (retail) jobs, everyone left as soon as their shift was over. What we were doing was semi important but it could wait till the next day. Also I don't think he does it out of the love of his job because what we were doing wasn't super exciting either.
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Very interesting article on TSMC and Semiconductor Industry
TSMC insiders told Rest of World the key to the company’s success is an intense, military-style work environment. Engineers work 12-hour days, and sometimes weekends too. “if [a machine] breaks down at one in the morning, in the U.S. it will be fixed in the next morning. But in Taiwan, it will be fixed at 2 a.m.” And, he added, the wife of a Taiwanese engineer would “go back to sleep without saying another word.”
Missed deadlines and tension among Taiwanese and American coworkers are plaguing the chip giant’s Phoenix expansion.
https://restofworld.org/2024/tsmc-arizona-expansion/