Naw, work as little as possible while still convincing your manager you’re productive, that’s what most of them do.

Hours worked is a silly metric anyways. There are some cases where it makes sense, but it should be measured by productivity.

I’ve had times where I’ve gotten more work done in the first 4 hours of the day than I normally get done in 3-4 days. The system is totally screwed and employers are lazy and want easy ways to measure their employees.

It’s complicated, but the moral of the story is, never work more than you have to. Never forget that if you’re not getting overtime pay, then you are donating your labor and time for free to your employer. They are getting lots of value for absolutely nothing in return.

And don’t be fooled by the corporate propaganda about being recognized for your efforts or some such crap, it’s bogus. 95% of the time the best you can hope for is a pat on the back for your “good work” maybe if you’re really lucky, you’ll get a company branded coffee mug or even a $10 gift card to Starbucks…

Multiple times at different companies my actions directly saved the company thousands of dollars and in one case possibly a person’s job. What did I get for that? Jack squat, zero compensation or bonus, no extra time off, nothing. I got a shout out in a Teams meeting for, “stepping up and being a team player.” Capitalist corporate garbage.