Take me out to dinner and a movie

[Nope]

[brewer]

As to the OP, that's part of the working world. Staying late, working 7 days a week sometimes, working a man or more down. You want to be rewarded (other than your pay, overtime pay) for these occasional occurrences? Grow up.

If it continually happens then you might have an issue.

[Napoléon]

Technically bullshit.

The loophole is that, especially in right to work states, if they don't like your objections they can make unrelated excuses to for you and in most cases it is he said she said.

Technically does not mean owners don't work around it.

I actually agree with Brian on this one. The reality is, most employees are basically a bitch to the employer. You can say you won't work late because you don't have to. Sure. See how far that gets you in the long run.

[Alex K]

Coming back to the OP, I have jobbed at a software company when I was in school, and it happened a few times a year that the entire team had to spend a weekend at the office (and working late, too) finishing a release for a big customer. So far I had no problem with that. But the morale in the team really went downhill during that time - and it would have been crazy easy to remedy. Imagine the boss going through the office in the afternoon and say - ok, first of all, great that you are all here working for this goal. Second of all, free Pizza, who wants which topping?

So simple, yet neither did occur to them, and everyone was pissed.

[vorlon13]

Most of my working career (for others) I was never financially secure enough to ever turn down OT and holiday work.  (Might have had something to do with my eventually becoming a 12 Stepper, LOL,   )

Self employed these days, I highly recommend it to every one, being a wage slave (and a doper) was a lot like work . .

[Arrogant Christian]

In my state, almost all employment is at "employer's will and pleasure" as if you were in a temp position forever. Sure they can't make you stay late to work here, but they can fire you for blinking tomorrow.

[vorlon13]

Once, and only once, the owner called me in to the office for a recommendation on whether or not to fire someone.

I weighed in with my opinion 'Pete' needed to go. The few times he had showed up to work in the previous week he was blotto, couldn't do the work, left early and was disruptive.

And that was it for 'Pete'.

I quit some months later when I realized the owner was an alcoholic. The self-realization I was one too was still a few years in the future . . .

I have been fired once (boy did they have cause*), laid off once, and have quit twice. I don't think I can fuck up what I'm doing now.


*long story, there was some management pathology too

[Jackie]

Spoken like tea party Libertarians. I posted this in the humor section and some here can't take a joke.

[brewer]

You're not fooling anyone.