The 90-hour work week.
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But most of the time, if someone in a paper-pushing white-collar job says he routinely works really long hours, I just assume he's inefficient or, as the comment above points out, putting on a performance.
I was just giving an anecdote to compare with OP.
I was let go within a month.
That's when I realized that I wasn't ever going to get along working for anyone else and got serious about starting a business; especially since the business clients I was dealing with were far from geniuses. Believe me when I say that most business owners have no business being in business.
It’s unfortunate, but our country is a “melting pot” of shit now where a white man can’t really show much intititive and expect it to manifest into much unless he works for himself or the family business, and even then it’s still harder today than it was 30 plus years ago.
Often times, you just want to be the guy that gets there early, is generally liked by everyone else, doesn't complain, doesn't need to be micro-managed, and is just slightly better than average. The kind of guy that would "fit in" at lunch with the other managers. And, of course, it helps if you're a "protected class" and your company has a DEI manager that can force your promotion.
One thing I learned is that you can fuck off all day as long as you get there early. That same job would let you clock in 15 mins. early, so it was basically free "overtime" for the laziest coworkers I had. Do the math. They got paid an extra 5 hours each month to sip coffee in the break room. Of course, management loved those lazy fucks.
I was late a few times but always completed my workload and assignments, and I reminded them of that. Didn't matter. Being late is the WORST "sin" you can commit in Corporate America. Gossip, start rumors, play on your phone during company time, steal from the supply closet, fuck your coworkers in the bathroom, tell the clients to go fuck themselves, whatever -- *just NEVER be late!*
That's basically part of the job tasks if you're in a big games development studio nowadays.