“Overtime culture isn't dedication, it's poor management, and celebrating it just enables dysfunctional leadership”
Agree
- Proper planning eliminates most overtime needs
- Glorifies inefficiency and bad systems
- Burnout destroys quality long term
- Managers should staff appropriately
- Constant overtime signals broken processes
Disagree
- Some industries have genuine crunch periods
- Extra effort shows commitment to outcomes
- Unexpected challenges require flexibility
- High achievers naturally work more
- Competition demands going extra mile
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