Work Life
His Boss Said, “60 Hour Work Weeks Are Baked into Your Check.”
He looked around the room and asked, “Who are you talking to?”
“You don’t have to make yourself miserable to be successful…success isn’t about working hard, it’s about working smart.” — Andrew Wilkinson
One of the best parts of having 18- to 25-year-old grandchildren, nieces, and nephews is that they do not think the way I did when I was working. Even how they communicate with their bosses differs greatly from how I talked with those in charge of me at work. They express out loud things I only thought to myself when I started working.
One of my nephews graduated college, then took a position as the assistant manager at a large retail company. He is salaried, so he makes the same amount of money monthly, no matter how many hours he works weekly. He does not have a timecard nor does he report his hours in any way. He is scheduled for 40 hours per week.
Over the last two months, he ended his scheduled workday and then had to complete administrative tasks that kept him at work for an additional two to four hours per day. He sought out his boss to discuss what they could do to ease the situation.
