Re: Wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for their corporate cult mentality
Look not to be too hard on you for falling into the situation but you need to sort it out. If you're really working 60+ hours a week, then you need to demand the budget to hire a deputy and cut back to 40. You're not only destroying your own life by working 60, but you're also destroying your underlings lives. Because if you as the boss are working stupid hours, your employess are likely to feel they have to work stupid hours or be considered lazy and then they'll be fired or denied promotions/pay rises.
The only people benefiting from your stupid hours are the rich douchebags who actually own your company. And I guarantee they are not working 60+ hour weeks.
And if you're worried that you'll get sacked for working less than 60 hours , well two things - 1) you cant get sacked for refusing to work overtime, especially overtime that exceeds 5 hours a week. Not even in the US. 2nd, even if you do get sacked, you sound like you have the experience to get another job pretty easily. Even if it means a paycut, wouldnt you prefer to have your life back? How much is that worth to you?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
