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Bernard Baker

It's 5pm I want to go home.

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John Au-Yeung

Yea. People are working themselves hard. I think some people are worried about their prospects or they really love their job.

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Bernard Baker

It would definitely be the prospects. I've worked with companies that do have a good balance though.

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John Au-Yeung

Yea. There are nice ones. Just that there're more bad ones.

The nice ones probably have more competition and don't need to hire as often since the turnover would be low.

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Bernard Baker

That's true. I got an email from a company that I interviewed with a year ago. Before I set up an e-commerce website. And they have all three roles open again. Turn over maybe... What do you think?

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John Au-Yeung

I don't think most companies need employees that badly. They just want more for extra growth.

They aren't closing without them.

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Bernard Baker

That's a good point. Could you explain in more detail?

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John Au-Yeung

I mean they can still operate without hiring more people.

Just that they might not have as much output.

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Bernard Baker

Oh I see. That makes sense. Thanks for explaining that in more detail.

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George Offley

My boss makes a point of telling us he doesn't pay overtime. When I first started I was staying until 6-8 PM. Absolutely not worth it.

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John Au-Yeung

Not paying overtime is pretty normal. But staying that late definitely not normal

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Bernard Baker

But did your contract have that clause which states working extra hours to get the work done?