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Re:Ask HN: How do you say no to your employer by sometimesokay on Sunday July 11, 2021 @09:06AM (#27800477)
Go in on Monday, explain your situation and just say you won’t be able to get it done. It takes courage but a much needed courage. Our management believes we can do so much with so little people but what they don’t understand is we had people working late nights and weekends doing 5/60+ hours a week and not saying anything about it. So it gives them that sense of “this much work can be done from 9-5”.
Re:Ask HN: How do you say no to your employer by andrei_says_ on Sunday July 11, 2021 @01:16PM (#27802707)
Also remember that even if you’re working 60-hour weeks, someone will just increase the volume of work to require 80-hour weeks and you’ll fail anyway.

Also, longer hours do not improve productivity for work requiring deep focus.