It’s totally normal (and good, even) to want to do a good job at work. But being good at your job should never require working outside of paid hours. Sometimes it’s tempting to do a little bit extra when you’re still in the honeymoon period at a new job, just to show that you’re willing to go above and beyond. But doing work outside of work hours can backfire big time in the long run. Case in point, when u/ETsUncle‘s wife experienced major burnout after putting in 20+ extra hours of unpaid work per week for far too long, scaling it back became a «performance» problem according to her boss. Let this thread be a lesson to all the overworked plebs out there: sometimes it’s beneficial to do less.