Overtime Quotes

“Is that all, sir? Only we've got stuff to finish before our knocking-off time, you see, and if we stay late we have to make more money to pay our overtime, and if the lads is a bit tired we ends up earning the money faster'n we can make it, which leads to a bit of what I can only call a conundrum—"

"You mean that if you do overtime you have to do more overtime to pay for it?" said Moist, still pondering how illogical logical thinking can be if a big enough committee is doing it.

"That's right, sir," said Shady. "And down that road madness lies."

"It's a very short road," said Moist, nodding.”
― Terry Pratchett, Making Money

“Running overtime is the one unforgivable error a lecturer can make. After fifty minutes (one microcentury as von Neumann used to say) everybody's attention will turn elsewhere.”
― Gian-Carlo Rota, Indiscrete Thoughts

“The wise rest at least as hard as they work.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Before you reprimand or condemn people on a particular act, make sure you have worked on yourself overtime such that you can't be found guilty of such act; if not you will be a victim of your own laws and rules”
― Topsy Gift

“Working overtime is an underpaid man’s salvation.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Working extra hours can hurt team dynamics. Not everyone on the team will have the flexibility to pitch in the extra hours. Perhaps one team member has children at home whom he has to take care of. Maybe someone else has a 2-week trip planned in the upcoming months, or she has to commute a long distance and can't work as many hours. Whereas once the team jelled together and everyone worked fairly and equally, now those who work more hours have to carry the weight of those who can't or don't. The result can be bitterness or resentment between members of a formerly-happy team.”
― Edmond Lau, The Effective Engineer: How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact

“I regarded homework as a form of torture that the teachers would unleash on me.”
― Steven Magee

“Working for someone is helping them build their dreams. Work anyway for there is profit in labor.”
― Martin Uzochukwu Ugwu

“As a salaried employee you can make me work eighty hour weeks, but we will be parting company soon.”
― Steven Magee

“I always wondered why my coworkers disliked my resignation. It was because those that were left had to do more work!”
― Steven Magee

“The problem, as it was in those days during the war, was overtime. Those in control always preferred to overwork a few men continually, instead of hiring more people so everyone might work less. You gave the boss eight hours, and he always asked for more.
He never sent you home after six hours, for example.
You might have time to think.”
― Charles Bukowski, Factotum