Leaving at 3 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds is indeed indicative of impatience to leave home. However artifically staying in the office an hour longer doing tomorrow's workload is likely to lead to a burn out at some point. There is also a risk that other team members may start to systematically outsource work to the most dedicated team member, thinking he has nothing better to do and would not mind extra load, while they are having fun and clubbing.
The bottom point is that everybody has own habits and corporate culture. If you are fine doing unpaid overtime and late departures are welcome in your team, that is great. In our team, however, standing out means finding more efficient algorithms and write programs that will speed up processes. And spending extra hour on a task is not considered standing out in our culture, it is rather viewed as dragging the team back.
The bottom point is that everybody has own habits and corporate culture. If you are fine doing unpaid overtime and late departures are welcome in your team, that is great. In our team, however, standing out means finding more efficient algorithms and write programs that will speed up processes. And spending extra hour on a task is not considered standing out in our culture, it is rather viewed as dragging the team back.
nthompson said:I agree with you both but it also shows that their clearly watching every minute of the day till 4pm. I would not say its poor time management but some people like myself like to get in a hour early and leave 30mins after because I get more work done with any distractions.
And it shows that your flexible and if any possible opportunity arises I'm sure you will stand out among the others. I got my perm role because I showed great interest in the job and stayed behind to learn more about it. So being keen and adding in extra hours pays off specially if your contracted