Ordinarily I would advise you to avoid thinking like an owner, as you are not an owner. However, as you are a very naive person, I think that you should have an owner's mentality for working overtime at the bank. That way you will be aligned with your nature, happy in your role and likely be positive. Certainly your positive attitude and open comfort with your role will lead to positive reviews and likely a great career.
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Tell your manager to stick it where the sun don't shine.
Wait, let me be clearer--if you were hired and AGREED to commit to working overtime...that's one thing. But if you accepted your position AND overtime was implemented later and you were told it was now a part of your job...THEN tell them to stick it where the sun don't shine.
The reason it's called OVERTIME is because it's work above and beyond the normal daily work you agreed to. Yeah, they may tell you it's now a requirement, but IT IS NOT. If you are let go because you refused to do it, you'll qualify for unemployment AND you have a legal case for unfair termination, too.
Just don't try acting like a CEO where you're here for a couple years then take the money and run.
I do think like an owner. I sold my BK stock so I could now own shares of JPM.
Employment is an exchange. You provide a service, you get compensated for it. You have to ask yourself, "am I getting enough out of this deal?"
When your manager tells you to have an "owner's mentality" when asking you to do more work, do you get anything further from that exchange? Are you being paid more? Or are you just being asked to shoulder more responsibility for nothing in return?
Your time is the most valuable thing you have. You should get something in return for sacrificing it.
My group is exempt from overtime pay, yet working outside regular business hours has become the norm for many...not me. I dedicate a few extra hours a week at my discretion to projects that promote my career trajectory (very few and far these days). Unlike many colleagues I refuse to work 12 hour days and weekends doing tasks that should be done by interns, temps, entry level. Working around the clock perpetuates the staffing problem (be it not enough resources, or not the right resources) and is a major disservice to the team. But these types are looking out for themselves and a very threatened by the dangling carrot that is their job/livelihood and senior management know this.
@1bay, that's only for execs with inside information. I own more shares than several of them yet I'm not listed.
Don't listen. You will get no thanks, praise, promotion or payrise for working extra hours and it will become expected. Don't do it.
Yes think like an owner and know when to sell. You should always look out for yourself and other opportunities outside of any job you have now. Why? Because those who succeed in life are very good at selling themselves to a better opportunity. Do not settle for mediocrity. Stop listening to your boss when it comes to doing what is best for your life - do you want to be a puppet for the rest of your life?
Check BK stock on Yahoo and review major employee holdings of stock and stock options. Scroll for your name. If you find it congratulations… you are an owner and should think that way.
Yeah, I played that game for a while until I realized that the overtime was necessary primarily due to poor scheduling and management incompetence. I had assumed that my dedication would be recognized and appreciated with a good bonus or raise, but I was very disappointed. To make matters worse, the goodwill I should have earned for saving management’s a-s wasn’t even enough to save myself from getting let go when they needed to cut costs.
Don’t play that game. Enjoy your life away from work.
Tell them they're fired. lol
Then tell him that as an owner, you expect a percentage of profits to be deposited into your account every quarter.
Not a crumble one year later.
My manager thinks I am as naive as a child and I am also knowledgeable to work on this job. I will work as slow as a child for him. We are both naive to be in BNY.
Nope. It will just continue. You need to set boundaries and ask for more help/44people or money.
She/he knows best.