Re:Indeed. (Score 1)

Yes that is far too true about that need to be the best worker and that feeling is exploited to such a degree by some employers as to cause people to feel inadequate no matter what they accomplish.

This can totally destroy someone's confidence in their own ability which makes them feel even more stressed and filled with nervous anxiety.

My own personal experience...I was looking for a new gig and I picked CompanyX over CompanyY for less money because I thought CompanyX would be more fun and I would work normal or close to normal hours.

Well that ended up being far from the case instead I was soon working double the amount of hours I thought I would be working and not being compensated for it since I was on salary.

When, in an attempt to draw the line as some people have pointed out, I voiced my disapproval of the situation and was told that they expect long hours and you are either in the boat or not.To make it worse they hired someone new of less skill than me for the position I thought I had.So I quit and decided to develop Ask Pete! and do contract web development work before I ended up completely burned out.