Working on extensive hours past your regular schedule may result to more negative effect than positive.

For you and your employer, it’s a win-win situation as outputs will achieved earlier than the deadline by
the increase in productivity due to extra hours of work, and more output means more profit. Though it
may look positive in the early stage, working overtime can damage both the employees and the
employer in the long run. For the employees, satisfaction may come thru paid overtime (though not all
employers have paid overtime policies), but the risk in health has also been paid due to fatigue, stress,
lack of sleep and exercise and lack of social wealth. This may result in more absenteeism of employees,
availing their leave credits to escape the repetitive work load. For the employer, forcing employees to
take overtime work hours is a sign that they don’t care about their employees, that they think they are
always replaceable. These employers are more profit driven that they will always look for more gain
even if that costs their employees. Hence, it is true that working overtime will result decrease in overall
productivity. That’s why companies should always evaluate the implementation of working overtime for
the benefit of both the employees and the employer in the long run.