Because your employer glorifies workaholism

No one tells you that you have to work weekends.

No one tells you that you have to respond to emails at 5am on a Monday, 11pm on a Friday or 3am on a Sunday.

No one tells you that you have to work through the night to meet a deadline.

And yet.

Few of your co-workers ever seem to miss an opportunity to mention how much they worked over the weekend.

Few of your co-workers ever seem to miss an opportunity to send an email timestamped at an unsociable hour.

Few of your co-workers ever seem to miss an opportunity to bemoan how tired they are after pulling an all-nighter.

Those who indulge in this workaholism are rewarded with praise, bonuses, raises and promotions.

Those who don’t are dismissed as not being up to scratch.