Are you willing to work overtime for free?

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Nowadays,there is huge competition between the incumbents and new companies vying for a slice of the market.It is very normal that employees have to work overtime,especially in internet industry.Did you hear about “996.icu project”? This is a joke made by Chinese programmers,it means they are working 6 days a week from 9am to 9pm and not far away some day they would live in ICU.Most of the big companies’ employees will get their overtime pay,but it’s hard to tell in small companies. Ken, a friend of my GF, who as a programmer for 4 years,now he wanna find a new job which can offer higher salary. He got an interview a week before, the interviewer was contented with the interviewee's work experience,it looked they had a nice talking. However,when the interviewer ask,”Are you willing to work overtime if necessary for the progress of the project?” Ken answered,”yes,but I wanna know the extra wage.” “If you have to work overtime because of your productivity, are you willing to work overtime for free?” “If the project is delayed due to my personal reasons, I will voluntarily work overtime.However, the company should make reasonable plans and have clear and reasonable progress standards.” One week passed,Ken did not receive any offer. I asked Ken,”Are you willing to work overtime for free?”,he answered,”Well,I’m gonna work for you for free.” I laughed,”you must be kidding me.” he said,”you are kidding me first.”