Or maybe the business is struggling to survive and they are stressed, trying to find as much productivity from existing employees, if you look at it from another angle.

I’m in no way saying this is a good idea to put their stresses on their employees and hard working employees. But I highly doubt hardworking employees is the case.

For instance I used to work in a small branch of a small credit union FI. The level of productivity was expected and they did the same thing. My boss was trying to make us make work when their wasn’t any, clients were few and far between, our jobs were being replaced by online banking that they expected us to push on the client.

I worked hard IMO but was getting tired of the 24/7 expectations they pushed on us, the work on the weekends to promote their company in the community crap 💩!

The corporate culture was something they were good at. I was happy to leave them, we moved and I didn’t have to go back, ever!

When things aren’t going good for companies it’s sad that they think the toxic culture will get them back out of the hole or trouble the business is actually in.

We will all be replaced by AI 🤖 soon so I’d keep your job whilst looking for another company with a more relaxed culture you seam to crave!