&gt; Is the employee who comes in at 7am and leaves at 7pm really a better person?<p>No, just a more easily exploited one.<p>I know the question was rhetorical. But I felt like answering it because you&#x27;re absolutely right. Only in the US do you see people hold up themselves as better than others because they let their employer take advantage of them more.<p>I wonder if working longer than colleagues actually does improve your chance at promotion like so many claim? Or simply means they leave you in that role longer because you&#x27;re cheaper&#x2F;more productive?