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Oh, perhaps I wasn't clear. When I say I allot a week for something (5 days), that task, working at a normal pace, would probably take 3-4 days. I'm not asking for a week when it takes a day. I'm asking for 1.5x how much I think it will take to pad. Normal practice.

However sometimes, I am just not able to work on that project for a few days, and end up doing it all in one day/night after having a few days to thinking about it. For me, a good chunk of the job is thinking about it. The coding just kind of flows after that. The problem is that the thinking gets delayed =]

Employers never IN ADVANCE plan to lie to employees, right? If you ask your boss a question, you ALWAYS get a truthful answer.

Life isn't black and white. What if they're a 55 year old in tech? I could imagine someone being scared shitless of saying they're "burnt out"

I think the difference here is that you see recharging as "not doing work" while the person you are responding to sees it as part of a natural work cycle.