A few months back, I proposed a project for our company that got approved by our head. It required me to work a total of about 70 extra hours a month, give or take. It's individual work, so no one was affected by it but me. The project is not a scam at all because it's showing promising results, and I'm also doing my best and not just the bare minimum. And since Japanese law states that overtime should be a total of 45 hours-ish only every month, the rest of my overtime work is converted into substitute days off (which I am totally fine btw since we're one of those companies who only get a limited no. of days off each year).
For the past five months, I've been receiving about 140k-150k more on my salary. And I have more days off now since I work like 6 days a week. Which is great! Also, the work doesn't affect me mentally (like burnout), since I am used to this kind of working condition in my home country; the only difference is that it's low stress (I can choose not to work overtime if I wanted to like when I am more tired than usual) and it's paid. Also, I don't really do anything on my weekly rest days, so I decided to work and earn a bit more instead.
Now, I can't help but feel guilty of what I am doing. Probably because I've seen my other coworkers not recording their overtime work? Like I know one of them who works as intensely as I do and does not record half of her overtime (she's Japanese if that matters at all). Like do I feel this way because I'm not being Japanese-like? Or am I doing something wrong here? I feel like I would not feel this way if I worked to earn more in other countries/international companies.
I love my job by the way. (Mainly because of this). Lol.
by AdNo6111