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I had a coworker who tried something like this on a federal holiday, ended up bringing down production on everyone's day off, and ruining a bunch of people's days to clean up the mess just because someone was trying to go above and beyond.
Some managers would praise him for his "spirit", congratulate the rest of the team for their "sacrifice", and still not give anyone a bonus nor a raise, because "that's just the job!".