One of my brothers just retired after 42 years of government service. During that time, 7 percent of his pay was withheld in order to pay him a pension upon his retirement. I suspect that amounted to a hell of a lot of money since he held a fairly high-level position. Even though he was a salaried employee, he frequently put in 70 and 80 hour weeks during periods of significance. At no time did he work partial weeks to compensate for working for free.

Now, he has a nice retirement. I figure that he earned every penny.