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Her job description says Madeline Adams is a social worker. But lately she's begun volunteering for tasks she never had before at the St. Louis marriage counseling agency where she works: planning events, ordering supplies, stocking shelves. She estimates she's put in hundreds of hours of unpaid overtime work. Adams isn't gunning for a promotion. She just wants to keep her job. Bosses around the country these days are discovering it's not too much ask for a little extra help around the office. Anything but. More employees seem to be showing up early, forgoing vacation time, taking on extra projects...