至於你的問題:
1. The workload definitely is too much for one person.
誰的定義?你的,還是公司的?建議與給你派活的人談一下,看看公司的期待值。
鞭打快牛,派活的人考慮的是把活幹出來,而不是合理負擔。如果你的工作量超過了期待值,你應該讓派活的人知道。(職場溝通第一定律:你不說,他怎麽知道。)
2. Should I work for afterhours without pay? How to negotiate for the afterhour salary?
No.
“I will work tonight to meet the deadline at 7:30 am tomorrow morning. The rate of OT of the company is XX/hr. and I need Y hours to finish the work. How do you want me to file OT?/Is that agreeble with you?“ (後麵一句比較柔和,但會引起討價還價。我會選擇前麵一句。因為合同工按小時付錢,加班費是天經地義的。)
3. How many hours do people usually fill in the time card (7.5 h per day or 8 h per day)?
查公司規定或合同規定。
題外的話:放棄自己應得的報酬和建立自己的信譽是兩回事,你要建立的信譽是事情做的好,而不是廉價的勞動力。廉價勞動力和質量低往往被混為一談,即使不是事實。