I know people that would work 80 hour weeks. They were engineers in the gaming industry and a couple crunch weeks were not uncommon.
But that's a really specific situation for a short period of time.
But that's a really specific situation for a short period of time.
At one place I worked, there was a "crack board", where they would have sweepstakes on who was going to come apart at the seams and lose it. Who knew mental health issues could be so fun? "lol".
Needless to say I no longer work in games, it has done damage to my body and psyche for very little return..
Companies just love "externalised cost". Screw the lives of the employees, environment, etc. Society is pretty broken.
And as long as thousands of developers handle/enjoy the game industry environment, there's no compelling reason to change.
But it should be, per labor law. At a minimum, its wage theft.