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A lot of us are contractors for the company with 40 hour work weeks. People at my company are salaried. I don't know about the other companies. I don't stray much from my 40 hours. If others want to put in that time, so be it. I always tell them to knock it off, but some people just can't be helped.

I don't put it all on management. It's a little of column A and a little of column B. It's tough standing up to management when they control your well-being.

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I wonder what would happen if a company had overtime pay for developers. I'd be willing to put money on working hours getting reduced to something sane and deadlines pushed back to accommodate it.

Maybe one day I'll suggest a trial for it at my company ;)

I worked for a company where we were all regular W2 exempt employees, but paid hourly. We got paid for every hour worked.

Curiously, we all worked a lot, made a ton of money for years and years, and bled the company dry. They eventually brought in some accountants that told them they had to put the brakes on this, and we were converted to salary. The company still ended up shutting down a couple years later, but it was a wild and lucrative ride.

Just become a consultant. Much more lucrative and much more freedom.

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