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- jpolk0
The last company i worked for was basically like that.
they traded in my CD for some corporate consulting slave driver, who canned 2 guys on my team & refused to hire replacements. They refused to accept our feedback on deadlines, and let the clients dictate them.
70-75 hour weeks were not at all uncommon, we hit 80+ multiple times and pulled many all nighters (maybe 10 in 2 mos.). We'd receive promise of comp days, but literally were refused every attempt to take them.
One Sunday we worked from 10AM until 3PM Monday, and i got 4 messages on my mobile asking if i could come in upon waking up.
i started losing it upon doing the math and learning what i was making hourly...
some weeks it was barely above minimum wage + benefits...
funniest part, once i was extremely fed up, they canned me for coming in at 10AM after working until 4AM + having a bad attitude (after 2 years exceptional performance reviews), and made me sue for unemployment. They also filed a lawsuit forcing me to remove any work done there from my portfolio.
pretty sure i don't ever want another job.