[toddchambery]

For salaried employees or contract work with capped hours, overtime can also be banked goodwill or converted to flex time.

Most office environments I've worked at are not rigidly policy-driven, are populated with sensible humans, and the overwhelming majority of my teammates are working for the success of the team and each other.

[infinite8s]

Sure, the team/your teammates might be working for the success of each other, but that doesn't mean you aren't all being screwed by the company.