[robryan]

I don't see how this could possibly benefit the employee, I mean if the job is going to require an average of 60 hours a week fair enough but the whole signing away your rights in this regard feels like a bait and switch on the employers part. It depends I guess if they were upfront in the workload expected and set the salary to reflect that.

Certainly I understand that there are times when someone would choose to waiver the rights, a startup with interesting tech and probably equity would be a good example.

[phjohnst]

I was certainly expecting that the workload would be high going in, and I have no issues with working that much (and in fact, I work less than I was expecting to when I signed up). The bait and switch would suck and probably happens to a lot of people.

I completely agree that there are times that someone would want to waive those rights (I did). And if you don't waive them for somewhere like a startup (probably more applicable early than late stage), what does that say about commitment/expectations?

[PakG1]

This is the kind of thing that I was trying to shed light on in this post. I think people who want to get into big companies (not saying you do) don't understand that the hours can sometimes be hell. It's a truth that people don't really like to talk about, work life balance be damned.