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by vastinfest 2083 days ago
Everybody needs to calm down a bit. Poland has reasonable labour laws afaik. Overtime is paid and there are limits on the max hours of overtime.

And I don't know if its the same in Poland, but here in neighbouring Lithuania - employer can't really "force" you to do overtime, one has to agree to it.

I get that overtime sucks, but it's not unpaid US-like overtime in this case.

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"This isn't as bad as [place which is known for being bad at stuff like this], therefore it is fine" is never a _particularly_ useful argument.

They promised they wouldn't do this, then they did it. That's bad.

The only way to rationalize this terrible broken promise to employees is by comparing it to a country renown for its bad labour practices. It’s terrible. Plain and simple. Even if the US is worst than that.