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by munk-a 1872 days ago
OT in the gaming field is insidious and mostly comes from the fact that the majority of your employees are salaried and working in fields where OT pay is not required. Overtime is an inefficient use of employee stress when compared to working regular hours - you'll burn people out and cause health issues in your workforce (a friend of mine had tension headaches when they worked too much OT - I turned to sugary drinks to keep myself going and put on weight). However, if the cost of those extra hours to the company is nothing then just see how quickly shops like EA are willing to force you into 20 hour days while you see nothing extra in your take home.

Overtime laws need real overhauls and nobody should be able to bargain away standard working hours or it hurts all of us.