[dlikhten]

And let this be a lesson to ALL. Never EVER work > 9-6 hours. Only on occasional crazy deploys. The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow rarely comes, and enough horror stories show that. Don't be stupid.

If your employer sees your problems and genuinely needs the hrs and does everything in their power to assist u, that's different. I heard of crazy google stories followed by how google spent time and effort making their people happy.

[MartinCron]

I have spent the last few years doing automated continuous delivery, and the whole idea of crazy hours around deployment time is like a half-forgotten nightmare. I am happy to leave heroics to the firefighters.

[kevingadd]

I agree with the rule about never working crunch hours - it's helped me a lot to stick to it - but I know a lot of people who simply don't have that option: If they don't work those crunch hours, they get fired. I've only had the benefit of being able to do it due to job security, and not everyone has that. I have to imagine that would apply to most Zynga employees based on what I know about how that company runs.

[MartinCron]

Getting fired for refusing to work insane hours? Win-win!

[outside1234]

getting fired: 26weeks of unemployment runway to do your own thing!