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Boss says the 40 hour work week is a “myth” - thoughts?

I am a full time salaried ML engineer, but we fill in and sign time sheets every day for 8 hour days, to equal 40 hour weeks. However, I and my coworkers frequently work much more than that. Long days, weekends, etc.

I recently went on a work trip and we worked from about 7 am to 10 pm at night most days, taking a dinner break around 5 or 6.

At dinner one of the nights, the boss starts complaining about an employee who didn’t want to work weekends and starts saying the 40 hour work week is a myth and it’s just reality to have to work more than that so we should just expect it, and our base salary is the compensation (aka, no overtime so basically, telling us to lie on our time sheets).

So… is your company like this? If not, are they hiring?

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