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It would be good to see offers specify whether they respect the 8-hour workday or not.

This to me is the primary concern when working for someone else and the best "perk" that is out there. If I'm expected to do unpaid overtime, I'm not interested no matter what the salary is or other details.

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You are in the wrong industry.

You work for the wrong companies.

I don't see how this comment can be true. I have worked for a few big name companies that did not require engineers to work for more than 8 hours per day. In fact, most of my teammates used to work between 4-7 hours per day. These companies did not provide extra money for overtime work but it did provide compensation-off for overtime work, i.e. if I worked say 12 hours on two different days, I could take one day paid leave for free.

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