- Alpha male posturing
- People expect you to care about your job.
- People expect you to care about your job.
What I think is funny about this is that the actual expoiting slave driver bosses will accept sometimes that you do what you get paid for and then go home. They won't tell you so, but if you are able to read faces you can see them smile a little with respect if you refuse to get exploited. But some of the engineering colleagues will never accept that. 24/7 is the requirement. Even if nobody, not even them, gets anything out of it.
However, if it impacts them negatively in any way (i.e. They overpromised) you will find that respect doesn't help.