I don't see any new information in here.

Corporations try to maximize profits, individuals try to maximize money and free time. Corporations have more power than an individual when trying to bargain. However, corporations don't really care about hours, they care about your performance reviews (though your performance reviews can be easily colored by how much time your reviewers believe you work). I think it would be interesting to see how many people here spend under 40 hr/wk on their full time job.