On: Cue: The 10 hour scramble to launch two days early

[MatthewPhillips]

> such teams are happy to crunch now and then

No one should ever be happy about working for free. Being a good team player means sometimes doing it anyways, but the situation that caused it should be rectified first.

[mahyarm → MatthewPhillips]

Mistakes happen. What employers should do in this kind of crunch time is offer a long weekend at the end of the crunch period. Most don't.

[natrius → MatthewPhillips]

Unless the employees are being paid hourly, they're not working for free. That's how salaries work.

[languagehacker → natrius]

How much is your salary really worth if you're working twice as much as someone making the same amount? What's the value of your free time? How frustrating would that be if you knew it could be avoided?

[kalleboo → MatthewPhillips]

> No one should ever be happy about working for free

Why does "crunching" have to mean working for free? I didn't see anything about that in the article.

[MatthewPhillips → kalleboo]

I associate it with working late, am I wrong in this case?

[robryan → MatthewPhillips]

No reason why it has to be unpaid overtime.

[spullara → robryan]

Overtime? What planet are you people from?

[dllthomas → MatthewPhillips]

> No one should ever be happy about working for free.

I don't know if I agree with that statement.

[MatthewPhillips → dllthomas]

Fair enough, in the context of an employer/employee relationship then.

[dllthomas → MatthewPhillips]

Yeah, I think "you should never expect someone to be happy about unpaid work" might be closer.

[mthreat → dllthomas]

Assuming they hold options or shares, it's not likely to be "for free". (edit: I meant to reply to the parent comment)