Employees are given the option of working excessive overtime but doing so is a “choice” not a requirement. The first thing the poster points out is that he and other QA testers (with the possible exception of salaried staff) are paid for their overtime work. If we are not able to work overtime on a certain day without a good reason, you have to make it up on another day. We have to opt into a certain number of overtime weekday shifts per week depending on the current rules as well as a certain number of weekend shifts per month. During our 'standard' crunch hours we work 3/5 weekday overtime shifts and 2 weekend overtime shifts per month but during our 'true' crunch hours we work 5/5 weekday overtime shifts and at least 4 weekend overtime shifts per month.

Source: Forbes October 20, 2018 18:56 UTC