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Old Nov 19, 2004 | 12:27 pm
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Originally Posted by Sooner
Those flight attendants are now being asked to work 16 hour duty days, while being paid for 8 hours. Can you think of any other job where that is the norm?
Yes, it's called software engineering. I'm glad I finally found a position that discourages working unpaid OT, but in that industry it is far from uncommon for people to work 10-40 hours unpaid OT a week on an ongoing basis.
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