Re: Wow!
Sounds like a typical developer experience to me. In the US salaried employees are called 'exempt' and are not paid overtime. Working holidays is also normal. In theory you accumulate time off in lieu but in practice the amount of time you can accumulate is capped, you eventually go into 'use it or lose it' mode.
(US employers now have an even neater trick up their collective sleeves. They've always been parsimonious about vacations but now they're known as "Paid Time Off". What this means is that time off due to sickness now comes out of your PTO allowance -- fall ill and your vacation evaporates.)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
