5x12 is 60. Many people in tech regularly do 12-hour days.

Some people in certain parts of tech. In the Stack Overflow Developer Survey, the average number of hours worked per week in the US was 42 [0]. 2020 may have been a weird year, but not weird enough to make 60 normal.

I would consider whether your employer is trying to normalize 60 hours to exploit you, rather than it actually reflecting reality.

[0] https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#work-hours-wo...

I have never worked with anyone doing 12 hours a day 5 days a week as usual. Then again I’m in Europe .