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Re:Cue: The 10 hour scramble to launch two days early by MatthewPhillips on Friday June 22, 2012 @04:45PM (#4148707)
> 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.

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Re:Cue: The 10 hour scramble to launch two days early by mahyarm on Friday June 22, 2012 @07:09PM (#4149359)
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.
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Re:Cue: The 10 hour scramble to launch two days early by natrius on Friday June 22, 2012 @05:03PM (#4148785)
Unless the employees are being paid hourly, they're not working for free. That's how salaries work.
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Re:Cue: The 10 hour scramble to launch two days early by languagehacker on Friday June 22, 2012 @10:18PM (#4149842)
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?
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Re:Cue: The 10 hour scramble to launch two days early by kalleboo on Friday June 22, 2012 @05:52PM (#4149009)
> 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.

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Re:Cue: The 10 hour scramble to launch two days early by MatthewPhillips on Friday June 22, 2012 @06:44PM (#4149262)
I associate it with working late, am I wrong in this case?
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Re:Cue: The 10 hour scramble to launch two days early by robryan on Friday June 22, 2012 @09:49PM (#4149786)
No reason why it has to be unpaid overtime.
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Re:Cue: The 10 hour scramble to launch two days early by spullara on Friday June 22, 2012 @10:11PM (#4149828)
Overtime? What planet are you people from?
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Re:Cue: The 10 hour scramble to launch two days early by dllthomas on Friday June 22, 2012 @04:50PM (#4148733)
> No one should ever be happy about working for free.

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

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Re:Cue: The 10 hour scramble to launch two days early by MatthewPhillips on Friday June 22, 2012 @04:52PM (#4148745)
Fair enough, in the context of an employer/employee relationship then.
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Re:Cue: The 10 hour scramble to launch two days early by dllthomas on Friday June 22, 2012 @04:58PM (#4148763)
Yeah, I think "you should never expect someone to be happy about unpaid work" might be closer.
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Re:Cue: The 10 hour scramble to launch two days early by mthreat on Friday June 22, 2012 @05:00PM (#4148774)
Assuming they hold options or shares, it's not likely to be "for free". (edit: I meant to reply to the parent comment)
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