Unfortunately, whenever these kind of lawsuits happen, a lot of people defend employers and say if worker could not have handled the work, they should have quit/looked for another job. Even if an employee doesn't file a lawsuit but refuse to be abused, other employees complain about the person standing up for themselves.
Years ago when I was naive and passive, we were ordered by management to work on Saturday to meet certain deadline. One guy simply said he cannot work on Saturday. The manager with dumb look asked why, the guy replied I got plans. Manager asked about other weekends, and this guy simply replied I got plans. Manager didn't know how to respond he left. Afaik, the guy never got in trouble. But rest of the team that worked Saturday complained about this guy being not a team player and how he should not be software developer if he cannot do a little bit of crunch time. I didn't know better I thought I was hero for putting in extra work. Of course, a few years later we were laid off. I learned my lessons.
Sometimes, I wonder if there is some sort of conspiracy by big businesses to spread narrative that anyone can find a better job if they don't like their job. Crunch time is normal, abusive policies are normal, etc
Years ago when I was naive and passive, we were ordered by management to work on Saturday to meet certain deadline. One guy simply said he cannot work on Saturday. The manager with dumb look asked why, the guy replied I got plans. Manager asked about other weekends, and this guy simply replied I got plans. Manager didn't know how to respond he left. Afaik, the guy never got in trouble. But rest of the team that worked Saturday complained about this guy being not a team player and how he should not be software developer if he cannot do a little bit of crunch time. I didn't know better I thought I was hero for putting in extra work. Of course, a few years later we were laid off. I learned my lessons.
Sometimes, I wonder if there is some sort of conspiracy by big businesses to spread narrative that anyone can find a better job if they don't like their job. Crunch time is normal, abusive policies are normal, etc