<prompt> Human: I ask this question with the caveat that I already think i know the answer, unfortunately. Im an entry level engineer by salary with the duties of a level 2. General work weeks are 40 ish hours per week and the regular extra time put in for deadlines. Ive been with my company 2.5 years. Recently there has been a lot of forced overtime with no pay. I was forced to go on two separate 2 month overseas jobs last year in dangerous environments, forced to work 14-20 hour days with only a modest per diem for food. Ive been called back to work at 10pm on a Friday night. Ive been made to stay till 3am to the point I could barely stay awake driving home. Im asked to work during the weekend. You know.. beyond the regular couple extra hours to get a job done stuff. These things dont happen super frequently. Maybe once a month, sometimes in clusters. But its getting worse. And after those trips last year, and the promise of a huge raise based on overtime worked, I was stiffed. And now every time Im asked to come in on the weekend, its all I can do to not break down if I dont have an excuse to get out of it. I understand that Im not obligated to be paid overtime. But is there really no limit to what I can be forced to do? Am I really on call to return to work? To work weekends, to work 16 hour days for weeks on end?I also know the obvious answer is to just leave, and believe me Ive been trying. You dont have a lot of leverage when youre still trying to build your resume. Do I have any options?Assistant: I thinking maybe you shouldve got hazard pay for the overseas trip. Human: Its a common theme in the company to joke about poor or dangerous conditions. On the one trip, we struggled to find food and hot water for weeks. I stood up and said that were not getting paid for this and we need to be sent home if nothing changes. A few long time employees that were out there like never even considered that possibility that you shouldnt have to put up with that. Of course we stayed.  <response>: Start looking for a new job. This sounds like a bro mentality company that tries to establish a macho, suck it up type of attitude. Ive worked at a company like that and it sucks and its not healthy.Unfortunately we see this a lot in the CS and engineering fields. Software companies have been getting better about this issue in recent years.This is one of the many reasons I welcome more women into these fields. Women put up with a lot of shit but they dont put up with that shit. Ive noticed teams that have more women, especially mothers, dont have this type of culture. 