<prompt> Human: I graduated last year as an electrical engineer, got a very nice offer from my current company, and took my first full time job. Everything looked good on paper, great hourly rate! But in reality, I am on fixed salary, and while my hourly rate is above average, when I divide what I make over the hours I work, I am much below engineering salary.Usual days are 9am to 8-9pm, and during the other 12hrs and weekend I am expected to participate in email discussions. Everyone does this in the company, and if I dont do it I get out of the loop and behind. I love what I do, and I cant imagine my life in any other field, but as a curious person I would like to have some time for other projects and time to work on myself. I often see other engineers on reddit having the same experience. Is this just the standard in US? Are other fields like this?edit: spelling  <response>: Welcome to world of salary exempt. If you signed up for a company that expects 60 hour weeks, thats what you work for your salary. If you dont like it, you can try to change the companys culture ha!, try to get paid more until youre happy ha!, or find a different company. 