Depends which specific part of the industry you work in, perhaps.
The company I work for has set working hours, with some flexibility in start and finish times. But it's basically 8 hours per day, 40 per week.
What surprises me most, is that companies aren't limiting work hours to 40. And that people put up with working stupid hours. 80 hours would be utterly insane. Even 60 is ridiculous. The evidence shows that people don't get more done if the hours are increased further. But people do need a life outside work, and any more than that and you have zero time to yourself or your family, and that's going to be detrimental to your health and happiness. Why isn't there more pushback against it?
Officially I work 35h/w. A little less than 40k€. Senior level. Very efficient. I think my actual hourly pay is under the minimum wage. No overtime pay of course.
I thought this was just the industry norm now and was going to factor it into my salary when I start looking for a new job
Honestly, isn’t it safe To assume the company is underreporting the workload and instead calculate Salary at an average of 60 hours/week?