So then why do they do it? Why would you pay 1.25x per hour worked when you could hire more employees and have everyone work normal hours. It's one thing to hav

So then why do they do it? Why would you pay 1.25x per hour worked when you could hire more employees and have everyone work normal hours. It's one thing to have crunch time. It's another for excessive overtime to be the normal way of doing things.