I suspect the reason they get away with it is because for most of us it's not that stressful, especially if we already have a reasonable job. For some it can ev

I suspect the reason they get away with it is because for most of us it's not that stressful, especially if we already have a reasonable job. For some it can even be fun, a diversion from the usual day to day. The companies that want you to spend 8 hours doing a side project for them, though, yeah that's going to be a no for a lot of non-desperate people...