It depends. As an intern, working an extra hour to get free dinner and a bus ride home was absolutely worth it. But it's not as if they were forcing people to s

It depends. As an intern, working an extra hour to get free dinner and a bus ride home was absolutely worth it. But it's not as if they were forcing people to stay (for either the work or the food). My experience was that people with families generally didn't stay, which absolutely makes sense given their different priorities and life situation.