Stories like this one justify the cynical attitude. Corporations are not family. I personally transitioned from startup life to big-corporation specifically be

Stories like this one justify the cynical attitude. Corporations are not family. I personally transitioned from startup life to big-corporation specifically because the expectation to pull nights and weekends was physically burning a hole in my stomach. I will put in extra when requested of me, but I now take a much, much more critical attitude towards such requests; when you work for a publicly-traded company that has to report its balances to the SEC, it's pretty hard for them to claim poverty when they ask more of you.