Meh what is 100 hours, how about 200.. oh wait

Sure they could ask that, but that wouldn’t fly in court anyway. A company’s not above the law.

You can leave for another company but most of them aren't going to treat you any better, and you can strike, but, there's a list of people that will glady take your jobs.

The video game industry is a fucking meat grinder. There's a reason most people last less than 5 years.

They are salaried employees, so they probably make less per hour than working at a gas station. Nobody chooses to work 100 hour workweeks. They are forced to. Why don't they quit and get a different job you say? Well, student loan debt is a hell of a thing, especially for students that went to a respectable game school like Digipen. And there's no other jobs out there these days. The AA industry died out years ago, so all that's left is AAA jobs with insane workweeks, and 100 people applying for that 1 videogame job. 

There is the alternative of trying to make it better for everyone, though.

Following that logic, no one would have complained back in the 19th century, when children worked 16-hour shifts on factories, since they could instead have been at risk of starvation back in the countryside. Or going even further, enslaved africans and natives should not have complained either, since they had clothes and shelter and are no longer pagans doomed to damnation.

It can sound like an extreme example, and I'm not saying you and most people think like that, but everytime I heard that sort of speech, I can't help but think those are exactly the sort of people who would have defended stuff like I mentioned if they had been born two or three centuries ago.

At least in Brazil (and I believe in USA and UK) you can't waive of your rights. So if the law in your country says the conditions are X, doesn't matter how many documents you sign, the law will overule them.

Now, we can say people will avoid suing because they will need work and being someone who sues employees may be a deterrent.

Exactly. Something like that is just a scare tactic.

I work in architecture, and it’s a similar situation. Though friendlier by what I’m reading here. Basically they’re counting on your honor to not let your colleague down.

Yep, If I was ok signing a contract (no matter how much shitty it was) if the company followed it then I wouldn't sue even if I had the right. Still working conditions certainly could improve.

Do you know what human dignity in the workplace is and why empathy and compassion are important? No workplace should legally be allowed to crush people's spirit with a my way or the highway system. I buy rockstar games but do not blindly applaud them if they treat employees like shit, good thing social media exists to expose these abuses and force companies to change their mentality