If we put in more than 40 hours in a week, that time gets convereted to banked vacation time. Of course, that time needs to be approved by the game director. In certain circumstances, though, management sometimes offers the option of having the overtime over a specified period of time paid instead of being banked.
Technicaly i dont work in the industry. I work tech support at a gaming system company. We are a small company and there is almost always a ton of work to do. So the way OT works here is very relaxed. Basicly, if there is work to be done, and you are willing to put in the extra time, then you are free to do so. And get…
I work in the non creative side of things (Tech support) Which most in the industry will tell you isn't a real "industry job". But hey whatever, I get into E3, it pays really well and our crunch time is only one month out of the year. From Dec 26th until the end of January is the only time we are "allowed" to rack up OT…