Yep, there's a reason they don't teach actual labor history or the idea of collective bargaining in school (at least in the US, I know this is in regards to a Polish company, but I suspect it is similar). They want compliant workers who are just smart enough to run the machines, but not smart enough to sit around the kitchen table and realize how badly they've been getting fucked for seventy years (To paraphrase George Carlin). They make sure this kind of material isn't taught so there is always a steady supply of starry eyed youths who don't know any better.

Mind, I am not blaming young people who want to create games. They lack the experience to know they are getting exploited. It’s all the cynicism of managers who know no loyalty and only want profits.

I blame them at least a little. CS professors give students ample warnings and the industry's bad reputation isn't a secret. There a variety of outcomes....

• listen and steer clear entirely
• listen but decide to do it anyway. They do research on potential employers, their work culture etc. and they have standards.
• Ignore the warnings or be willing to do game dev no matter the cost

The second group will be fine and knows when/if they need to call it quits or look elsewhere. The real problem is the third group.