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Reading this is making me see red. I'm happy to say I have learned to step back from homicidal ideation, and/or sending a blanket email to the entire company, and everybody who receives this new thing you wrote.
I do know it's time for you to use every available resource and every available free moment to GET THE FUCK OUT OF THERE. But don't lower yourself to the fuckwad level of your boss by saying anything about this; he's a dyed in the wool fuckwad, and is prepared to do a Bambi meets Godzilla number on you if you're dumb enough to take his bait. -
Man you cant just led this stuff slide. You've effectively told all of them now they can just use you as if youre nothing and they will just keep doing it.
Tell them that deadline is not possible, or tell them that will require significant overtime and make them fucking pay you. Now reply to the email with everyone CC'd "just a few notes on the design and fix so that we're all on the same page here" -
Under which circumstance did they use your quote as a base for promising the deadline?
Never do overtime on your own (always have them ask you to do it -- and even then: dare to say no). Never skip lunch. Your health is worth more than any salary.
If management promises a product on a deadline, it's management's problem. Not yours. If it can't be delivered say it can't be delivered. Working overtime is not delivering it on time. It's burning you out and makes your boss used to these "quick fixes".
A huge project came my way at work. Old spaghetti code, no source control, no test env and every other possible challenge you could think of. Based on my initial quote a deadline of June 19th was approved. Two days ago the president of the company tells my boss it needs to be done by Friday, no excuses. Horrible timing since I'm moving tomorrow and am off all next week. Not to mention I'm the only dev at the company that understands/knows how to work on this code. We also don't have a budget to contract out. Literally not possible to do in 2 days. I proposed a "quick fix" solution and new design which was approved. I Spent 2 straight days working on it with overtime, no lunch hour, and the president checking on me every hour for status updates. Managed to implement my "quick fix" and just put it live 2 hours ago. President approved, and said "thanks". He then sent an email to the company and all our agents across the country anouncing the change. In the email he directly thanks the Marketing dept and the "senior leadership team" for "making the quick turnaround of this request possible". He proceeds to name specific people responsible for making this happen. No where does he mention my name or my department. Not that I'm actually surprised but it would have been nice to get some recognition considering this literally wouldn't have worked without me. Guess I should be used to it by now. I'm also now on call during my week off in case anything breaks.
rant