I think this goes into the arrogant presumption option, for example, people arrogantly presume I would wish to be irradiated with DNA-smashing microwaves, and constantly give away my privacy by using cell phones, at all.

I'm now starting to encounter forms that don't even have a "cellphone: none" option, and I've recently been denied an access badge to a government institution for failing to give them my cell number (they thought I was withholding information, and the online form wouldn't submit without a vaid cell number..). I've been met with angry stares by folks in distress, on a train, for failing to let them borrow my cellphone, or making a call for them. They didn't believe I didn't have one!

What you're observing are effects, not causes, so don't be so quick to judge your peers. If quality really is low and deadlines are problematic, perhaps you could read up on your Agile Methodology and gently nudge that into this workplace by acting as an example. Much of the advice I read here is about placing limitations and making your job sustainable which is an essential part of e.g. SCRUM. You working your arse off will not help, indeed., so that would be a priority, or you won't be able to do anything else. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(development)