How much unpaid overtime do you do?

[rubberduckofdeath]

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[Stig]

I normally on average do 2 unpaid hours a day. I get in an hour early and more often than not work through my lunch.

[mister c]

I'm salaried, so any hours above 8 - 5 are classed as overtime I suppose.
I do the odd Saturday to cover when somebody is off, I am at work half an hour early every day, to open up & sort out deliveries, don't have a lunchbreak, or tea break.
The BIG bonus I have is that I have been off now for nearly 4 months & I have been paid for it, if I was on hourly rate, then I would have been getting SSP & that's it, so it does have it's bonuses.
It does help that my Director is a biker himself :)

[Stu]

-7 hours a day on the 'net :-dd

[pencil shavings]

none, student power!!

[SoulKiss]

None - unpaid o/t is for mugs

[wyrdness]

None - unpaid o/t is for mugs

+1.

[missyburd]

none, student power!!

it is possible to be a student and work you know :p - well only just

[tomjones2]

+1.

depends if you get bonus really,

[kwak zzr]

if i dont get paid i dont work :)

[Baph]

Generally I get here 30-45mins early every day. I also "work" through most of my breaks, so that's another hour a day. Most of the time I leave on time though.

That works out at 45.5 hours/month, unpaid. Though I'd rather come in early for work as you get to catch up on what's happened before you actually HAVE to dive in.

If we're late in to work though, we are told we have to stay behind to make time up though. I have been late in a couple of times, but have yet to stay late when it's demanded of me - don't mind if I'm asked nicely though.

[pencil shavings]

it is possible to be a student and work you know :p - well only just

:confused:

saying that, Im applying for work now. Id rather work over the holidays full time and not have a break than work part time during the term. Works best for me that way! :cool:

[missyburd]

:confused:

saying that, Im applying for work now. Id rather work over the holidays full time and not have a break than work part time during the term. Works best for me that way! :cool:

I work through term and through the hols, am always skint too grrr.

Anything I've done thats classed as overtime is just paid at same rate as normal time. I bet if you add up all the 10/15 minutes of arriving early before each shift - which is apparently what is required - then it would add up, after a year and a half lol!

[Luckypants]

if i dont get paid i dont work :)

Amen to that brother.

I'm salaried so am expected to do 'reasonable overtime' unpaid. ******** to that! Employers need to understand they buy my time and expertise off me, so come 5.30 - time to switch off.

Having said that, amd working now to finish a small thing that needs doing. :rolleyes:

[Miss Alpinestarhero]

an hour and a half because I work through my lunch break and get into work 30mins early so that I can get parking.

BUT...my boss allows everyone to "claim back time" so if i started work at 8.30 I can leave at 4pm opposed to 5pm.

Id rather have extra money though :(

Maria

[Tim in Belgium]

I've done 100 hrs in the last 10 days, and am only contracted to do 38 or 39 hrs a week. Although it does state in my contract that I'm expected to work extra when required. Just commissioning a chemical plant so now's the time they expect me to put the hours in. On the other hand I should get a healthy bonus & promotion at the end so it's not all bad.

Got this weekend off :) but no doubt I'll be asleep on the sofa by 9pm, very sad.

[Staffz]

I did it for a long time (including running round during hols when the office was shut), then got wise and moved! I now work to live, not live to work! Woohoo!

[600+]

Unfortunately if you want to progress in the corporate world you need to work that much longer really. I don't agree with it but that's the nature of the game and I will play along for as long as I need to ;)

Saying that I'm now overseas working 12hr nights......nothing to do with my day role just happened to be the person knowing about this out of hours service. I'll get paid for it for sure but there are also other benefits I get........like home working, flexi-time and a very understanding employer when it comes to urgent life issues.

So not all is bad ;) You just need to know how to "market" yourself in this overtime business :D

[timwilky]

probably 20 hours a week, But I enjoy it and my boss turns a blind eye if the sun is shining and I don't answer the phone or email until the next day:D.

So swings and roundabouts, I work hard when the job demands and take it back when pressure eases

[Gene genie]

i work in a bodyshop, no not a beauty place, a commercial vehicle bodyshop, have done since i left school 34yrs ago. offered a job in sales out and about, my area being uk1.
shop job waged, paid per hour. salaried in sales. my manager said come and work in a cleaner, quieter, healthy and no overtime and a higher income, cant go wrong said i.
how naive i must of been. lasted 12 months then returned to my old job. i was doing more hours than i did before except i was getting paid then. stuff that i thought, stuck in traffic on the m6 for 2.5hrs on a regular basis was not my idea of fun.
never looked back, happier, and back on the bike which i missed immensly.

[Stig]

probably 20 hours a week, But I enjoy it and my boss turns a blind eye if the sun is shining and I don't answer the phone or email until the next day:D.

So swings and roundabouts, I work hard when the job demands and take it back when pressure eases

Exactly. I'm contracted to 37.5 hours a week. I do get paid time and a half for O/T. We are not allowed to work O/T in the mornings and not allowed to work through lunch. This is why I give up 2 hours a day. However on the flip side. Today a friend left for a new job. We went to the pub at 12 to say goodbye. I didn't get back in until 3pm. Nothing is said and nothing will be said. I had to attend a meeting yesterday away from the office. The meeting was done by 12 and I was home by 1. Again nothing is said. So I am quite happy to give up my time free of charge. It's all about swings and roundabouts.

[Razor]

None - unpaid o/t is for mugs

+1000

[timwilky]

My last job (25 years ago), a guy was being dismissed for his time keeping and his representative cited me as one who can get away with it. That particular day I had come into the office about 10:30 am, with a terrible headache.

The MD replied to the guy and his representative. Tim was out with a customer last night on business and today brought in a signed contract that will keep 20 of you in their jobs for the next year. Just because a person isn't in the office polishing a chair. Don't think they are not working.

[aadeyc73]

I work flexitime so generally only do the 37.5hrs contracted apart from the fact that you have to put 30mins for lunch each day and I often just eat a sandwich whilst sat at my desk working on the computer. Having said that I am currently owed 10 hours I guess I'll take a day off next week.

In my previous job as a bank cashier I once got told to submit an overtime claim as it was wrong to be doing all the extra hours and not getting paid for it. Worked it all out 150 hours in 2 months was then told we can only pay you for 50hrs as additional hours so instead of the £2250 I should have got it only came to £500 then they go and make £5bn and you think just give me my damn money!!

[timwilky]

Interesting bit the flexitime. Whilst bits of my company have it. Others won't as it will stop all the unpaid overtime if people start recording their time.

Besides which, I take the view that I am paid to do a job, not paid to work x hours

[thefallenangel]

Interesting bit the flexitime. Whilst bits of my company have it. Others won't as it will stop all the unpaid overtime if people start recording their time.

Besides which, I take the view that I am paid to do a job, not paid to work x hours

Depends your job sounds like it but some of us are paid 8-4, where flexi-time suits us as we can work 7-3 etc. . or work on an hour and claim it back, but it works the other way as you can do overtime and not given any notice.

People who do an on the floor job should work under flexi-time within reason, managers and people who work away should do the job and take time off if they work over where they can, i.e work on to solve a problem but take the time back and leave early at xmas.

[aadeyc73]

Interesting bit the flexitime. Whilst bits of my company have it. Others won't as it will stop all the unpaid overtime if people start recording their time.

Besides which, I take the view that I am paid to do a job, not paid to work x hours

I work in finance for the NHS, not everyone works flexitime for eg HR get paid overtime if they do extra hours. I guess we work flexitime as over month end when we have to prepare reports etc we might have to work 11 hour days but then during our slack times I have been know to only do 4.5 hours.

I don't worry about how many hours I work, I do whatever is required to get the job done at the time and just sort the rest out at a later date.

[GastonJ]

It depends how much the work is needed. I haven't been paid overtime since 1993, so have no idea. I work from home as well as go into the office. Most days I start at around 7:30am and get home/finish around 8:30/9:00pm. On weekends I try steer clear of work except when we're carrying out major upgrades or there are major issue happening.

Reason I bough the bike was to make sure I was uncontactable and so that I had more time away from work with no excuses. So far this spring, the weekends on the bike are working out quite well :D

[Ed]

You all make me smile:)

Try being self-employed. There simply aren't enough hours in the day to do everything. What's this about being paid?? Like, who pays me to do the VAT return? Problem is, clients expect a Rolls Royce service and expect to pay Ford Ka prices.

[Baph]

Try being self-employed. There simply aren't enough hours in the day to do everything.

Been there, done that. :lol: 19hour days were a regular thing. But at least I was able to way over-price myself, and still well undercut the competition. So money wasn't short.

However, money is no fun if you can't spend it... and generally, if you have the time to spend it, you don't have enough of it. :(

[Ed]

Been there, done that. :lol: 19hour days were a regular thing. But at least I was able to way over-price myself, and still well undercut the competition. So money wasn't short.

However, money is no fun if you can't spend it... and generally, if you have the time to spend it, you don't have enough of it. :(

Then you'll understand why I'm disillusioned.

[MR UKI (1)]

Last year was somewhere between 350 and 400 hours unpaid over the year. I'm salaried and its always just expected. Cut down alot this year though, i get in for just before 9 and i'm out at no later than 5.15 (except for the very rare odd occasion). In my view most employers don't think any more of you for the 'extra' work so b@ll@x to them :D

[Dan]

I've done 100 hrs in the last 10 days, and am only contracted to do 38 or 39 hrs a week. Although it does state in my contract that I'm expected to work extra when required. Just commissioning a chemical plant so now's the time they expect me to put the hours in. On the other hand I should get a healthy bonus & promotion at the end so it's not all bad.

Got this weekend off :) but no doubt I'll be asleep on the sofa by 9pm, very sad.

He makes foam you know.

How's the mattress coming along Tim???

On topic - No unpaid O/T for me, I claim for each hour over and above my 37.5 I do, and get paid for it. And I get a bonus sometimes too. And flexible hours if I feel like it. And 6 months paid sickleave minimum.

And I moan about my conditions all the time.

[Tim in Belgium]

I'd appreciate it if you all bought more matresses, nike air shoes, fridges, and BMWs please. And insulated your houses with Kingspan.

[Biker Biggles]

No unpaid time for me.As above,employers will turn on you or anyone else when it suits them so why give them ought for nought now?

[GastonJ]

Oh everyone notices when you arrive at work late and never notice when you work late. First thing I warn the people who work for me about. Whatever happens arrive on time, otherwise you get noticed and I get moaned at. I know how much they work so it doesn't bother me, but there we go.

[Davie]

None you can work for nothing anywhere