Do you work overtime?

burtieb1 said:
Petrol pump assistant,contracted for 16hrs working 55hrs :eek:

If your on a salary then do not expect any extra pay.
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Why wouldn't you expect any extra pay? I used to work full time for a life sci. company and was on a salary. If I chose to work any extra hours I could fill in an overtime card and get the extra. Being on a salary doesn't mean you automatically lose out on overtime.
 
Material Assistant, 39 hour week basic, overtime an be anything from 1 hour to 25 hours a week:O.

Normal do an average of 40+ overtime per month. untill now. :p

Get time and a half and double time on sundays:P
 
I'm contracted to 40 hours a week, I tend to do roughly around that, but when a project could do with some extra work i'll do some overtime/do a bit over the weekend, but I get that back as 'double' time off, so the 5 hours or so I worked yesterday is gonna be 1.25 days more on my holiday entitlement...
 
10 day shift cycle, 6 days working, contracted for 48 hours in those 6 days. Due to laws to prevent fatigue we're not allowed to work a longer day but overtime is available on days off and days we are on leave.

It's done on a per shift basis, usually 6-8 hours. £550.

We're limited to 24 of them per year.


If you're doing overtime and not getting paid for it it's in your interest to make some noise about it. If they don't pay you, it's quite simple, don't work a second over your contracted hours. I wouldn't work an extra minute if I wasn't going to get paid for it.
 
cleanbluesky said:
Are you saying you earn %550 per day?
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For an over time shift, known as an Additional Voluntary Attendance, aye, the rate is £550 per day. Works out a £330 in hand after the tax man gets his dirty mitts on it. It's difficult to get more than one a month though although some people have managed to hit their maximum quota, lucky gits.

Factoring in the required breaks, it's not bad for 3-4 hours work.
 
Scuzi said:
For an over time shift, known as an Additional Voluntary Attendance, aye, the rate is £550 per day. Works out a £330 in hand after the tax man gets his dirty mitts on it. It's difficult to get more than one a month though although some people have managed to hit their maximum quota, lucky gits.
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I'm curious, what hours do you usually work and what is a day's pay?
 
Rarely do overtime, as they rarely offer shifts that suit me and I don't need the cash.

Get time and a half or double time if I choose to do it though.
 
My normal hours are 37 per week excluding breaks, Monday to Friday. But I do one weekend in five on call and on those weekends I do about six hours each Saturday and Sunday. Other urgent jobs bring me in lates and on other weekends. All told I make about 15% on top of base salary from overtime and on-call.


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get offered overtime on saturdays quite often and do it whenever i can. if i get two saturdays a month its worth an extra 200 quid or thereabouts.

contracted hours are 38 doing overtime takes me up to 46, which isnt too bad.
 
cleanbluesky said:
I'm curious, what hours do you usually work and what is a day's pay?
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Standard shift cycle is 6 days on and 4 days off. The 6 days consist of 2 mornings, 2 afternoons and 2 nights in that order.
Morning shift is 0700-1400
Afternoon shift is 1400-2200
Night shift is 2200-0700 (half of this is usually spent in the sleep rooms though).

The 4 days off to do with as we please. An overtime shift is a nice thing to get as 4 days off in a row can be a bit boring at times.
 
Contracted to 42 hours a week. Depending on the shift, when my days off fall, and if theres any incentives (double pay etc) I will sometimes do OT, but working in a call center for any longer than contracted is sometimes a big ask :)
 
I'm contracted to work 35 hours a week. In reality, I do close to 50-60 depending on my workload. I don't claim for the excess, it's just expected of me.
If I have to do anything at weekends, I claim it, but my OT rate is marginally less than my normal hourly rate.

On top of that, I also commute 3 hours each way per day.
 
Scuzi said:
Standard shift cycle is 6 days on and 4 days off. The 6 days consist of 2 mornings, 2 afternoons and 2 nights in that order.
Morning shift is 0700-1400
Afternoon shift is 1400-2200
Night shift is 2200-0700 (half of this is usually spent in the sleep rooms though).

The 4 days off to do with as we please. An overtime shift is a nice thing to get as 4 days off in a row can be a bit boring at times.
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Do this pattern disturb your social life at all?

Also, I hear air traffic controllers often suffer from stress... how are you finding this?
 
emailiscrap said:
I'm contracted to work 35 hours a week. In reality, I do close to 50-60 depending on my workload. I don't claim for the excess, it's just expected of me.
If I have to do anything at weekends, I claim it, but my OT rate is marginally less than my normal hourly rate.

On top of that, I also commute 3 hours each way per day.
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Isn't that, well, illegal?
 
Deiwos said:
Isn't that, well, illegal?
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Nope, not at all. All depends on how the contract is worded and how it works out over a longer length of time, and whether he's opted out of the EU working time directive....
 
Contract states 35 hrs a week. In the occasional quiet week in the office, like around Christmas, I’ll do just that - depending on the number of projects on and the general mood, a few of those hours may be spent in the pub. Sadly, the Christmas spirit is long gone, and I’m working about 15hrs unpaid overtime a week. Everyone knows the work wouldn’t be completed to deadline if people went home at 5pm, so overtime and the odd weekend is just part and parcel of the job. Bonuses escalate with seniority, so it’s less of an issue for those higher up the ladder. More junior members of staff tolerate it because once accountancy exam training is over, they’ll be compensated by a higher salary, or can go elsewhere for more money and less stress :)
 
It's not being forced on me.

I could opt not to do it, and work 35 hours only, but then I'd not be achieving what I wanted to achieve.
It also takes into account the nights I spend working at home, or on the train etc.

Long term, it can't continue.
 
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