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Marky

Marky

Marky

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Hey all,

I work as an Electrical Engineer, and have a quick question regarding overtime...

We are paid until 5 o'clock, anything else after which is overtime - as long as you're still on a job.

So for example, if I get off site at 5 and it takes 2 hours to get home, I get no overtime and don't get paid for the two hours of travel.

I just want to know if this is the same everywhere else? Or do you get paid until you get home?

Thanks,
Marky
 
Marky said:
Hey all,

I work as an Electrical Engineer, and have a quick question regarding overtime...

We are paid until 5 o'clock, anything else after which is overtime - as long as you're still on a job.

So for example, if I get off site at 5 and it takes 2 hours to get home, I get no overtime and don't get paid for the two hours of travel.

I just want to know if this is the same everywhere else? Or do you get paid until you get home?

Thanks,
Marky
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Paid for the hours at work, not commuting unless it is for off site work like client meetings.
 
Same as you, paid for time on the job only. Working over my allotted hours is classed as overtime. Do get a petrol allowance though, but only if I have to drive off-site to a client.
 
My Dad works for a company that services and repairs fire alarms, intruder alarms, CCTv and door access systems, he has a company car and he gets paid from the minute he leaves home to the minute he gets back home again. I'm not sure what his exact hours are, but say he works 8 till 5, if he leaves his last job at 5.20, and it then takes him 40 minutes to get home, then that's an hour of overtime. Also the same if he gets caught in traffic for an hour on the way home, gets paid for as long as it takes to get home. The cars have trackers on them so this helps the company stop abuse of it I guess, also a good way of proving things for everyone.

But it's different if like me, you work in one place where you just commute to, I get paid 8.30-6, no matter how long it takes me to get there and back.
 
I don't get paid for the time it takes for my regular commute, however, if I were to visit a site, I would get T&S for my petrol money, say 45p per mile, rising to 55p per mile if I carry a passenger. I would also get paid for my travel time too. It would depend on the contract we have with that client as to whether I charge that time and claim the petrol from that project. If it is not included in the projects budget then it comes out of overheads.

I'd imagine its a very different for whoever you work with.
 
Get paid as soon as I start the van in the morning, till it turns off when I get home at night.
Driving to and from jobs is part of my job (Fire & Security).

I've been with companies that however don't pay travel time, and tbh it stinks. Why shouldn't they.
 
Are you an engineer or a technician? If you are a technician then I'd expect that you would be paid travelling time as well if you are travelling to and from a site. If you are an engineer I'd expect you to be on a much higher salaried position whereby you'll get travel expenses for any site visits required but probably wouldn't be claiming overtime each time you were late home.
 
I think there are different "engineers" in this thread. I thought you talking about Professional Engineers or Chartered Engineers rather than than plumbers, electricians etc. Engineers don't get paid to commute to work.
 
I'm talking electricians, plumbers etc. Never understood why people get so frustrated about the technicality where people call an electrician an engineer... (Please don't see that as an invitation to explain it to me :p)

Thanks for your feedback so far all :)
 
When I was working as a field based printer engineer (job title, I'm well aware it wasn't actually an "engineering" position :rolleyes:) I wouldn't get paid travel time. Had it's ups and downs, as I got paid the same whether I got home at 11am or 8pm.

They did start taking the mick a bit though when they insisted on being onsite at my first call by 9am every day (even if that happened to be a 3-4 hour drive away). I told them in no uncertain terms I'd be leaving my house at the time I had to to get to the office on time and if they didn't like it tough.
 
Depends what you class an electrical engineer though... I work on solar park switch gear some times... does that make me an engineer? well i dont think so
 
Marky said:
I'm talking electricians, plumbers etc. Never understood why people get so frustrated about the technicality where people call an electrician an engineer... (Please don't see that as an invitation to explain it to me :p)

Thanks for your feedback so far all :)
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I guess a really quick explanation could be that the engineer designs and develops the 'stuff', a technician installs/maintains/fixes it.

2 different skill sets requiring different types of knowledge.
 
Personally speaking we are paid for travel time outside our normal shift hours and generally making allowance for the normal travel time to the yard which in my case is approx 15 minutes.
 
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