Lol that's why the country is in a state it is with idiot's comments like thatQuote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
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Lol that's why the country is in a state it is with idiot's comments like thatQuote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
Since March I'm in the negative. My employers have gone above and beyond in allowing me paid time off to care for a relative during pandemic.
i was just taking the p1ss as most European countries follow the very strict working regulations and in Spain the collective bargaining agreement for your sector is serious, with most HR respecting and fearing it. Since Brexit is all about less red tape i was just being stupid that the UK doesn't follow any guidelines :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Optimistic Nick
I think in Germany you go to prison for working extra hours.
I’m on a 40 hour a week contract but always work around 55 per week. I typically work 12 hour days Mon-Thurs (7 til 7) with half day on a Friday (4 hours). Then a couple of hours over the weekend. My job is pretty stressful so the long hours do take it’s toll mentally, but I do get looked after by the company in other ways. And finishing at 11am on Fridays is amazing!
Certainly not what I used to do but I’d say on average I do 10-20 hours additional a week if you look at admin at the laptop in the evenings and weekends. My contract says 37.5 but that means little in the private healthcare sector as a field service engineer. I work in hospital laboratories installing and servicing/repairing robotic automation and blood analysers so you just can’t walk out and leave a lab with a compromised service. Well, I say that, you can but it’s not within my nature or that of the bulk of my colleagues worldwide. It’s a salaried position as are many jobs, so the 37.5 hours is really only useful when working out what paid overtime we do get. Which is only paid at weekends if priorly agreed. When I lived in Scotland I was doing 60+ hours a week and it nearly broke me. It certainly broke my relationship.
Yes of course it is. Nothing to do with the buffoons running the country. Light hearted digs on a message board are the reason for the country’s demise 😂😂Quote:
Originally Posted by Its been emotional
Worked till 8.30 last night. Had a 2 hour lunch to go for a haircut and popped home for tea for an hour at 5pm. So probably 2 hours extra.
Clear the decks ready for today, Fridays always busiest day but managed to finish on time and have my hour lunch. Managed my time well today.
Done about 6/7 hours extra this week.
2 hours!!!! Shouldn’t have grown your bloody hair so long:wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
Couldn’t risk another covid cut😄Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
I bill a professional working day - which is expected to be a minimum 8 hours but can be as much as 12.
I don’t really think of it as overtime as I’m just getting paid to get a job done.
In my sector (NHS) I know of many, many instances of nurses and technical staff working extra hours on a regular basis and not getting paid - its ridiculous but everyone is committed - and this has got worse since covid...I'm not sure what else to say really to be honest.Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
None.
If I'm offered overtime I prefer the time back anyway. Work to live not live to work.
If there's anything good about working on the clock in a production environment it's that you get paid for every minute you work.
Everybody should get paid for every minute of work they do, no matter what they do.
I'm contracted to 37.5 hours per week, and that's exactly what I work. If they want me to do more, then they have to pay me appropriately.
We banged our saucepans for you what more do you want you ungrateful sod?Quote:
Originally Posted by I'll give you the Malky!!
I’m more like this too. I’m officially paid 38 hours a week but it’s been largely a function of my career that to be successful you have to put more hours in... Work, for many is tasks driven by others ...mine has nearly always been results driven with tasks driven by me...the maxim of ‘the harder I work, the luckier I get’ holds true for me at least...Quote:
Originally Posted by Cardiff Dutch
The problem is the impact on your time... the more senior I’ve got in organizations the longer I work.
I regularly do 60 hour weeks. I’m paid pretty well I guess, but that also is a big contributing factor.... it motivates me to keep going so that I continue to enjoy that level of compensation.
Bonus is also a huge time motivator but that’s also results driven... for many (me included) it can be more than an extra 50% of salary... when it looks like a great bonus year is taking shape I think it is human nature that the amount of effort becomes commensurate with the potential return
I reckon I’m about 3-5 years from jacking it all in and changing to consultancy so that I work when I want to and not because I need to
I got the same with colleagues in Arizona. They log on at 3pm my time, call a one hour meeting, and ask if it can be completed today. Six hours work here guys, and I've been working 7 hours already.Quote:
Originally Posted by Optimistic Nick