I Hate Working Overtime...
Posted on March 15, 2006 by Him and tagged employment, overtime
...because I don't get paid extra for it. I am salaried.
She gets time and a half for overtime.
I get...a pat on the back, if I'm lucky.
Do you work overtime? Do you get paid extra for it?
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sixpack | Mar 15, 2006
I used to work a lot of hours, because our bonuses would be directly affected by the number of hours we bill. Ever since the bonus structure was changed, I probably get an extra $1 for each 'overtime' hour I put in.
Chelee | Mar 15, 2006
I work overtime all day long. I'm a stay at home mom (hah!) massage therapist who works when I can get a gig. I'm in college full time, and did I mention I homeschool my kids? My dh is the "bread winner" and he actually gets $$.(-:
Yes I work overtime and no I don't get paid for it. I am in consulting so I either travel or work from home. When I am working from home, I do get a decent amount of downtime (so I can make personal appointments), but then there's times when I have to work evenings and weekends. Overall I probably average 45-50 hours/week.
We have a strange overtime system. As a software engineer, I probably shouldn't expect a penny of overtime even though I regularly work a 50- to 65-hour work week. Fortunately, we get a little something for our troubles: half time. For every hour after 45 each week (so work gets our first five hours of overtime for free), we get 1/2 our equivalent hourly pay. So for a 60-hour week, I would receive pay equivalent to 47.5 hours (40 + (20-5)/2).
Kim | Mar 16, 2006
I'm also a consultant but it kind of works different for me. I am salaried but I get overtime too - just straight time based on my hourly wage determined by my salary and a 40 hour week.
I'm salaried, but one of my companies generous policies gives us over time pay as well. (They use some formula to calculate your "hourly" rate, and then pay that to you in addition to your regular salary.)
rosemary | Mar 16, 2006
HI,
I work in a bank and I get time and a half for the first two hours of overtime for extra hours outside of my rostered time and double time from then on.
one week I did about 5 hours overtime and my manager tried to pay me normal rates.
When queried she said its better this way because the hours get calculated for holiday pay as opposed to overtime paying you up front for this loss.
She just didn't want to pay me up front!!!!!!!!!
So I asked for my overtime rates and got it.
As a consultant working on a large long term project, my management doesn't want to see me more than 40 hours a week. They are more worried about budget then the schedule and it works out great for me. When I have a late night supporting a software release, it just means my weekend has to start earlier.
I am salaried without overtime, but I also do software upgrades and archives during the night and weekends. My boss cuts me some slack when those events happen, but there's no extra money for my trouble. I have already put him on notice for this since I just lost a huge chunk of sleep in the last 2 months because of it. In general though, I try not ever to work more than 45 hours in a week for any job just to strike a balance between work and play.
I am salaried and bust a gut for the company I work for, if I do work overtime I don't get paid for it but I do make sure I get my bonuses.
If you are working a lot of overtime have a word with your boss and mention the extra hours you are doing and the hard work and tell him you need a rise.
There is a trend with modern bosses not to give any extra without the employee having to negotiate it. There was a time when the employer would reward his employees for good work without the employee having to ask!
Anonymous | Mar 22, 2006
Yes I do work OT sometimes. I'm technically salaried, but as a consultant, I get paid for the hours at the same rate.
I have a pretty dim view on uncompensated overtime. The last time I did that, I was salaried. I still remember one time working through the night on a problem with a customer in Europe. I wasn't paid for the time but my boss did thank me for that. We were both laid off a few months later.
Mike | Mar 15, 2006
I keep a close watch on my time to make sure I don't feel taken advantage of.
For example there's this one report we run that can go till past 5, when I am normally gone. On the day that I do that I just come in an hour late. It's not like there's anything critical to do in the mornings and that way time isn't an issue later on.
My bosses are cool with it.
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