Morning hope someone has some advice to give me!
I work in sales and my contract states the number of hours I work per week, it's says we work 5 days out of 7, and also says 'due to the nature of the job it may be necessary to adjust or exceed your hours to ensure your duties are properly performed'
I totally get that and am happy to stay late or work through lunch from time to time in order to deal with busy periods.
However, I am feeling under increased pressure to go beyond this. I feel that it is my choice to stay late and there should not be pressure from the company to feel forced into it.
Examples are:
-Email from senior management saying that it's likely we will have to work through our lunches in January as it is so busy! it says 'grab a banana'
- visit from uk sales director a cpl of weeks ago where she said we should come into work on our days off to deal with the extra demand.
-admin jobs are being delegated before we are due to start (I sometimes come in early to deal with stuff) or once we are meant to have left for the day, ie e manager will ask us to do something when really we are there of our own accord as should have left by then!
-habitually working through the day with no breaks at all, being made to feel awkward if you say you need to take a break.
-part time workers logging in from home on days they are not working and completing work, then management saying things like 'that us how you hit target'
As I said, I understand some level of unpaid overtime is normal and I'm happy to do it but I. Do feel we are bing taken the piss out of and that there is an obscene amount of pressure for us to work longer hours at the whim of the company, with little thought of the impact it has on the staffs health or 'work life balance'
Though it shouldn't matter, I am also 22 weeks pregnant and I felt physically ill last week after a Full 9.5 hrs at work with no break, I don't think i can physically do it. I have 11 weeks left before maternity leave and I am dreading every single morning.
Though I do also feel that even without me being pregnant this kind of pressure is not on.
To be clear, I am successful in my role and regularly exceed targets without having to work excessive hours, the company just wants us to make more and more money without paying us any extra salary, though we do earn bonus/commission
The company do not offer any paid overtime.
Can anyone advise me if I have any rights or what process I should follow as I very much want to make a complaint and try to make them change their ways.
