Todays report says there is more unpaid overtime being worked than ever

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this is my second attempt at this...

I cant say I ever did unpaid overtime..but it seems there is a lot of it being done now.

Dont most workers have contracts, these days? "Gabby"

Luckily indeed, Lockets. He will need a very good salary for those hours.

There are a lot of factors involved in overtime.

We did have some "compulsory" overtime at a place I worked. It was not popular.

Footballers hav a very short working day; and get barrow loads of dosh. (Nobody thinks it makes sense. Except footballers) cheers "Gabby"

well Lockets...lucky he likes the job.

I wonder what percentage of people would say they LIKE their job.?

Perhaps it is more common amongst amongst professional workers than manual workers..But
pay will be a factor.

I listen to a lot of radio broadcasters. They are told to be happy and breezy on air. (But thats acting...do they go home and sulk in the corner?)

My wife said if sh won the lottery she would have carried on nursing for nowt. (I wonder) "Gabby"

Sounds about right, I probably work at least 5 hrs overtime a week, more when work is heavy.
In my case though it's because a few people have been laid off, so now there's too much work for us to handle in an average day.

yes, laosvher, what you say figures. And that may be the reason for a lot of unpaid overtime "Gabby"

I work overtime unpaid - like a lot of people I think.

I think when you accept a role you are committing to doing the things required to acheive your objectives in the role. If you need more time than 7 or 8 hours to do those things I don't think you should get paid over time to do them.
Someone else might be more productive and get the same work done in less hours... would it be fair for them to be paid less?

That's all well and good, until they make the fifth person in your department redundant and redistribute her 8 hours of work amongst the four people left.

And then they tell you how lucky you are....

Hmm, true.

I am a social worker and we work min 12 hour days on a regular basis. Its in our contracts that we stay as and when required which we all do. We don't get paid for it. Most of our support workers have now lost their jobs as a result of the cuts and we will encompass their role into ours.

How sad. Good luck. at least we know whats going on

DH is salaried so does 'unpaid' overtime. Although I think that higher wages take the extra hours into account, if that makes sense.

I work for myself and I usually end up charging for fewer hours than I've worked rather than taking the piss.

We both love our jobs if that makes a difference. I've done a couple of jobs I hated (not for long though) and would never have done unpaid overtime at either. That was as much about the working environment (shite, back-biting, general nastiness) as the actual job though. I tend to be a loyal employee if I like my boss, though having worked for myself for years I think I'm probably unemployable now...

DH is a contractor and luckily gets paid for additional hours. However he has been working most weekends for the past few months and over the past month has been doing ludicrous hours over the last week it has been 7.00am ( or earlier) - 11.00pm most nights.

I am part time and due to child care don't do any unpaid overtime and am not expected to do any, although I took a drop in grade and salary to get to this position.

I work in the public sector, and the other day I read that public sector workers take more sick leave than others.
This is because they do the most colossal amout of unpaid overtime.
The last government was cutting costs (read staff) and this one is just doing more of the same, although more senior posts are going than previously.
I arrive at 7.30 in the morning and leave around 6 pm I consider myself lucky to have a job.

I work for the NHS. I put in several hours of overtime a week. There is absolutely no question of being paid for those hours, it is just an accepted part of the job.

i've never not done it, and never been on anything other than low paid jobs. But it is an accepted part of job..especially in retail.Just how it goes. Would rather that than be long term unemployed, for sure.