To ask you'd do a 48-50 hour working week?

[Donthaveanameinmind]

On a regular basis? I've started a new job, I'm in week 1 and having doubts.

The way it was presented at interview sounded like a choice between two shift patterns. Started the job and there is an unwritten pressure to do the later shift..it would mean me getting home at around 7:45pm 5 times a week which is a lot.

I've tried to be clear and say that I cannot do it every evening and just certain days. They've said they will let me know if they want me on overtime, so I said I can with notice.

They've then come back and said it could be a same-day request, so i could be asked at very short notice to do an extra 2 hours. Or, it may be requested in advance depending.

Honestly it's concerning me, I have pets and I don't want them left for 11 hours at a time every day. Whether others do isn't the issue, i don't personally want to. Not only that but I can't make many plans, a lot of clubs/cinema etc start earlier and if I'm doing 10 hour days every day I'll likely be knackered.

Would you do this? I think they want someone who's married to the job who can stay late at short notice, and this wasn't communicated in interview.

Where do the extra hours come in? If the extra hours are that regular why don't they hire a part timer?

I'm glad I've posted on here. I don't feel management/HR always paint a full picture, my concern is continuing in the job then being expected even informally to be finishing late every evening, and issues arising if I don't.

Is there an overtime rate? I’d probably be willing to do that for double bubble. I used to give up my weekends for £38/hour at home rather than the £19/hour in the office I earned in the week and it was brilliant but I value my evenings/weekends more than £14.

Totally up to you but I’d need good compensation.

No sadly no enhanced overtime rate!

I would be looking for another job while you have this one

I wouldn’t do it unless I had no choice. And I’d be looking for another job asap

I work more hours than that per week and have done for years but a) for much more money and b) largely from home.

I guess it depends on whether you see this as a stepping stone to a more rewarding/interesting career or if it's just a stopgap. If you think it might take you somewhere it might be worth sucking it up for a year. Otherwise, no. The money doesn't justify it and they've been a bit sneaky in the way they've presented it.

Never.

You need to have time to live your life and protect your physical and mental health.

It is a low hourly wage as well.

I would tell them this is not what you signed up for and look for a new job.

U have commitments too. Thst not fair. U gave a commitment also to your personal wellbeing and a work life balance. Some employers really take the biscuit

I'd actively be looking for something else. My guess is there is a high staff turnover

I regularly do 59/60 hours weeks but this is my choice
It sounds to me like you don’t want to work those hours but are coming under pressure to do so
I think you have to make your position clear to them and if they continue to put you under pressure you should look for another job

I regularly worked 50 to 60 hours as a teacher but that was a) better paid and b) balanced by the holidays.
This is not fair on you OP. I’d be looking for a different job.

I think asking before my shift is due to end is a cheek too as ill have no break.

It sounds a bit dodgy to be honest: you can’t expect people to do overtime at such last minute notice. Fair enough the other prison can’t do it because of child care but that doesn’t mean because you don’t have children who need childcare like she does that you get lumbered with everything else.

Edited to say: GOOD LUCK with your interview this afternoon.

Hopefully you get that other role as absolutely not on £14.20 per hour, that’s outrageous.

Holidays are 20 days plus 8 bank holiday!

Good grief. That’s bad!

I think it's legal min!

They are piss taking cunts.
I would literally tell him to fuck right off and stick their job up their arse
Good luck with your other job interview 🧡

Is it? That’s so low on top of all the other rubbish with the job!

I’m a teacher so totally institutionalised and haven’t worked outside education for 23 years but my DH is ‘in the real world’ and gets more than that!

I have twice done very long hours.

Job 1: factory work in between finishing university and moving to London. I was keen to earn as much as I could, so signed up for 60 hour weeks: 12 hour shifts 5 days a week. One week was 6am-6pm. The next was 6pm-6am. It was fine, but I was young and I knew it wouldn’t last long. I stayed about 3 months if I recall.

Job 2: a particular posting with an employer I had worked with for a while. My contract stayed the same but it was accepted that the job wasn’t doable in normal hours and I knew I would have to work long hours. I usually worked from 8am-10pm every week day and was “on call” one weekend in three (for which I wasn’t paid unless I had to work, which was unusual). My commute was another two hours a day. It was exhausting and I had to give up my main hobby and had no social life, but I have no regrets as it was a great job and I knew it wouldn’t be for ever (I did it for 2.5 years).

However, I was in my early 30s and my husband got home in time to feed the cats, so that wasn’t a concern.

More generally, I have often worked 48-50 hours a week with no paid overtime. I had quite a bit of control over the work though and tended to finish at a reasonable time, so I could get home for the children, and then logged on to work again in the evening.

OP you can leave a job for whatever reason you like, even when it's new but don't take too long to do it so you can leave it off your CV .

I think that's something a union would be interested in...

I always have done? I don’t think there’s generally a choice in corporate, certainly not in the non-unionised/professional bands.

Never for normal wages.
I'd need to be earning stupid money to pay for a cleaner, housekeeper and personal trainer (wouldn't be making it to any gym classes) to make that tolerable.