Do you give more hours than you're supposed to at work

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Genuine question

My part time hours are creeping up , never worked part time before

Thought I'd get a thanks and a contract extension for my hard work - neither are forthcoming

Yes but self employed/contractor and end up doing loads of prep outside of scheduled hours.

Yes. I work at a charity, shorter day hours. Think CAB type work. I tend to do lots of research in my own time. My contact hours with clients though are very strict and I would not do this outside of my working hours.

No. I no longer work for an organisation that pushes for us to work more than we should, when we were in an office, the boss kicked us out at home time and always sent us home 2hrs early on a Friday.

@thrifty24 in house, I'm pretty good at turning matters around promptly but the business will usually wait of if I can't.

Nope, I claim back every last minute worked via flexi. Senior manager earning a decent amount, people would assume I work extra, but I'm not going down that road of giving them my soul. I know my worth as they say.

I found being part time so much harder for this, especially as the only part timer, they couldn't comprehend what a part time work load should look like. I'd never work 4 days again, it was the worst of all worlds.

I work in a school. I most certainly do not do a single minute over what I'm paid for. It is a job which fits around my teenagers.

But in my pre children life, I worked in the city, and I don't know if I even had contractual hours, I just worked until it was done.

My DH often works 12hr or more days for his city job, plus weekends.

I aim to work within my hours but I am not rigid with it. Last night I finished 1.5 hours after usual time as I was finishing reports but it was done sat on my sofa cuddling the dog.

I will stay over 10-30 mins finishing stuff as well but usually I am.to leave on time.

@blueshoes work in house locally to me, I clock on at 8.30 and finish at 5pm, full time but have compressed hours so can take an afternoon off, am pretty good at turning work around so the business are always happy to work around me. Pretty lucky I know!

No. I’m a Project Manager and always work my contracted hours only. If I was to work over one day I’ll offset with some time off at a later date.

No I see it as poor time management. It just looks like people can’t complete their work in the time set

Yep, contracted to work 37 hours a week, but the contract also includes a statement regarding the expectation to work additional hours to meet project milestones, which effectively is 10-20% on top and is most weeks in reality, it's the norm. It is unpaid and do not get those hours back as time in lieu.

I work extra but it's all paid, I have never worked unpaid hours, not even when I was in retail

I used to, until I got the life lesson of being made redundant and realised the workplace gives zero fucks about people.

Now I do my hours, I may do extra one day but I take it back within the same week and finish early that day.

For those saying they can't get everything done in a normal week, that is a business issue and they need to hire more staff, not expect the current employees to work extra!

I work over my 36hrs every week without fail, but my boss is currently letting me put those hours through as pay (not overtime rate, just standard hours). I could use it as flexi time, but too busy to take the time off and my boss would rather we were paid and not off once every couple of weeks to use the hours up. It’s generally only an extra hour a day or more if I travel. I used to work extra hours for no pay, but not anymore.

I put in 40% more (all my peers and above do the same - professional services firm). Manager and above in my company doesn't get paid any overtime. Bills need to get paid so we all do it....🤷🏻‍♀️

Civil service- I do about 2h a day over my contracted hours (so about 125%) which is fairly standard.

Yes. It is very much expected here - and in turn I am expected to give people in my team enough work so they are at approx 125% capacity as standard - more if busy.

It's not poor time management- it's an active business model. (And bonkers).

Sometimes but then I take the hours off another time. I don't get paid enough to work for free.
I've actually just increased my hours because I thought I may as well get paid for doing these hours!

I’m experienced at what I do and have learnt how to work smartly. I’ve learnt how to multi task and the most efficient ways of doing it so I get the job done in the time allocated.
If I’m asked to work over I usually do to be fair. I can take flexi time though.
In my previous job a lot of staff regularly worked unpaid overtime, it was some strange competition of who could start the earliest and stay the longest. I didn’t compete. I wasn’t paid anywhere near enough to do that and we were never given the time back. Always made to feel like I was in the wrong.

Absolutely not. I am not working for free.

I love my work, but I don't live to work.

I am really sorry for all those who are expected to work without pay. I find that abhorrent.

Not one minute extra, my family comes first

I did in my first job and ended up with my manager taking the piss out of me even more. Now I work my hours and leave.

Not generally week to week. But there are times I take calls early or late in the day and any overtime is unpaid. But lots of flexibility in return.

I would never do regular unseen overtime purely for the fact that I've never seen an employer that doesn't end up just expecting it rather than respecting it.

Special projects and things like that are a better way to get noticed than giving away your own time.

Well, my New Year’s resolution is not to work any extra hours. And because of holidays I’ve actually only worked one week so far this year so I can’t say if I’m sticking to it or not!

I have very flexible hours which I am very grateful for, but the downside is that I do end up working way more than the 40 hours I am paid for. Possibly as much as 10 extra hours a week. This year I am determined not to.

I do not give my employer a second of my time for nothing!
The owners of the business do not give a toss about the staff or their residents.
Lucky if we get paid correctly,on time ,overtime delayed until following month blah blah blah ,you get the gist.
Consequence is zero loyalty, goodwill has evaporated. Will not be guilt tripped.