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

[mumsthewordi]

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

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

Presumably you are claiming that back (unless you're SCS) flexi is standard for CS, so anyone G6 or below should not be doing overtime for free.

Not usually.

I did previously in several jobs. No no one appreciated it and it became “expected” that I would continue to do it when others didn’t. I once had a snide comment from a manager when i left “early” as I’d done about 50 hours that week.

It made no difference to my career - if anything it harmed it as people took advantage knowing I would do the work without a promotion.

When I eventually left for a much better job I I wouldn’t be taken for granted again. Largely I haven’t. My new company is flexible with me and has let me leave early or start late for a variety of reasons and generally been much better with me so on occasion I have but still won’t be making a habit of it.

Sounds like a good deal hours-wise. I figured you'd be inhouse. The other type of lawyer who can work fixed hours is civil service.

Fixed hours are not very realistic for fee-earning lawyers due to client demands unless they are very junior and/or there is another lawyer who can step in.

@blueshoes I’ve just started as a residential property auditor. You can do fixed hours in support roles too.

Absolutely not. No-one gets my time for free. Ever

Not anymore.
I did for years but never got a thank you.

I do very slightly less than my hours.
usually cos I get in late.

No. I will always I take TOIL if I happen to work over hours. Sometimes I slack off during the day and then work late; then I don't take TOIL (even though I could probably get away with it)

You can't spend a thank you either! Either pay for the hours worked, or get more staff. The UK is terrible for expecting goodwill from employees for unpaid overtime and then getting rid for redundancy.

I am a teacher working Thursday Friday and I work pretty much all day Wednesday and Wed/Thurs evenings.
It's rubbish.

Yes I will when the project needs it or something urgent needs to be done however HR have declined any compressed hour requests from AVP and above on the grounds that in the contract are ‘extra hours as the business needs’ which they suggest is 1.5 hours extra a day which is technically more than a whole contracted day per week. Quite annoyed by it actually because I’ll do that work extra a week if needed but not as BAU.

I do if genuinely needed but I have far better boundaries in the role I have now, than I did in a previous role which took over my life and was utterly thankless. So the “genuinely needed” aspect is carefully considered.

I have days where I work extra if needed and some out of hours work too. But I do try to take the time back as TOIL. I'm also able to go to dentist and similar during working hours without any problem from team/manager. The flexibility works both ways.

No, never. No one should ever work for no pay.

I'm a teacher.....yes!

I did. I had a LA job with a ridiculous caseload. Colleagues kept dropping under pressure and their work kept being reassigned. My caseload doubled in 3 months and I kept picking up more and more problematic cases which led to more meetings, more paperwork and more stress but every time I tried to step back I felt like I was failing.

I got a day every month as TOIL but my extra hours kept mounting up because there was so much still so much to do.

I don't really work now (odd hours as relief and I bill them for every hour of my time) but my old department is still a revolving door of burnt out and miserable people.

Yes but get them all back as TOIL

I used to work the hours it needed to get the job done. That was when I had a full-time career in finance. I'm semi-retired now, and I do 8.30 - 1 every day and that's it.

If they started making noises about wanting more hours out of me, I'd say okay, pay me for the extra time then.

<actually I'd say no>

Teacher - of course I do. At LEAST 3 hours on a non work day. Plus -at least 2 hours extra every day (contract says 6.5 hrs a day - HAH)

So many professions do

No. I probably take the piss a bit with my lunchbreaks and away from screen time to carry out odd jobs and then I sign off on the dot. However our work is generally easy to measure and I still get more done than most of my colleagues so I feel no guilt.

Another one who works way more than my contracted hours. Though technically my contracts hours are as many hours as is required to get the job done, and at the moment that seems to be about 60 a week.
No paid overtime either.
It’s better than what I was doing in my previous job though

I quit the job !