Do you do overtime a lot?

Do you like to do OT? Yes, they do have multiple amount of fare in comparison to your normal hour but is it worth it to sacrifice your time with your family (usually it intrudes those time).

For me, I'd really like to do OT a lot of time. Because of the money. And also for the sake of doing something useful instead of loitering around. I'm not really close with my family, so it doesn't really bother me that much. As long as I do not plan anything ahead, and I have the energy, I think I really do love doing overtimes.

No such thing as overtime in my job. I get paid per day, so doesn't matter if I do 1 hour or 12, I get paid the same regardless.

Even in my old job where I did a normal 8 hour shift, anytime I would do overtime, I would simply take it back another day, so I never got paid any more for doing so... for example if I did 2 hours overtime on Monday, I would go home 2 hours early another day...

Never actually worked a job that offered overtime, but knows I was in dire need of money I don't think I would... i enjoy my free time too much lol

I get paid for what I do, so I do tend to stick around from time to time. It varies, but I guess I do a few extra hours every week. I'm doing like fifteen hours overtime this week, though. Christmas rush n'all that.

2 hour commute daily dictates I do very little OT

Is overtime not a thing in UK?

In my new job I've been doing more hours than I'm contracted to - it's only this week where I'm just doing my set shifts. I could have probably got more if I wanted, but after Wednesday I don't have another day off until Christmas Day, then after that I don't have another day off until the 30th so it's nice to have a little break now!

I've never worked enough hours to get over the maximum you can do before being payed overtime, the company really tries to avoid it. I often work over my rostered number of hours though by doing other shifts and while it's usually fine I don't love doing it all of the time.

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Originally Posted by TinyFroggy

Is overtime not a thing in UK?

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Yes but often employers offer TOIL instead. A lot of UK workers receive a salary and aren't paid by the hour.

i'm barred from any overtime/extra work in my current job

used to do up to 55 hours a week, often worked 7-12 days in a row. at this job i don't, we have potential for overtime but they encourage against it or if they do need us extra they let us take TOIL instead

No I don't, mainly because we're on an overtime ban (well, we wouldn't get paid so the boss is like just don't). Which is really annoying because there is plenty of work to do and I would like to do an extra hour a day if possible.

i don't work when i'm at uni but my old job kept me on as a "casual" and they give me hours whenever i go back up north and when i do work i do lots of overtime for them (mainly because since i don't work for most of the year i kinda need to make as much money during that time as i can)

typically I do at least 12.5 hours per month, last 2 months I've went away for a week to Cambridge etc so a bit more overtime as I've worked weekends.

Normally aim to work about 45 hours per week and get paid literally by the minute for any overtime so it's never a problem to do a bit more if it's been busy or I want to get extra stuff done in the evenings. Need to organise staying late to clean out one of the big machines with one of my coworkers at some point in the next couple of weeks but it's a big job that'll mean we're probs gonna be there til like 8pm (start at 7:45am or so normally) so I'll bring snacks for that day hehe

I like overtime money but sometimes you just gotta get the rest instead. Like the December before last we were all working 7:30am to maybe 7:30 - 7:45pm every day for a month and I wanted to die by the time xmas day came around. My work hours are much healthier now I'd say.

I have a friend who is doing a lot of overtime and he's absolutely raking it in atm with the goal of buying another house!