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Is there an overtime limit per month?

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  • Viper_7
    Viper_7 Posts: 1,220 Forumite
    LadyMissA wrote: »
    you did 72 hrs overtime in a week????

    Yup, and not for the first time. easy money - albeit tiring!
  • LadyMissA
    LadyMissA Posts: 3,263 Forumite
    Viper_7 wrote: »
    Yup, and not for the first time. easy money - albeit tiring!
    so no more than 6.5 hrs between leaving work and going back in - is that not against the law?
    when did you eat and sleep?
  • Viper_7
    Viper_7 Posts: 1,220 Forumite
    LadyMissA wrote: »
    so no more than 6.5 hrs between leaving work and going back in - is that not against the law?
    when did you eat and sleep?

    no time to leave work! Eat and power nap there.

    Needs must sometimes!
  • paddedjohn
    paddedjohn Posts: 7,512 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    grab it while its going, im due an extra 168 hrs of overtime in my next pay
    Be Alert..........Britain needs lerts.
  • LadyMissA
    LadyMissA Posts: 3,263 Forumite
    Viper_7 wrote: »
    no time to leave work! Eat and power nap there.

    Needs must sometimes!

    and wash? lol

    What do you do?
  • KiKi
    KiKi Posts: 5,381 Forumite
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    15 hour days for 7 days straight will give you a 35 hour week plus 72 hours overtime. That's 9 hours to sleep and eat a day.

    Can't be done consistently, but every now and then won't kill you if you want the cash (and Viper seems to!).

    KiKi
    ' <-- See that? It's called an apostrophe. It does not mean "hey, look out, here comes an S".
  • LadyMissA
    LadyMissA Posts: 3,263 Forumite
    KiKi wrote: »
    15 hour days for 7 days straight will give you a 35 hour week plus 72 hours overtime. That's 9 hours to sleep and eat a day.

    Can't be done consistently, but every now and then won't kill you if you want the cash (and Viper seems to!).

    KiKi

    depends if you sleep and eat at work. I don't know anywhere that pays overtime. What do you all do?
  • paddedjohn
    paddedjohn Posts: 7,512 Forumite
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    KiKi wrote: »
    15 hour days for 7 days straight will give you a 35 hour week plus 72 hours overtime. That's 9 hours to sleep and eat a day.

    Can't be done consistently, but every now and then won't kill you if you want the cash (and Viper seems to!).

    KiKi

    a bit pedantic but 72+35=107 hrs, 15hrsx7=105.;)
    Be Alert..........Britain needs lerts.
  • paddedjohn
    paddedjohn Posts: 7,512 Forumite
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    LadyMissA wrote: »
    depends if you sleep and eat at work. I don't know anywhere that pays overtime. What do you all do?

    a lot if not most companys pay overtime but not at an enhanced rate until you have reached 35/40 hrs, 42 in my case.
    Be Alert..........Britain needs lerts.
  • Viper_7
    Viper_7 Posts: 1,220 Forumite
    KiKi wrote: »
    15 hour days for 7 days straight will give you a 35 hour week plus 72 hours overtime. That's 9 hours to sleep and eat a day.

    Can't be done consistently, but every now and then won't kill you if you want the cash (and Viper seems to!).

    KiKi


    Not a matter of "wanting" the cash. It's obviously nice but some roles require people to go beyond the 9-5!
    You don't just go home if say the Stock market mainframes have "crashed"
    You don't just go home if a plane has just crashed and you have lots of emergency patients. Many roles out there which require every now and again working stupid hours!
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