Do you work overtime? 1

[bradpa77]

So I have heard horror stories about some engineering jobs where you work 60+ hour weeks without overtime pay. I work 40 hours a week. No overtime at all. If I do get overtime it's paid for. If I were asked to do overtime, I would and I have in the past, but typically it isn't required of me .... at all. It's pretty nice. From stories I've heard from other engineers I would think that my situation is pretty rare.

So, basically I was just wondering how many of us engineers do work overtime, how much overtime they work, and if it's paid or unpaid.

If you have a second, everyone please post about your overtime requirements and habits at your job.

Thanks.

 

[AndrewTX]

I've pretty much resisted working unpaid overtime as much as I can.

If my project and I can come to an agreement on comp time (future time off for unpaid overtime) then I'll work some but otherwise if it isn't paid I don't put in more than an hour or two every once in awhile.

My thoughts are that the company doesn't just go around handing out extra money to me for no reason so I don't feel a need to work a lot of extra hours for no reason.