That is certainly not the case in general. It is not the case in the Netherlands, nor is it the case in the UK and Switzerland. Particularly in the Netherlands

That is certainly not the case in general. It is not the case in the Netherlands, nor is it the case in the UK and Switzerland. Particularly in the Netherlands there are collective working agreements (CAO), which have set up arrangements with the employer that do this for certain job levels, but this is not arranged per law (particularly for higher level jobs). See e.g. https://www.juridischloket.nl/werk-en-inkomen/arbeidsvoorwaarden/overuren-uitbetalen/ https://www.juridischloket.nl/werk-en-inkomen/arbeidsvoorwaa... Similar in the UK, and even more so, the UK did not fully take part of the Working Time Directive when they were back in the EU and allows opt-outs. See e.g. https://www.gov.uk/maximum-weekly-working-hours https://www.gov.uk/maximum-weekly-working-hours. These opt-outs are often supplied as part of your employment contract. This opt-out has been in all my contracts with my jobs in the UK, although I in practice rarely overworked. Now it is the case both in NL and UK that for most jobs that are "lower" on the job level, there are overtime rates. But both the UK and NL have expectations that "higher" job levels are expected to come with over time. I have not seen any programming job in the UK that pays my overtime. Similarly in Switzerland, a family member of mine used to get paid over time (or be able to take it as PTO), but when they got promoted, it stopped.