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USA experience. When I was new out of college at a start up, FREE OT was very common. You could say when averaged, the work week was 50 hours. Later I was at

USA experience. When I was new out of college at a start up, FREE OT was very common. You could say when averaged, the work week was 50 hours. Later I was at a company that did not pay OT if you worked only 44 hours, but if you had to work 45 or more, then they paid OT on all of the hours after 40. OT was straight pay. Later they got rid of OT and the standard was to expect people to put in a few free hours a week. My current job. All OT is compensated, typically by giving you your time back. I should have left my first job much earlier than I did. Biggest regret there.

lloydatkinson 4y ago
UK experience. My first job also had some unfair time requirements. They finished at 1PM on Fridays. If anyone was late by even a minute on any of the other days they would be expected to work until 3PM. Except for managers who could be very late and not need to stay at all. Especially annoying as more than once I got a desk phone call from my manager (harassing me about whatever latest poorly defined task he expected me to create) from his home meanwhile the idea of me, the only person in the office who had to travel two hours both ways every day, was laughable to them. I too should have left it sooner.