There are plenty of ways to pay for "overtime" without it being official overtime pay. eg. bonuses, time-off matching extra time worked during an unavoidable "

There are plenty of ways to pay for "overtime" without it being official overtime pay. eg. bonuses, time-off matching extra time worked during an unavoidable "crunch", etc. Of course, there are still employers that won't even consider giving you any of that but make it a regular practice of overworking their employees. Don't work at these places.