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It's pretty common to have unpaid overtime (including crunch periods) in Sweden as well. Actually, I've not heard anyone having overtime pay while working in IT
by jahaja 12y ago
It's pretty common to have unpaid overtime (including crunch periods) in Sweden as well. Actually, I've not heard anyone having overtime pay while working in IT. The lack of overtime pay is usually "compensated" through an additional week of vacation or similar.
- mgbmtl 12y agoIf you are getting paid vacation, it has the double benefit that 1- you are getting paid, 2- you are forced to take time off to compensate and avoid burn out. Most companies I have dealt with in the past (in Quebec/Canada) usually compensated with 1.5h of vacation time for each hour of overtime. A normal work week is 37.5h, and overtime starts at 40h, so you have a bit of leg room. It's a good way to avoid systemic overtime and bad management.
- johansch 12y agoIn the first company I worked for for, that was the case (a sixth vacation week, compensating for overtime). I think it's a bad idea for both the employer and the (ambitious) employee though.
- alkonaut 12y ago"Unpaid overtime" in this context usually means no extra compensation, other than the 1-1 compensation if working less next week or next month. That is, a 50h week followed by a 30h week. Ordered overtime still has to be paid, but just at the normal rate. Having this in your contract isn't very good, and you should have at least 10-20% extra compensation. An extra week vacation isn't a good compensation for this, but it's common, sadly.
- jahaja 12y agoIf one has traded overtime pay for a weeks vacation you won't get overtime pay for ordered overtime either. The overtime just can't be "planned/scheduled", it's rather vague unfortunately.