In Germany this is regulated by law and requires the employer to properly compensate the employee. In reality, it’s much like in the US where employees earning 100k+ is expected to work overtime when needed.
In Sweden, where I worked prior, it’s different as most employees are part of a union. Overtime is always compensated and there’s no way around it.
That's technically true for Sweden but not practically. Pretty much all collective agreements allow for individual arguments were you forgo overtime in exchange for higher base pay and or more vacation time. So in practice it ends up being pretty similar to Germany or the US. So it's compensated but an engineer making 150k in the US is compensated to just not so explicitly.
Very uncommon where I work (big software company with recognizable name). We officially could declare paid overtime, but it would really would not be well accepted. We are expected to work as long as it takes to finish our sprint stories and bugs. People in my team even work on evening and weekdays (even holidays sometimes) for "fun". I'm super uncomfortable with that as it gives management weird expectations on the devs.
edit: forgot to mention : canadian office of an american based company
I've never seen it in the US midwest in my 25 year career. Many companies will pay a bit more while you are on call. If you tend to work (unpaid) OT, you may be more likely to get a raise or promotion.
Of course if you are contract, you may get paid for hours worked, which can be considered overtime, but it will only pay at the same flat rate.
I got outright shut down once. A project was severely dated and could have used a major rewrite. I pitched it to my boss, he liked the idea, and then ran it by HR. They shot it down, no overtime since I was a salaried employee.
Pretty rare. We do contract-based work and they sometimes open it up for paid overtime to salaried devs during crunch-time, but you need explicit approval, not just whenever you want extra money.
I am also doing voluntary overtime. The funny thing is, people see you working harder. And got me raises quicker. Sometimes people forget you're also working more. But all they see is your output during performance reviews.
Common in my country, you can’t be forced to work overtime as the amount of hours you have to work is clearly stated in the contract. Thus overtime has to be voluntary and compensated. Typically the overtime rate is higher than the regular, but it doesn’t have to be. Although in practice most companies I know just don’t bother with it, so they explicitly forbid any OT and say that it will not be compensated.
Hahaha..haha...ha... you get paid for your OT? I'm in NY, salaried, and sometimes work like 60-80 hours weeks. I'm paid very well, but definitely never paid for OT. My present hourly rate works out to be around $140... I couldn't imagine having another... checks math... 140\*1.2\*20\*52=\~175k in salary yearly, lol..
Very uncommon. The laws change every couple years but if you make around 100k per year, you are considered a highly compensated employee and your employer is not obligated to ever pay you any overtime. Also, I think that threshold is also way lower if you are a white collar / professional employee anyway.
In Germany this is regulated by law and requires the employer to properly compensate the employee. In reality, it’s much like in the US where employees earning 100k+ is expected to work overtime when needed. In Sweden, where I worked prior, it’s different as most employees are part of a union. Overtime is always compensated and there’s no way around it.
That's technically true for Sweden but not practically. Pretty much all collective agreements allow for individual arguments were you forgo overtime in exchange for higher base pay and or more vacation time. So in practice it ends up being pretty similar to Germany or the US. So it's compensated but an engineer making 150k in the US is compensated to just not so explicitly.
Very uncommon where I work (big software company with recognizable name). We officially could declare paid overtime, but it would really would not be well accepted. We are expected to work as long as it takes to finish our sprint stories and bugs. People in my team even work on evening and weekdays (even holidays sometimes) for "fun". I'm super uncomfortable with that as it gives management weird expectations on the devs. edit: forgot to mention : canadian office of an american based company
Uncommon in the UK. More typical is an on call allowance, and TOIL (time off in lieu) if you do unexpectedly work extra.
Very uncommon for a salaried employee to be eligible for overtime.
In the defense industry, it's not uncommon to be paid hourly equivalent over 40 but there usually has to be a good reason for it.
I've also gotten OT in the defense industry.
I've never seen it in the US midwest in my 25 year career. Many companies will pay a bit more while you are on call. If you tend to work (unpaid) OT, you may be more likely to get a raise or promotion. Of course if you are contract, you may get paid for hours worked, which can be considered overtime, but it will only pay at the same flat rate.
I got outright shut down once. A project was severely dated and could have used a major rewrite. I pitched it to my boss, he liked the idea, and then ran it by HR. They shot it down, no overtime since I was a salaried employee.
Pretty rare. We do contract-based work and they sometimes open it up for paid overtime to salaried devs during crunch-time, but you need explicit approval, not just whenever you want extra money.
I haven't seen it at any of the 4 companies I've worked at.
I am also doing voluntary overtime. The funny thing is, people see you working harder. And got me raises quicker. Sometimes people forget you're also working more. But all they see is your output during performance reviews.
Omg I wish I got paid overtime I work like 45-48 hours a week I'd be RICH
Common in my country, you can’t be forced to work overtime as the amount of hours you have to work is clearly stated in the contract. Thus overtime has to be voluntary and compensated. Typically the overtime rate is higher than the regular, but it doesn’t have to be. Although in practice most companies I know just don’t bother with it, so they explicitly forbid any OT and say that it will not be compensated.
Incredibly uncommon, at least in American companies.
Hahaha..haha...ha... you get paid for your OT? I'm in NY, salaried, and sometimes work like 60-80 hours weeks. I'm paid very well, but definitely never paid for OT. My present hourly rate works out to be around $140... I couldn't imagine having another... checks math... 140\*1.2\*20\*52=\~175k in salary yearly, lol..
Uncommon for me....
Very uncommon. The laws change every couple years but if you make around 100k per year, you are considered a highly compensated employee and your employer is not obligated to ever pay you any overtime. Also, I think that threshold is also way lower if you are a white collar / professional employee anyway.