Contract Q: clause agreeing to opt out of 48 hour week limit for office job. OK or no?

[Elpenor]

I think a number of legacy systems do, but most people who have written the code are now retired so maintenance is a bit of an issue.

Pretty certain he used to go to India a lot to teach people how to maintain it. Nowadays all via zoom etc

 

[Epona]

I just want to briefly, having had some sleep and time to think reflect on it and maybe have a more reasonable response, come back to the whole doughnuts needing to be ready in the morning for breakfast.
People, doughnuts for breakfast are not a "need".
No-one should have to work nights so you can chose to pay for fresh doughnut in the morning.
Go and make yourselves some toast you lazy fucks.
Only people having to work nights should be in jobs where there is a real and actual need (not a first world "want") for a service to be available at that time.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I just want to briefly, having had some sleep and time to think reflect on it and maybe have a more reasonable response, come back to the whole doughnuts needing to be ready in the morning for breakfast.
People, doughnuts for breakfast are not a "need".
No-one should have to work nights so you can chose to pay for fresh doughnut in the morning.
Go and make yourselves some toast you lazy fucks.
Only people having to work nights should be in jobs where there is a real and actual need (not a first world "want") for a service to be available at that time.

Pay me enough and I'll stay up all night making donuts.

 

[cesare]

There's no actual "need" for most treat type foods at any time of day tbf.

 

[Epona]

Pay me enough and I'll stay up all night making donuts.

Good luck with the pay me enough part of that

 

[Epona]

There's no actual "need" for most treat type foods at any time of day tbf.

True but I feel the need to start promoting doughnuts as a teatime treat, warm and fresh, then big corporate doughnut will want more people on days instead of working unsociable hours that fucks up their and their families lives

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Good luck with the pay me enough part of that

Thing is night shifts used to pay a fair bit more. When I left school I was on great money compared to day shifts for moving boxes around, polishing light bulbs and other meaningful tasks.

 

[Epona]

Thing is night shifts used to pay a fair bit more. When I left school I was on great money compared to day shifts for moving boxes around, polishing light bulbs and other meaningful tasks.

It would be a bit less if he was on days, but trust me he's not being adequately compensated for working nights vs. working days, and the pay for both shifts is shit.

 

[Spymaster]

If you just learn the phrase 'corporate IT drone' that'll save you a lot of unnecessary typing.

We can’t all be “trained pilots” Plank.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

It would be a bit less if he was on days, but trust me he's not being adequately compensated for working nights vs. working days, and the pay for both shifts is shit.

Yeah but it used to be significant. And there was general drop in wages for those kind of jobs (or at least they didn't rise) since the late 90s.

 

[cesare]

Yeah but it used to be significant. And there was general drop in wages for those kind of jobs (or at least they didn't rise) since the late 90s.

Supermarket retail used to be time and a third for the night shift, but I think that's been eroded.

 

[Sue]

Supermarket retail used to be time and a third for the night shift, but I think that's been eroded.

Back in the day, used to be double time on a Sunday.

 

[cesare]

Back in the day, used to be double time on a Sunday.

Oh yes, the Sunday night used to get X2 if rota'd on and full time.

 

[Sue]

Oh yes, the Sunday night used to get X2 if rota'd on and full time.

I used to work part-time on a checkout on a Sunday afternoon and got double time then.

 

[cesare]

I used to work part-time on a checkout on a Sunday afternoon and got double time then.

Saturday used to be time and a fifth. But again for full timers. Good that you got Sunday premium when part time!

 

[Silas Loom]

I got £1.30 an hour on Saturday and £1.50 on Sunday. Didn’t realise that was a swizz.

 

[moomoo]

I used to love working on Sundays when it was time and a half. Now, not so much. But I still do it because it’s easy money and only a 5 1/2 hour shift.