What's with mandatory overtime at this place? It was not mentioned when I was interviewing, but it seems to be a requirement.
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When I was hired 3 years ago, it was clear that "Occasional overtime may be required due to projects and weekend upgrades". However, it has gotten worse in the last year between layoffs and people leaving, with the expectation that the remaining people would pick up the slack. Many of us have reached the limit. We will comply with RTO 3 days/week, but we will no longer work OT every weekend for just pizza and donuts.
Your boss needs to grow a backbone. They tried to pull this with my team at one point and I told them no. That was the end of it.
I've never had to work mandatory OT. If it wasn't in your signed offer letter, don't do it.
If we’ve put in a solid day, then that’s all we can do. I used to ki-l myself picking up more than I really could handle and adding hours to my week and see my colleagues do this, but it’s not helping anyone, including customers. As long as the work gets done nobody is going to add another salary to payroll- so stop. If you were out all morning for an appointment or prefer a slower than acceptable pace then that’s on you and maybe you will need to put a little extra in just to get the expected done, but I’m not staying hours later weekly anymore for a tiny bonus if at all, not worth it. Much happier just doing what I know is expected for a workload and letting them figure it out if they need to hire more.
They’ve laid off too many people and given the rest of us their work so, many of us have to work overtime to stay afloat. That’s corporate 101.
Cigna used to not be like this.
Let me rephrase it, it seems like overtime is mandatory. At least that's the impression I've gotten so far.
I’ve never been told OT is mandatory.