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<blockquote data-quote="AndBreathe" data-source="post: 1069468" data-attributes="member: 88961"><p>Many many employers simply don't allow overtime for their professional staff, so you do get some at least. When I last worked for a large corporate, I spent some time working in the Finance areas, including Management Accountants, and all the other variants. At month end, Company year end and fiscal year end they worked ridiculous hours, and just had to suck it up. In fact they were also not allowed annual leave at these times, which made summer holidays a bit of fun, with everyone fitting them in without impacting on month end. Some things, unfortunately go with the territory.</p><p></p><p>One thing that does strike me though is that you appear to be working literally to the letter, whereas others you describe as working to the spirit of things. I am absolutely not suggesting you flaunt the rules and just do your own thing, but perhaps you should be considering how you manage yourself a little more comfortably in alignment with others in the office. </p><p></p><p>It could be your boss see you have made a rod to beat your own back, and he's just helping you along with the beating.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps, as Tim suggests, you could have shorter lunch break, thus allowing you, say 30 minutes to spread across the remainder of the day.</p><p></p><p>This, I think, requires a two pronged approach:</p><p>Firstly, seeking expert advice from ACAS or an appropriately experienced lawyer. This could be pretty specialised, so don't just pick anyone saying they do "Employment Law"</p><p>And secondly, you consider the bigger picture and how others manage their days.</p><p></p><p>In corporate life, I rarely manage to work my contracted hours. I always over-ran by a huge margin, and as I had direct reports in multiple locations, I also travelled a lot. At one nightmare stage, my commute was 4 hours each way (thankfully usually only once a week), and more routinely I did a 2 hour each way commute twice a week, with no time allowed for travel. </p><p></p><p>In my experience, getting to and earning the bigger bucks doesn't come without a fair amount of personal sacrifice. I used to think I would have an easy life as I "matured". That was another flawed conception on my part!</p><p></p><p>Good luck with it all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AndBreathe, post: 1069468, member: 88961"] Many many employers simply don't allow overtime for their professional staff, so you do get some at least. When I last worked for a large corporate, I spent some time working in the Finance areas, including Management Accountants, and all the other variants. At month end, Company year end and fiscal year end they worked ridiculous hours, and just had to suck it up. In fact they were also not allowed annual leave at these times, which made summer holidays a bit of fun, with everyone fitting them in without impacting on month end. Some things, unfortunately go with the territory. One thing that does strike me though is that you appear to be working literally to the letter, whereas others you describe as working to the spirit of things. I am absolutely not suggesting you flaunt the rules and just do your own thing, but perhaps you should be considering how you manage yourself a little more comfortably in alignment with others in the office. It could be your boss see you have made a rod to beat your own back, and he's just helping you along with the beating. Perhaps, as Tim suggests, you could have shorter lunch break, thus allowing you, say 30 minutes to spread across the remainder of the day. This, I think, requires a two pronged approach: Firstly, seeking expert advice from ACAS or an appropriately experienced lawyer. This could be pretty specialised, so don't just pick anyone saying they do "Employment Law" And secondly, you consider the bigger picture and how others manage their days. In corporate life, I rarely manage to work my contracted hours. I always over-ran by a huge margin, and as I had direct reports in multiple locations, I also travelled a lot. At one nightmare stage, my commute was 4 hours each way (thankfully usually only once a week), and more routinely I did a 2 hour each way commute twice a week, with no time allowed for travel. In my experience, getting to and earning the bigger bucks doesn't come without a fair amount of personal sacrifice. I used to think I would have an easy life as I "matured". That was another flawed conception on my part! Good luck with it all. [/QUOTE]
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