Toms View of the World

According to the BBC - Friday Feb 25th 2005 is National Work Your Proper Hours Day - where the TUC are encouraging people not to put in unpaid overtime - partially as a statement that working unpaid overtime is not “part of the job” - if it was, you’d be paid! - nor should it be essential for you to make progress with your employer.

Personally, I don’t work unpaid overtime - if my employer wants me to work, then they can pay me to work (Unfortunately, I’m not doing my job for the excitement, the fun, the sense of achievement, or any other “higher” purpose - I sit at my desk simply to pay the bills)