We are all covered, if we want to be, by the European Working Time Directive!!!
The onus is on the individual to tell your company that he/she wishes to work within that limit which I believe is 37.5 hrs/week.
We, as a unit, have just done that very thing. Caused a bit of a stir within our H.R. dept. (if you can call it that) but after doing 97hrs. o/t on top of 12.5hr. days over a seventeen week period, we decided enough is enough! (With the odd couple of days off admittedly.)
As previously said, the extra money is very nice but does it surpass home life/ quality of life??
Work to live not the other way round. We are our own worst enemies. What does a driver do when he runs out of hours? He goes home with the companies blessing!
As long as we bend over, all companies will try to get the bat up a bit further.
Last edited by 3D CAM; 20th September 2007 at 13:57.
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