Context: I’m on salary and they are not.
We were both doing the same task but separately. 4:30pm was quickly approaching and I needed to get back to base, park my machine up and then go home from there. They carried on until 7pm.
Next morning, they give me shit for not staying back and doing more work! – we are literally doing the same task today because it’s going to take 3 days anyway. It wasn’t as if we could do an extra 30mins and complete the task.
I have no incentive whatsoever to work more than my contractual hours. Unlike them, I don’t get overtime pay.
In fact, I keep a spreadsheet to log my hours and it automatically calculates my running £/h rate. If that falls below what I consider my worth to be, then I take time off to compensate.
Know your worth people and don’t settle for less!
We all contribute our part in order to live in a functioning society so we should all be entitled to our share of money.