I have one huge incentive to work as much as I can this week. My co-worker? She works Saturdays. The company is really hurting if people don't work on the weekends, so a couple months ago, my boss asked if I could work today in her place -- and OT was available. I leapt at that chance with the quickness. Guaranteed time-and-a-half two months before it happens? That helps me plan ... and anticipate!
And once work made me stay just over ten hours Tuesday and Wednesday, I could envision a scenario where I would work ten hours Thursday and yesterday/Friday. Even though I worked only and exactly eight hours Monday, staying an extra two hours each day of the rest of my normal workweek meant that I would have worked in extra eight hours by the end of yesterday/Friday. I would have worked only five days, but 48 hours. Now, add in today/Saturday. I might be able to stay for OT, but actually, I want to leave in time to grab dinner and then watch The Preakness and then the MNUFC Match. But even if I stay just eight hours today/Saturday, that means I would have worked over 56 hours this week. That's an extra 16 hours of overtime, and at time-and-a-half, that means I would be paid the equivalent of 24 bonus hours this week! I am working six days, but working the equivalent of seven days, and then getting paid the equivalent of eight days!!!
This doesn't beat the week I worked more than 80 hours wondering if I could get double time after I reached that point. (In case I didn't blog post that, I didn't.) But I don't remember the last time I worked so much in a week since then. And I need every single bonus penny I can get from the overtime. Gas is expensive now!!!
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