20th April 2010, 10:44 PM
Dinosaur Wrote:If the normal pay for normal hours is a liveable income in your world, then if you spend 8 months doing normal hours x 1.5 you've got your money for the other 4 months over the winter covered and you can head off to the beach in Goa knowing your rent's covered? - or dig over the winter too and make the chancellor and your bank manager happy? Or alternatively just stay poor :face-crying:
But we are talking about doing overtime at normal rates (which is what's being offered) NOT at x 1.5.
Also as x 1.5 is only paid on the overtime worked in excess of normal hours, not for a full 8 months work, your maths is a bit off. Overtime is a useful way of earning a bit extra but it is never (even at x 1.5) going to be enough to cover a winter lay off. So this Sloth will be carrying on working all year round and picking up his overtime (when offered) which hopefully will continue to paid as such.