Asked to work considerably longer hours to hit a deadline

[Lance]

I had this at an interview many moons ago, the client mentioned they expected overtime, as it was an hourly rate contract I was more that happy to oblige , so long as everything is up front I don't see the problem.

In that case it's not called 'overtime', just 'time'.

Overtime implies, IMO, either more pay or no pay for the extra hours.

[MrLoveBucket]

+1 to the "on occasion, if absolutely necessary" comments, and also if I broke something important.
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IR35 problem there? As a supplier, if you break something you need to fix it at your own expense, not charge the client for the extra work?

[HugeWhale]

Repeat after me:

"How will I be compensated?"

It's like garlic to a vampire.

[jmo21]

IR35 problem there? As a supplier, if you break something you need to fix it at your own expense, not charge the client for the extra work?

I was referring to working longer hours unpaid.

If I was being paid overtime already to work longer, then I'd already be there :-)

[Snarf]

IR35 problem there? As a supplier, if you break something you need to fix it at your own expense, not charge the client for the extra work?

I wouldn't have thought so - or at least it would depend on your line of work, I expect developers to break things (Preferably not in live systems), I also expect there to be bugs in new systems or new features added to new systems which will inevitably slip through testing and show up months down the line.

I wouldnt expect a client to come to me and say - you're fixing bugs today so we're no paying you.

[BR14]

I wouldn't have thought so - or at least it would depend on your line of work, I expect developers to break things (Preferably not in live systems), I also expect there to be bugs in new systems or new features added to new systems which will inevitably slip through testing and show up months down the line.

I wouldnt expect a client to come to me and say - you're fixing bugs today so we're no paying you.

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