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Re: Pressure For Free Overtime

Subject: Re: Pressure For Free Overtime
From: Sandy Nicholson <sandy -at- ambertext -dot- co -dot- uk>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:51:03 +0100

Richard asked:

Question for all who do W2 contract work:

Do you ever feel pressured to work overtime for free (off the clock work)?

Perhaps I should just take it as read that I'm never going to derive any benefit from the US-work-oriented discussions on this list, but five days ago I thought I had finally found out what was meant by W2 (work as an employee?) and 1099 (contract/freelance work?).

Now we have W2 contract work? Aarghh! :o)

In case it's relevant, in the UK, the norm for technical authors (and other professionals) in employment is to work for a fixed salary, so there's frequent pressure to work unpaid overtime. As a freelancer, I don't technically have that pressure on me, but I do have deadlines to meet, and that often means working so-called `antisocial' hours.

Best wishes,
Sandy

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