With Christmas coming and bills to pay etc I find it really frustrating I can only do 1 day overtime every fortnight.
Yes It’s important we get sufficient rest, however the regulations are a pain in the backside when it comes to being in the real world and not that bubble wrapped Westminster red-tape-fest. 
I wont do overtime. 55 hours a week is enough, and overtime means being on the lorry washing rota. No thanks.
join the club m8,not enough hours in the day for me,been off sick for along time living on £71 a week even though it the first ive been off work since leaving school 20 odd year ago ,thru no fault of my own 
chasing the money big time 
I do enough through the week thanks, I love the two days off family time.
I would do the odd extra day in work if they where desperate to cover something but family time is important to me, oh and the odd hangover 
When you say you “can” only do one day a fortnight Andy is that all the company allows, is it all you are available for, or is there very little scope generally at your place for overtime?
If there’s little scope then I’d hazard a guess that you work for a very rare beast; a company that can actually plan and work efficiently? If that’s the case mate then you probably have a very good job on the whole, but I fully understand your desire to increase your take home (after all, we all work for take home, not glory).
Unfortunately in your case that won’t put the pressies under the tree so you may have to jump ship and work for one of the big players that are staffed by managers who’d struggle to find their ringpieces using both hands and a mirror! It’s not their money, they don’t care, they have no real world experience, all of which adds up to potentially limitless overtime opportunities putting right their ■■■■ ups.
Depends what you want out of life, good quality family time and a lesser wage or not much family time and a better wage.
No amount of money can buy you time with your family.
As far as I’m aware there’s all the overtime available that I could want to do.
Just feel limited by the whole weekly rest period thing unless my interpretation of that is off (which as I’ve only been in this game for 2 months could be the case). Currently average fortnight for me runs:
Mon - Sat worked, usually 2am - 4am start and 12 - 4pm finishes
Sun Off
Mon - Fri Worked
Sat & Sun off
2nd Weekend break usually clocks up at around 55 hours or so, allowing me to work the next weekend as have paid back the owed hours from the weekend before.
IMO you have two ways to maximise earnings on the lorries, and all ways usually involve anti social hours and possibly time away too.
You either change your shift pattern, go on 4 on 4 off which invariably works out you can do at least one days OT per pattern, disadvantage is you lose many of your weekends.
Or you specialise, by looking to get into more lucrative work, eg car transporters or tankers.
Or both.
Juddian:
Or you specialise, by looking to get into more lucrative work, eg car transporters or tankers.
curiosity - how much more are in these kinds of jobs?
never realized car transporter jobs were particularly well paid and thought tanker jobs were really hard to get
daffyd:
Juddian:
Or you specialise, by looking to get into more lucrative work, eg car transporters or tankers.curiosity - how much more are in these kinds of jobs?
never realized car transporter jobs were particularly well paid and thought tanker jobs were really hard to get
Depends, fully skilled on the transporters (which can take years) and on the right company will see you well over £40k and you can genuinely top £50k, excluding night out pay…hard graft and long hours though, they don’t pay this for drinking tea and gassing in a waiting room… 
Tanks, vary greatly, some companies pay better than others, flash doesn’t necessarily mean cash here…
andygt4:
With Christmas coming and bills to pay etc I find it really frustrating I can only do 1 day overtime every fortnight.Yes It’s important we get sufficient rest, however the regulations are a pain in the backside when it comes to being in the real world and not that bubble wrapped Westminster red-tape-fest.
Or alternatively work for someone who pays a wage you can live on without having to put in 70hrs a week.
Conor:
andygt4:
With Christmas coming and bills to pay etc I find it really frustrating I can only do 1 day overtime every fortnight.Yes It’s important we get sufficient rest, however the regulations are a pain in the backside when it comes to being in the real world and not that bubble wrapped Westminster red-tape-fest.
Or alternatively work for someone who pays a wage you can live on without having to put in 70hrs a week.
In every job I have done I have looked at the bottom line and if I can live on that great, overtime is a bonus for the little extras in life and not something I would ever depend on
Drift:
Conor:
andygt4:
With Christmas coming and bills to pay etc I find it really frustrating I can only do 1 day overtime every fortnight.Yes It’s important we get sufficient rest, however the regulations are a pain in the backside when it comes to being in the real world and not that bubble wrapped Westminster red-tape-fest.
Or alternatively work for someone who pays a wage you can live on without having to put in 70hrs a week.
In every job I have done I have looked at the bottom line and if I can live on that great, overtime is a bonus for the little extras in life and not something I would ever depend on
Same here.
I work with plenty that live their lives depending on the ot. I dread to think what will happen to them when the mortgage interest rates go up…
Cotswoldcrunch:
I wont do overtime. 55 hours a week is enough…
Wat?
Contraflow:
Cotswoldcrunch:
I wont do overtime. 55 hours a week is enough…
Wat?
My contracted hours. Paid for 11/day. Overtime is weekend and bank holidays here.
Contraflow:
Cotswoldcrunch:
I wont do overtime. 55 hours a week is enough…
Wat?
Surely 55 hours work already involves the equivalent of almost two days of overtime…? Or am I the only one here who thinks 40 hours is more than enough work in a week?
Roymondo:
Contraflow:
Cotswoldcrunch:
I wont do overtime. 55 hours a week is enough…
Wat?
Surely 55 hours work already involves the equivalent of almost two days of overtime…? Or am I the only one here who thinks 40 hours is more than enough work in a week?
That’s what I was getting at.
Contraflow:
Roymondo:
Contraflow:
Cotswoldcrunch:
I wont do overtime. 55 hours a week is enough…
Wat?
Surely 55 hours work already involves the equivalent of almost two days of overtime…? Or am I the only one here who thinks 40 hours is more than enough work in a week?
That’s what I was getting at.
Would love an 8 hour shift lol
Am I the only one that is cutting down on work now the rates have gone up a whopping £1.50 an hour?
Roymondo:
Surely 55 hours work already involves the equivalent of almost two days of overtime…? Or am I the only one here who thinks 40 hours is more than enough work in a week?
No, you certainly are not the only one who thinks that.
As for the OP, alternate five- then six-day weeks starting between 0200 and 0400 and you still want more… 
A new job should be your priority, not more overtime.