Unfortunately...
My contract doesn't allow for overtime, unless I'm working in a different department. i.e. in the factory.

I don't get time in lieu, which is a bit of a shitter.

As my job has taken chances keeping me on (I'll admit I've made a couple of big fuck ups), I'm always cautious about telling them where to stick the extra work. Don't get me wrong, when I'm not busy, I quite enjoy working on the servers, setting up mailbox limits, autoforwarding, etc. It's a new learning experience for me. But I can't do it all the time, as they want.

I have been looking, but sadly there aren't many jobs around at the moment, and any that are round won't give a second look to someone without a degree. My Java and SQL qualifications mean nothing to them. I just find it amusing that if you put a recent Uni graduate into my job, they'd be lost. Experience is more valuable, I find.

I've decided that I'm going to stay until the new year, at which point I'll request a pay review. If I don't come out of the meeting earning more money, I'm going to throw myself head first into the jobs market. That's not me being selfish, I've been here 3 years, and I do about twice the number of tasks I was employed to.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 9 Jul 2009, 9:20, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

This might help with the job search
www.indeed.co.uk/

I've found it to be invaluable.
( Captain V, Thu 9 Jul 2009, 9:22, Reply)