overtime work
Beyond normal shift
Overtime work is labor performed beyond standard working hours, typically exceeding 40 hours per week in the United States.
Employers often pay premium rates—commonly time-and-a-half—for overtime work.
The term covers both voluntary extra shifts and mandatory requirements: The project deadline meant overtime work for the entire team.
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- late nightsTime after midnight
- burning the midnight oilWorking very late
crunch · salary · paycheck · workload · hustle · stress · clock · hours · long hours · fatigue · office · grind · weekend · shift · boss · project · coffee · commute
- frugalityfrugality, thrift, frugal, penny-pinching, economize
- holiday activitiesgift giving, gift buying, family gatherings, decorating, baking
overtime workregular hours
Fixed, consistent work times
undertime · nine-to-five · reduced hours · part-time work · time off
overtime workunderemployment
Insufficient use of labor capacity
idle time · slack time · downtime · leisure · paid leave
overtime workleisure time
Unscheduled waking hours
time off · free time · personal time · downtime · rest
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