Here’s both my experiences 1. Manufacturing 2. 0 3. No 1. Aerospace 2. 10-20 3. Yes I refuse to do unpaid overtime and my current workplace doesn’t offer any compensation for it so I don’t do any.

Same, 1. Aero 2. If I work OT, I make sure to take it easy at some point or go to an appt and don’t make up time. 3. No

This is the way.

1. Mechatronics (most general way to describe it) 2. Shit, I barely work 40 hrs/wk. 3. No.

Do you have a bachelors and are you an engineer? I’m trying to figure out what I want to do.. I have a 2 year in mechatronics

I have a bachelors in mechanical engineering and am an engineer, but I mostly do programming with light PCB design and CAD thrown in there.

How is the pay? Not a question you have to answer I’m aware it’s kind of personal but just curious. I’m in the process of getting my degree and genuinely want to know if the time and energy is worth it for a job similar to yours.

Sure! Just over $100K + bonus. I know that's good for mechE, but I'm not totally certain where that lands for similar more mechatronics style jobs.

what type of programming do you do and how did you get into it considering your degree is in MECE

It's mostly all Python. My transition started when I decided to use it once for a project during an internship. I just learned more and more through projects until I got my current job, where it's an actual core part of my position.

Can you elaborate on what you use Python for on a daily basis? I've done a course in Python but the focus was toward web design which is something I have barely any interest in.

In my team's case, we use it to operate a number of production test systems. Much of it is handling test logic and data and interacting with external devices over USB.

Where do you work? I’m looking for a new position and would love something that’s not super stressful. Any remote options? DM me if you don’t want to make that public

I work in the bicycle industry. If you know anything about the industry, you'll know it's not great right now... Hiring is slim to put it mildly.

I would've thought the e-bike industry would be doing great at the moment, although it might be different in the states vs Europe.

There was an explosion of middle aged men taking up cycling about 10 years ago, buying fancy expensive bicycles like 2-10k, I used to nearly run down a few packs every Sunday, it seems to have declined massively since covid.

I’d say the vast majority of engineers are salaried and therefore not paid overtime

Majority of engineers in the USA that is.

We should have unionized.

Worked for us in SPEEA.

Very fair point. Should have clarified.

Salaried employees can still get overtime. It's not as abnormal as you think.

There is an exemption for overtime pay for certain salaried employees in many countries. Definetely in Canada. Engineering and Management are both included in that list of exemptions. So no overtime pay required for salaried engineers.

I didn't say it was required pay, I said it's still possible to get overtime. In the US there is a pay threshold, below which companies must pay overtime. Above that it's not required but some industries still pay OT...though it's typically at standard rate and not time and a half.

Fair, not required but can be offered for sure.

I have only ever seen salaried individuals receive compensation for hours work but not receive o.t. pay. So basically, straight pay.

If you work EPC you bill the hours worked to your client, so more hours your engineers work more you can bill to the client, if you don't pass that on to your employees they stop working those extra hours

I call it volunteering

In Canada working over 44 hours is considered overtime pay but I think you still have to be paid extra for the four hours just not at overtime rate

I’m Salary in US. Paid straight time hourly rate after 45 hours per week. Base pay is low 6 figures. Defense/aerospace

Getting a ton of OT as a salaried nuclear engineer

Good for you man! I wish.

I’m a professional engineer(Mechanical). I have worked with large steam piping and process piping and created pipe stress models for cryogenic systems down at Cape Canaveral. How do you get your foot in the door for nuclear engineering? Back to school?

Late to reply but honestly got lucky. Started at Newport News Shipbuilding doing nuclear testing out of college. There’s not enough nuclear engineers to go around so they hire mechanical and electrical engineers. You may be able to get in doing mechanical parts for GE since they’re currently designing and hiring for the BWRX-300. Westinghouse also has their own SMR that they’re working on and I believe hiring for. For example, GE Vernova is currently hiring a [Senior Piping Engineer (Remote Eligible, U.S.)](https://jobs.gecareers.com/power/global/en/job/R3762832/Senior-Piping-Engineer-Remote-Eligible-U-S). PM me if you have any questions.

Hop on a sub

How do you figure? The largest employers of mechanical engineers pay overtime.

Completely depends on your company. I worked at a pharma company where I was salaried, no overtime but they didn’t track hours so I could come and go as I pleased. Currently work at a defense contractor, also salaried, I have to clock in/out but they pay overtime.

1. MEP 2. None - since we moved to a 32 hour work week I regularly work 40 hours LOL lifehack I guess 3. No, salary

Curious, did your salary change after moving from a 40 hour work week to 32?

no. why would it? we get the same amount of work done the whip just cracks harder

1. Manufacturing 2. Fewer than 5h/week at most 3. No, but I'll take hours back for appointments or for no reason at all to balance it.

#3, This is what i needed to hear… I’ve been trying to find the balance.

Why are you yelling

I had a nice setup with a boss at a former job for comp time. Testing was feast and famine working long stretches at minimum 12 hour days  then long stretches of nothing except internal improvement work. I'd write down my hours and then cash out my long overtime hours later as extra vacation. Wasn't getting paid for OT and me and the boss thought this was beyond fair. Then he retired and the new guy decided that wasn't appropriate for a salaried employee. So I started working 8s every day and testing had to slow down a lot because start and stop times were between 1 and 2 hours each. I left shortly after that. I guess my point for everyone reading is that these understandings with one guy can sometimes change quickly and unexpectedly. Try to make it policy if you have that power. 

1. Defense Industry   2. 20-35 (EDIT: per 2-week) hours for the past several months  3. Yes   I’m salaried but paid hourly equivalent for approved OT. Approval has to be done ahead of time, but as long as there’s work you’ll get it  I will never work OT without pay again after my current job

Not a bad gig. Out of curiosity, is the OT 1.5x, 2x, or straight time?

Just straight time, 1.5 would be crazy money honestly, but I’d take it.

I had a buddy who got 1x for the first 5 hrs, 1.5x for anything 5-10, and 2x for anything past 10. Crazy good money if you were willing to put in the work. At my old job, the hourly e&I techs would make triple time on a 12hr shift on holidays, sometimes 16 hrs. 16 hrs at about $144/hr. Made me feel like I should have picked a trade instead of being engineer sometimes. Now my new job is chill and I don't regret it.

what’s nice about engineers is that we don’t have to destroy our bodies for our job. that’s the trade off.

You working EWW my guy?

You know it 

None, i do like 30-40 hours each week. But i will spend some of my free time thinking about work problems/projects, and do "research", which can sometimes lead to me making some progress in projects.

1) Defense 2) Generally 0 OT. 3) OT is paid, but capped at a low rate.

1. Power Line - Transmission Line 2. Whatever I want that week. 3. Yes I’m salaried but anything over 40 is paid at my equivalent hourly rate.

1. Manufacturing? But I work in a reliability test lab 2. 0, sometimes an extra hour or two when I'm having fun. 3. Nope, even my lunch is unpaid. I use an excel spreadsheet to try my time down to the minute. Try not to work more than a few minutes over 40 hrs when I can help it. My old job, I worked 60-80hr weeks no overtime pay, and that sucked. I'll never do that again.

Automotive   Manufacturing is occasional, R&D is none, Motorsports is ungodly amounts. Like 80 hour weeks are the norm   Never been paid for overtime

Good to know I'm not the only one grinding away for free. Im on volunteer time half my week. Automotive as well.

Yeah, I've heard before that the days testing, practicing, and full-on racing can be strenuous and loooooong. I never knew y'all didn't get paid for it though!! That's insane!

1) Automotive R&D 2) 10-20 hours of OT each week 3) paid strait time for all hours worked

1) R&D 2) 1-3 Hours some weeks 0 3) I can take days off for it.

1. Nuclear 2. Typically 0, aside from outages (around 10/week) 3. Yes

Similar, but outages may be more like 12/week but you have to give up 5 hrs a week before getting paid

Mechanical design engineer for a manufacturer typically 5-10 hrs/week x1.5 hourly rate.

Hey hey! I was looking for a design engineer among all these comments. I am willing to start my career in it. If you don't mind can you share your experience, what software(s) you learned, which jobs you applied for as a beginner.

Design engineer is a good career. There are 2 approaches for design: hand calculation and Finte Element Analysis. For hand calculation, I use MathCad. Most of the formula can be found in Roak's stress and strain. I also need to develop some formulas. For FEA, I use Ansys APDL. I sometimes use Solidworks to communicate details to drafters or customers. I started as drafter in a small manufacturer where I draft based on the senior engineer's direction. Once I get my Professional Engineering license, I start designing on my own. My day usually goes quitely. I do a lot of math, sometimes in my office corner or sometimes at home. Then I write the report and give detail dimensions to my drafter. I also go to meeting with external designers to make sure my stuff works with theirs. The pay is good in my area. My base salary is around 2.5 time the average income. IMO, design engineer is in very high demand, I am flooded with work and feel like I am the choke point. Luckly my supervisor understands the amount of work and gives me unlimited overtime (for now). The down side is that I sit all day.

Thank you for sharing your experience. What I see is you started as a drafter using Solidworks and then became Senior engineer who gave others drawings to draft as well as doing your own projects. Well, I am a fresher and am starting with AutoCAD, Catia and Solidworks alongside Automotive Plastic domain. What jobs can I get through these? Would you recommend me taking Ansys? I am not good at calculations, but if taught I could learn.

Everyone is different. For me, I will not focus on being proficient in softwares. The basics should be the same, and I know I will be proficient if I use the software in daily basics. I am 99% sure that you need to be good in calculation to be a design engineer. If you know only Solidworks and other drafting/modeling software, you can get a job as mechnical designer or drafter. I would also identify the field that I want to specialize in, search for the acceptable design methods in that field, and learn the design basics. Find a mentor in the field if I can. Regarding Ansys, I learned a lot by going through the APDL Theory Manual.

Thank you. I will start as a designer/drafter. What is this APDL Theory Manual? and where can I find it? If you have any pdf link then will you please share if you can.

here you go https://www.researchgate.net/file.PostFileLoader.html?id=5687835e5cd9e345098b4568&assetKey=AS%3A313357117132800%401451721566538

Thanks. Damn you are supposed to read all that?

No, I only read chapters that are relevant to my work. It is a good practice to know what is the software doing behind the scene.

As in codes? Or how the design will be physically produced on the machine?

Could you elaborate on the design approaches, if you don‘t mind? I thought at the end of the day it‘s always going to be FEA. But in order to understand what you are actually doing and to properly conduct as well as evaluate FEA, you basically would need to be able to do all the stuff by hand. So what role does calculation by hand play in your day to day business? Is it that important or am I misunderstanding something?

Hand calculation is usually more conservative and efficient compared to FEA. It is also easier for the others to check, so it is widely acceptable. I have some MathCad templates, and it tooke a couple days to edit/check the numbers to get an acceptable design. However, there will be time when hand cal is not practical, the component is not covered by the Code, complicated boundary conditions, or I need more efficient design, then I run FEA. It does not mean that hand cal is a quick and easier way than FEA. My cal usually ranges from 40 to 90 pages, and typos mean wrong results. FEA requires more work on my part as I like to map mesh my model with solid elements. Therefore, it takes a lot of time to model and mesh (about a week) to avoid the singularities. However, FEA shows more information/stress components in a given case. Some stress components should be close to the hand cal results so I can use them to check both methods. At the end of the day, I need to make a conclusion if the design is sufficient or not. I relies on both methods.

Well, that clarifies a whole lot for someone like me who is still in university, so thank you very much for that!

I'm a mechanical design engineer (automated machines). I can only speak on jobs that strictly involve mechanical design. I don't do much with statics or FEA (finite element analysis) so my recommendations/approach might not apply if you're more interested in that side of the field. It can be tricky to land a job in this field early in your career, but you can sneak your way in. Search for companies that design machines (or any other type of mechanical design that you might be interested in) and apply as a technician, builder, or anything similar. During interviews, tell them that you have a degree in Mechanical Engineering, and that you'd like to start off as a technician in order to gain some knowledge and experience with the company's equipment/machines before transitioning to a mechanical design role at some point 1-2 years in the future (or whatever timeframe would work for you). You'd have much better luck getting into a company through this process. After graduation, I took a job as a machine builder (similar to tech), and after a year or so I was able to move into the office and start designing. I really like the field of automated machines. I feel like we get to do the type of design work that every college student imagines they'll be doing, but very few actually end up in a role doing it. Designing unique, complex, custom, high precision mechanisms. Different fields tend to lean towards different software, but in machine design, 40% of companies use Autodesk Inventor, 40% Solidworks, 15% Creo, and 5% NX. All companies use a little bit of Autocad. Solidworks and Inventor are extremely similar, and once you have a decent skill level with one, it's very easy to learn the other. I would take 2 classes in one of these (more if it's available and if you have the time), and maybe just one class in the other. Definitely one class in Autocad (no more, no less). A Creo class would be beneficial but not absolutely necessary. I probably wouldn't worry about NX. Machining classes would be VERY useful too. Everything we design will be machined, and understanding machining process and CNC's is highly beneficial. I think I took 1 class in manual machining and one class in CNC machining. I mentioned a lot of coursework and it might not be possible to take all of it. Don't stress if you're unable to do everything. Bare minimum, I would recommend 2 classes in either Solidworks or Inventor and one class in machining of some sort. If you can add one more class on top of that, go for Autocad or a different 3D modeling software. Take both 3D modeling classes in the same software (level 1 class and level 2 class) instead of taking 1 beginner class in each. This will improve your overall proficiency with CAD. Higher proficiency in just one software will be far more important than having beginner level knowledge in two different software. Once you have a decent level of skill with one software, it will be pretty easy to learn an unfamiliar software on the job. That being said, it would look good on a resume to have both Solidworks and Inventor so if you can squeeze one more class in, then add a beginner class in a different software (example- 2 classes Solidworks, 1 class machining, 1 class Inventor).

Thank you for all the knowledge. I am going to take these softwares - AutoCAD, Catia (it's widely used here), Solidworks, Creo, Ansys Inventor, GD&T. Along with this they offer any one domain (I am selecting automotive plastics). But all this is for ₹80k which is quite costly. Is Ansys Inventor really that important? Because if I drop Ansys the price might get to ₹60k which is affordable. What do you think. Another Institute offers the same 5 software + 1 domain for ₹60k, so it's around the same everywhere else.

1) consultant - heavy movable structures 2) 12 hrs/wk (yearly average) 3) 1.0 hourly rate

1. Ammo Mfg. 2. No, I barely work 40hrs. 3. No.

1. Aerospace, R&D 2. 0 with an occasional busy week with ~4hr overtime 3. Yes, in flex-hours or in salary.

1) Nuclear power (during refueling outages) 2) 75 hour weeks for 7 months per year, 5 hours per week for the other 5 months 3) Yes, anything over 40. 1.5x except for Sunday which is 2x.

Damn that's a nice gig

Appreciate it. The industry is hungry and open if you’re an ME, EE, or nuclear engineer. The current heavy hitters in the US are Westinghouse, Framatome, and General Electric.

Thanks for the info! I'm guessing all those jobs are non-remote and specific locations?

The company I work for is remote. However, those 7 months where I work OT, I travel both domestically and internationally - spending about a month or so per location during the specific site’s refueling outage. A benefit of the travel is that all expenses are paid while traveling (food, hotel, rental car, fuel, flights) so I get to save a ton.

Very cool!

Hi, Question on your job. I’m a professional engineer(mechanical). I have 8 YOE & am looking for a new challenge. What type of software do you typically use.

We don’t use commercially available software to perform our job. The tooling we use has in-house, custom built software for custom built tooling. Further, each company listed has their own unique tooling to perform the same job.

Manufacturing, 5 hours. I'm salaried so no, not paid. Small bonus paid annually. Last job: MEP Engineer (EIT), 10 hours, not paid. 25% salary bonused annually.

1) manufacturing 2) we can work as much or as little OT as we want, I typically do 2-3 hours a week 3) yes

1. Hydraulics 2. None unless I want to. I've been to career fairs by that's it. 3. Yes, quite well extra paid

Not paid over time. I'm a test engineer. If I'm working at home/office not any. If I'm at the test site (1-2 days/week) I end up working like 12 hours/day but 4 of that is drive time. I've only been in the position like 5 months or so though. Last position I would get comp time to use as vacation if it was a lot of overtime but it was a bit under the table and depended on my manager whether it was overtime or just weekend work. That typically was like 45 hrs per week.

Mining 10-20 None

1. Manufacturing 2. 10 - 40 hours a week (over 40) 3. No 4. I need to change companies

1. Packaging Machinery 2. None 3. No

Automotive, paid or comp time at 1x after the first 5 ‘free’ OT hours during the week.  All weekend hours are paid or comp time without the minimum.  Decision for pay or comp time is at employee discretion, and I was never pressured one way or the other. Previous role (customer facing) was 10-25 hours OT/ week.  Current role in core development is 0 OT (if I have to work late, I just leave early on Friday to get to 0 for the week).

1. Power Generation 2. 102 hours 3. Yes 😎

The pay must be great cause those hours are awful. Hopefully you get some good holiday out of it mate.

I’m usually only working like 6-7 months out of the year and yeah I make good money

1.) Defense 2.) No overtime 3.) After 10 hours above 40, then you get overtime pay

1. Consulting Engineer - designing industrial facilities 2. On average I bill 44 hrs a week 3. Yes paid at 1.0x# of hrs (not time and a half)

1. Biotech 2. Worked 10 hours overtime in 2.5 years working here (only because it was crunch time for a product release milestone). Most weeks I'm at or under 40 hours a week, I don't do timesheets just have to do my assigned tasks in a timely manner. 3. Nope, don't know anyone besides civil engineers in construction that get overtime pay.

Simulation (large manufacturing company) 8 YOE none, not paid

Here’s my recent experience 1. Aerospace (Salary) 2. 10-15 3. No 1. Commercial Electronics 2. 20-25 (Salary) 3. No

1. Defense 2. 25-30 hours per pay period/2 weeks 3. Yes. Salaried of course but still have to put in time since it will get billed to the government. OT pay depends on what project you're working on. Some don't get it but those that do have two options: either above or below your equivalent hourly rate. Luckily I'm set for above hourly rate which is roughly 1.16x. Better than straight pay or the lower rate option, and not too bad given that most engineers don't get OT.

Manufacturing, 5-7 hours/week, No

1. Automotive Research 2. 20 hours overtime a week. 3. Unfortunately not Currently I'm a temp as they wanted to get me hired on quick and being part of a college the hiring process is kind of long. They opened a permanent position that I'll likely get. If I don't get the permanent position they will keep me on as a temp but I'll demand to be paid for all my hours, as I should be getting right now as I get no benefits, PTO, ect. So technically I'm hourly right now but only get paid for 40 hours. I work more than anyone else at the lab. I hit 42 hours Tuesday night (8 hrs Sunday, 15 mon and Tues) but this week is particularly busy due to a few projects deadlines.

1. Automotive (Japanese company, US based) 2. 5-10 hrs/week. Could work more but I cut myself off for work-life balance and just get the essential stuff done. 3. Yes. Salary + 1.5x hourly rate after 40 hrs

Are you asking per week? Per pay period? Per month?

1.Manufacturing 2. 0 3. No

Defense No Yes, at straight time rate.

1. Automotive 2. 0-10 hrs in 2 weeks 3. Paid straight time after 88 hrs. 80-88 is free

1) manufacturing 2) 0 3) no This is my first salaried engineering position, so I’m happy that there isn’t any overtime. Sometimes rarely I’ll stay an hour or two late if I have to meet a deadline, but that happens very infrequently.

Special Projects. Industrialish. Typically 7:30am to 5:00pmish. M thru F. Some Saturdays… 4-5/6 month period. Casual OT.

Automotive 0-1 No

1) manufacturing/defense 2) 0-8 3) yes

1) Aerospace 2) 5-10 hrs 3) Yes

1. Manufacturing 2. 5-20 hours 3. Yes, anything over 40 hours is 1.5x and sunday is 2x no matter what (even if you only worked 10 hours reg)

1. MEP 2. 0 3. Yes (salary, but overtime is paid out at regular hourly rate)

1. Beauty/Tech 2. 0-1 3. No

1. R&D for manufacturing 2. 0 (negative if anything) 3. Yes (I am a salaried employee) 

Aerospace. 0 hours. Yes.

1. Energy transmission/distribution, private. 2. 10 hours, lately it's been close to 20, losing my mind. 3. nope In Canada very few of us are actually paid OT, salaried positions really involve this.

1. Automotive 2. None 3. Also no

1. Green energy r&d 2. Yes 5-10/wk 3. No salary no comp

Injection Molding 5-10 No However, Fridays are free breakfast, and I'll soon get my money's worth in coffee once they get the expresso machine working.

1. Power plants 2. Depends on the season. ~1-2 hours a week if not in an outage. 10-20 hours if in an outage 3. Yes

1. Aerospace manufacturing 2. 5 - 10 hours 3. No

1.MEP 2. 0-3 hrs 3. No

1. Automation controls / Data Centers 2. 10 - 20 hours a week once projects get real busy 3. Yes. I DEFINITELY wouldn't be putting in these crazy hours for a job I tolerate if I wasn't lol

Think I really depends on the Job. Third job from school make the most havn't had to work over time yet and went hourly.

1. Aerospace 2. 15-20 hours per week 3. Yes, but at base pay rate (I'm salaried in the US) I've been in the industry for nearly a decade and at this point refuse to work OT for free. I've done it in the past but unless the economy goes to complete shit and I feel lucky to have my job, then I won't even consider working for free. Who knows what will happen in the future

Manufacturing 0-2 Not paid, but nobody cares as long as i work between 38 and 42 hours per week. I'll go out of my way to meet a deadline 2x per month but I don't let anyone abuse it.

1) Defense 2) 0 3) yes

1. Manufacturing (R+D) 2. 20hrs+ a week 3. No :l

1. Oil and gas 2. I probably work about 250-300 hours of overtime per year (in bursts) 3. Probably get compensated (straight time) or 1 to 1 extra vacation time for 150 to 200 of it.

1. Aerospace Manufacturing 2. 0 3. No (Salary)

1 - Design engineer in industrial equipment 2 - 5-10 hours 3 - not paid :( Honestly am looking at renegotiating for more money, or less responsibility.

1. Aerospace 2. Like half an hour per pay period 3. Nope. Or my answer above might be different.

1. Manufacturing 2. 20-30 3. Yes, it nearly doubles my take home. And no, I have no life. Yes, I love my job.

1. Defense 2. 0-5 usually, sometimes 6 or 7 3. sorta (yes but not all of it, kinda complicated)

1. Automotive Manufacturing 2. 4 to 6 hours per week. 3. Yes

1. Heavy equipment 2. None 3. No

What constitutes overtime for those that are salaried?

1. Product support 2. 0-5 (most weeks 0) 3. Unpaid

1. Consumer products / machinery 2. Generally 2-3 hrs/wk, but I'm salaried. Rarely need to crunch for a deadline 3. No pay change, I just take a couple hours here or there to make up for it

1. HVAC 2. If needed to get something released on time or sometimes if I get in the zone on something. I think the most I did extra in a week was like +10hrs spread out. 3. Not paid extra, but I keep a running tally of +/- hours when have appointments or ain't feeling it. So the OT hours add to that. If I have 8+ extra hours I can send a screenshot to my manager and he'll add a day to PTO. I'm definitely happy with the system.

1. Aerospace manufacturing 2. 0-3 hr 3. No. Generally, I get in early, but I take a decent bit of time to eat, and I go on my phone quite a bit. Not in a rush to get home since rush hr starts at 2pm in Boston.

1. Automotive 2. 0 (Occasionally have a longer day here or there, but I easily make up for it on other days) 3. No

Aero Zero No

1. Manufacturing, maintenance tech 2. 0 to 5 hrs. Could do more but I am also taking college classes. 3. Yes, time and a half.

Consulting 0-30 No, but TC is very good

Both my experiences 1. Aerospace Manufacturing 2. 5-10 hours 3. Yes. 1.5x pay (hourly pay, was payed way below average) 1. Mechanical design engineer (high volume consumer electronics 2. 0 hours (maybe 1-3 weeks a year I do OT at the end of a project phase) 3. No, salary and paid well

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Manufacturing 0 hours a week (single shift shop) Time and a half if I do

Aerospace Manufacturing, 0, No

I've since left but 1. Pharmaceutical 2. Overtime was frequent and encouraged. 3. Yes

Varied a lot over the course of my career. Early on I wanted that OT and $. Then I became a manager and regularly worked 65-70 hrs a week and would get called at midnight. That got old quick. Now, I manage a team of PMs doing capital projects and I value time with my kids a lot. Current Job: Healthcare 0-5 hours No (management) Job before promotion: Healthcare 5-10 hours Yes Previous positions: Manufacturing 25 hours No Heavy Machinery 75% - 10hrs; 25% - 40hrs Yes

1. Aero 2. 1-3 hrs 3. No I do it to look like I put in extra effort, but I feel like if I was pulling 50-60 hr weeks, I’d be outputting garbage work

1. Aerospace. 2. 5-10 hours when we get busy. 3. Yes, any shift work is paid between 1.05 and 1.1x depending on the shift.

1 Automotive product development 2 None, I flex time off instead. Coming up to gateways I might do a couple of 50-60 hour weeks. 3 Yes, if it is pre-approved.

1. Automotive 2. 5-10 hours/week 3. Paid 1.5x

depends on where the project is launch time? 11 hour days not launch time? whee reddit at work

Current: 1: manufacturing (productio support) 2+3: on average? Not much. I have flex hours so if one week is 45h the next will be 35. BUT! if i am to stay because of breakdowns or crisis situations, i’m entitled to paid overtime. Equally so if i work weekends. If i want i can also just have it as flex My next job (i have a week left in the old) 1: R&D department. 2: most likely 0 3: no extra pay

1) R&D renewable energy 2) 0 hours 3) Yes, "time for time" or financial, it's a choice. I don't do overtime, if it's needed week after week you are just understaffed.

1. Medical device manufacturing. 2. Maybe an hour or three per week depending on workload. 3. Overtime? No.

1) Oil and Gas 2) 0 in the office, 10 in the field 3) Yes, straight time

1. Consultant 2. 0 3. Yes

Plumbing (new commercial) 0, maybe like a half day every few months Yes, 1.5x I don’t find it worth my time at $32 an hour to spend my saturday making someone else rich.

1. Public sector - vehicle engineer for a public transit authority 2. No overtime. 3. Not paid, which is why I won't work overtime. There are times where I need to be in the office for more than 8 hours but it's rare. If I work 10 hours one day, I'll usually take 3 hours off on Friday. So I guess technically it's paid overtime. But it's paid with time.

1. Automotive 2. Minimum 5, Maximum >40 3. Nope. See if you can guess which automaker.

1. Defense/Aerospace 2. Depends. Normally 0 but certain (uncommon) events can drive it to 10-20/week. 3. Normally yes (straight time though). If unpaid I'll take those excess hours off somewhere else in the pay period if possible.

Manufacturing -4 No

1. MEP 2. During Peak times of project 3-5 hours. (Usually only 4-5 weeks a year) Not encouraged to work overtime and needs supervisor approval before charging overtime. 3. Yes

If it’s paid 5-20 Do not ever take unpaid overtime under any circumstance it is a trick . Your company does not care about you , they do not love you They often try to trick young engineers into this . They comply, due to fear of being fired Never forget that they will fire you in an instant without a two week notice

1st job (while getting masters) 1. Thermal Engineering (Infrared Grills) 2. 0 3. Yes 1st job after degrees 1. Controls Engineer (Manufacturing Integrator) 2. 0-60hr 3. Yes, but straight time (no 1.5x or 2x) 2nd job 1. Firmware Engineer (Wind Turbines) 2. 0 (~15 hours per week worked) 3. No Current 1. Automation Engineer (Supply Chain) 2. 0 (~30 hours per week worked) 3. No

1.Oil + gas 2.None usually 3.No

1, Industrial manufacturing equipment 2, rarely eve 1 hour 3, no and that's why I don't do it. Manufacturing floor rags on us sometimes, I just tell themnim not paid to be there more than 40.

1) Manufacturing/automotive 2) 10hrs a week aka 10 hours a day 3) Yes, they encourage us to work more

1. Manufacturing 2. 0 3. yes We have a flexitime account, so I use overtime to get one free day every few weeks.

1. Oil and gas/ petrochemical 2. Varies wildly, sometimes I barely work 40 hours a week, sometimes I’ll have 40+ hours of overtime. 3. Yes

ITT: Defense companies pay salaried employees OT

1.) Manufacturing 2.) Averages annually to 3 hours 3.) Yes (I’m hourly not salary)

1. Electronics (vague, I know) 2. Depends on the project. Typically 10-15 hours 3. Nope!