If you are in paid employment, how many unpaid hours do you contribute each week?

I regularly pulled 24 hours shifts at least once a week. I had money in the bank which comes in handy when you are temporarily without shelter. I worked period, it was my penance for crimes real and imagined.

What you are talking about is the difference between exempt positions and non-exempt positions.

Non- exempt you get paid for every hour.

Exempt you are not paid by the hour but to get the job done. If you can get the job done in 4 hours, you can leave. If it takes you 18 hours, then you do what needs to be done to get it finished.

My general office hours are supposed to be 6 – 2:30; but I usually get to my desk at 6:15, and leave anywhere from 1:30 to 2:30. But I am answerable to my Blackberry until 4 or 5 in the afternoon, sometimes well into the evening. Part of what gets me to respond is a judgment on how vital it is or if I can wait until morning. I am paid for my judgment.

Zero. I get paid for 40 and I work 40, unless I take vacation time.

None. There is no hidden expectation to work extra hours in my workplace. Overtime is sometimes available but it is always paid.

I’m paid for 40 hours a week, but usually work 40–50. I am on call 24/7.

I would not. I have not. My time has value, and I will not be cheated.