Contracting and hours worked

[mondeoman]

Do you just do your contracted hours or do you do more, even if you don't get paid overtime?

[mondeoman]

A year long contract, not a brilliant rate but more than enough to live on, good possibility of it being extended annually and nice people to work with.
Not talking about walking out of a meeting, but want to be seen as professional.

[mondeoman]

40 hrs a week, total of 2000 per year. Just trying to get a feel for what is reasonable. Other work I've done I've always done more than expected, just to make sure things get done properly.

[mondeoman]

spikeyhead said:

If you're contracted to do 40 hours a week then do 40. Obviously if the 40 finished halfway through a chat with a client don't walk out of the door. If it becomes obvious that you'll get to 40 on Thursday or early Friday morning then negotiate some extra hours if you want to, or get the Friday off. Don't bill every hour you spend on site, don't be seen as being inflexible and don't work 50 or 60 hours a week when they are only paying you for 40.

Thats what I thought - the pragmatic approach . Just dont want to get caught in the trap of them thinking of me as a permie by overdoing the hours.