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[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Listen and then say.

So this will mean overtime? Or can it wait till Monday?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Unless you're salary. A wise man once told me "The longer it takes us to do this, the closer we get to minimum wage."

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you are on salary and your Boss pulls this shit on Friday afternoon. It time to find a firm that actually respects your skill-set.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

The bottom range of salaried employees are just so employers can pull this shit, and get paid less than higher paid hourly people.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Depending on the state you should still be paid overtime. The only exceptions are the really high paid executives and ceos. Mostly because they already get crazy bonuses for doing nothing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

If you make over $36k and are salaried in most cases you're exempt from overtime AFAIK

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

I'm on salary, still not working overhours unless I get paid. My contract states 40 hours, I'm working 40 hours. Need more? Pay significantly more.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This why you negotiate an equivalent hourly rate instead.

They're paying for your time just as much as they're paying for your skills.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hell no. I've been salaried and I've been hourly. I am more than willing to put in a few 50-55 or so hour weeks a year in exchange for being able to come in late or leave early for appointments without trouble, working about 35 hours a week every other week at most, being able to work from home more or less whenever I need to, never getting flagged for not clocking in/out at the right time... the list goes on and on. My salary is for 40 hour weeks, and I hold to that when I need to. But the reality of my job is that when there's a crisis I need to be there. I'll take that for all the advantages any day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'll take my 32 hour weeks every week with no 50+ hour weeks ever, thank you very much.

Never had any problems making appointments either. You either had a shitty boss or you were letting yourself be pushed around.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

What? Where do you work that you get paid for 40 hours while working and clocked in for 32 and also get to be clocked in while you're not there? I have a fantastic boss and do not let myself get pushed around.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And then he says: Wait you don't work here. Who are you?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Woo-hoo unemployment pay while I find a better job!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Oh, sorry, I have to

  1. take the kid out of kindergarten
  2. Mom to a checkup
  3. Meet a friend at the (insert some lie)
  4. Take my cousin to the airport
  5. Buy some shit from the pharmacy
  6. Catch the last bus
  7. Go smoke some weed at home
[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

got it: "I have to smoke some weed with my mom at the kindergarten"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yep this is what I gotta do. See you next week. Ok byeee

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

"Email me chief, I'll take a look when I get a chance"

The chance is always Monday morning.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

"You have two minutes and 30 seconds until you owe me overtime."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Headphones are great. You can't work extra when you can't hear

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

POV your soul has left your body.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't work on friday. 0_0

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Ah yes, you were about to give me a raise and paid overtime because you need me to stay longer right? No?

Well then this sounds like a "you problem" i'll be back on monday.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Was there some thing I could have...