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I think most professional jobs require so much more than 40 hours these days and some empllyers take advantage. Still dinners, conventions, travel, all can make a work week seem endless. What do you think?
There are pros/cons to salaried vs. hourly pay. Going by personal experience, I prefer a salary as I'm paid to do a job, not for the time I spend doing it. Thus, I have no problems having to work outside of a standard 9-5 day as I also have the flexibility of taking a long lunch, run errands, leave early/arrive late, etc..
Abuse of the system occurs on both sides - OT might not be granted by some employers, but there are also plenty of employees that are clocked in... but not necessarily doing any work. Not saying any of this is justified, but it definitely isn't a one way street either.
There are pros/cons to salaried vs. hourly pay. Going by personal experience, I prefer a salary as I'm paid to do a job, not for the time I spend doing it. Thus, I have no problems having to work outside of a standard 9-5 day as I also have the flexibility of taking a long lunch, run errands, leave early/arrive late, etc..
Abuse of the system occurs on both sides - OT might not be granted by some employers, but there are also plenty of employees that are clocked in... but not necessarily doing any work. Not saying any of this is justified, but it definitely isn't a one way street either.
THIS.
When you work a job where you "clock in" such as a retail one you definitely get screwed.
You get yelled at if you don't take a break. But, if you clock out to take a break and a customer asks you where the Caramel Praline Fudge Nut Swirl Banana ice cream is and you tell them "I'm on break" you also get in trouble. If you do help them on your break, you essentially lose that time because you will get in trouble for legthening your break to make up for that time.
That is why, generally speaking, Exempt employees are paid more than Non-exempt.
They're only paid "more" when the number of hours worked remains within the agreed to range.
Do the math.
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