• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    I’m glad I don’t work for a company that forces me to go through a security gate, and I’m glad we don’t track hours. I get paid salary, and I rarely work more than 8 hours in a given day, and my average hours worked per week is usually under 40.

    It’s nice you had some protections, but those protections really shouldn’t be necessary.

    • EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      You’re lucky. Many people on salary end up working overtime with no pay increase.

      Once again, there are good managers & (far too frequently) bad (Elon loving cockwomble) managers

    • Tja@programming.dev
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      2 months ago

      Being salaried doesn’t remove you from those protections, at least in Europe. You get overtime, which is either 1.5x pay or you accumulate PTO.

      • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        In the US most salaried positions are not eligible for overtime. Unfortunately, California has yet to close that loophole.

        The next job above me is salaried. If I were to get a promotion, I’d be making about 2/3 of my current income because I would lose all of the hourly protections I have. Despite a higher base pay.