Salaried Employees

[shellybaxter]

I chose other - there is no hour expectation on my job. I am expected to complete my objectives - however long it takes. Today I worked seven hours but yesterday I worked twelve

 

[AllyandJack]

I had a billable hour requirement of 2200hrs. We were given a total of 7wks paid time off, including holidays, so, assume you took it all (nobody did....that was a sure way to get a horrible review), that's 45wks in a year. So, an average of about 49hrs/wk.

It doesn't sound like much, but it's BILLABLE hours, so if you take bathroom breaks, breaks to run out for food, breaks to get a drink, breaks to sit in your car and scream (OK, maybe that was just me) you're actually working 10-12hrs a day and many weekends. Anything you did that you couldn't bill for (that 10mn conversation in the hall with your office neighbor), didn't count.

2200 was the minimum and it was frowned upon to only do the minimum. That's Big Law in Downtown Boston. It was rough.

 

[Mrs.Toad]

I said other. I was always expected to work as long as it took to get the job done. Some weeks that could be 60-70 hours, other weeks it could be 30. My bosses were always fine with working less than 40 when we were slow, because they knew we'd work our tails off when we needed to.

 

[MomofKatie]

DH is salaried mgmt- the "official" expectation is 50 hours, but he usually ends up working more than 60 hrs/week. He is a workaholic, though, so he probably works more than most in his position.

 

[NHdisneylover]

During the rare (15%) weeks DH works at his home office he tends to put in 45-55 hours. He travels a heck of a lot and tends to work more when traveling (closer to 60) as well as having working dinners about half the time when traveling. About once every six weeks or so he also has to spend a weekend day doing the actual traveling. He does get the flexibility to oocassionally leave early or come in late though (like leaving early the day before vacation or going in late after a dentist appointmnet) which helps make up for the crazy hours a bit.

 

[lila]

As many as it takes. Certainly more than 50.

 

[DisneyFan32WI]

48 is the official number for me!

 

[Carly_Roach]

It's a way of not paying overtime.

Amen. I know people who make $30,000 a year who are salaried. They are expected to work overtime but not get paid for it. Sometimes if they are lucky, the boss will let them leave early on Friday if they've put in 50 hours by 3:00 Friday afternoon. But even then they're expected to be grateful for that and to not expect it every week.

I'll be glad when the economy improves and jobs start opening up again. We're finding out firsthand how unions got such a great start here in Michigan.

 

[Inigo]

Legally it is 365 days 24 hours a day.

Fortunately it doesn't happen. It's a way of not paying overtime.

Actually not. Salary is just a payment method. There are some jobs that are overtime exempt, and some that are not. To find out if your job is one that is not exempt and therefore qualifies for overtime pay, call your state Department of Labor.

It varies based on state, also, so what's true in CA might not be true in TN.

 

[goofyernmost]

It came to a head for me when the boss informed us that whatever we have been working regularly would now become our normal work week. No more comp. time was the objective. That day, I became a 40 hour employee. I don't mind giving when I get at least something in return. I do nothing for free, I don't work to maintain my good looks.

What started out as a job I really enjoyed quickly turned me into an "I'm only here for the paycheck" type employee.

 

[rgf207]

I am required to work 40 hours a week. My average is over 50. I run the network department in my company so I put a lot of overtime in but I dont get paid for it.

 

[SC Minnie]

Dh and I both are salaried. His official hours are 35/week but he works closer to 45/week and sometimes 50 at month end.

My official hours are 40 but typically work more like 45 and sometimes 50. Neither one of use get overtime. Our dept is one of the few in this building that does not get overtime.

 

[wdwfan16]

I work between 40 and 45 hours per week. I have a very flexible schedule. One day I might work 11 hours and the next I can leave at noon.

 

[downsouth]

I try to work 40 but usually end up closer to 50. I'll agree with the previous poster that I work what I need to get the job done and go home to my family. I've found that all the face time, working 80 hours a week gets you basically no where in the industry I'm in. You either attach your lips to someones rear or are a family member to advance, and regardless of your quality of work if your salary meets the needed cost cuts your gone, bye bye!

 

[luvsJack]

Actually not. Salary is just a payment method. There are some jobs that are overtime exempt, and some that are not. To find out if your job is one that is not exempt and therefore qualifies for overtime pay, call your state Department of Labor.

It varies based on state, also, so what's true in CA might not be true in TN.

I have no clue whether the job I have now is exempt, but we are paid salary and then can be paid overtime. During a normal week, we work 35 hours. During registration (3 times a year, lasting 3-4 weeks each time) we work as much as 60 hours a week. They do pay us for that. We get 5 hours straight time and the rest is overtime. There may also be a time or two throughout the year that our dean will ask us to work over for some reason or other, he may see to it that we are paid or he gives us comp time.

When I had the child care center, I remember being told at a meeting that some salaried workers are exempt and some or not. Seems like I remember that teachers were exempt because I thought that was unfair (I know teachers can put in an extreme amount of overtime). And I guess certain food service managers must be exempt because mot of them do not get compensated for hours over 40 (another job that can work an extreme amount of overtime).

 

[stczt]

Dh is salary plus overtime, anything over 40 is time and half, then throw in holiday pay.

 

[Pakey]

I'm in an upper management position and I work somewhere between 60-100 hours per week. I've been salaried my entire career and have always worked a lot of hours.

 

[manning]

What is exempt and non-exempt

http://www.flsa.com/coverage.html

 

[Chicago526]

I'm hourly but my boss is salary, and her work week is 37.5 about 99% of the time. Occasionally she'll have to stay late to work on something but I can't ever remember her working more that 40 hours in a week, with the exception of the week of 9/11 (we're travel agents and had a lot of stranded travelers to help). The vast majority of the time, she clocks in and out when my co-worker and I do.

 

[Feralpeg]

I voted 40 to 45, but I was in the IT industry. At any time, if there was a system problem, I was expected to be there until it was fixed. This could mean going in to work during the middle of the night.

When I did conversion of new clients to the system, I often worked 60 hours a week for several months at a time. During the actual conversion weekend, I normally worked 48 hours straight. I was the manager in charge of the conversion group. Once it started, I was there until it was done.