getting paid hourly or salary?

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Salary....come in late, leave early, long lunch, get paid the same

Actually the best is what my current job is doing. See if you can get away with this...
Get paid salary and then have your salary divided by 2080 which is 40 hours per week. If you work anything above 40 you get your straight wage per hour... It's pretty nice, especially when you work 60 hours a week.

 

[civad]

originally posted by: Reliant
It's my understanding that if you're on salary you're the company's bitch....if you have to stay late to get work done you won't make any more $$.

Absolutely! Esp. if your company has a No-Overtime policy.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: KydLynx

Originally posted by: Reliant
It's my understanding that if you're on salary you're the company's bitch....if you have to stay late to get work done you won't make any more $$.

boo. :disgust: maybe i shouldnt take the job.

i only sent out 3 resumes, and got a job already. Maybe I should take my chances and keep sending out more resumes and hope my luck continues.

What field?

 

[dirtboy]

Hourly = paid overtime.

 

[KydLynx]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: KydLynx

Originally posted by: Reliant
It's my understanding that if you're on salary you're the company's bitch....if you have to stay late to get work done you won't make any more $$.

boo. :disgust: maybe i shouldnt take the job.

i only sent out 3 resumes, and got a job already. Maybe I should take my chances and keep sending out more resumes and hope my luck continues.

What field?

thats classified.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Salary....come in late, leave early, long lunch, get paid the same

Actually the best is what my current job is doing. See if you can get away with this...
Get paid salary and then have your salary divided by 2080 which is 40 hours per week. If you work anything above 40 you get your straight wage per hour... It's pretty nice, especially when you work 60 hours a week.

We can negotiate comp time for extra days off.

 

[mchammer187]

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Salary....come in late, leave early, long lunch, get paid the same

Actually the best is what my current job is doing. See if you can get away with this...
Get paid salary and then have your salary divided by 2080 which is 40 hours per week. If you work anything above 40 you get your straight wage per hour... It's pretty nice, especially when you work 60 hours a week.

i get the same deal 2080 too hehe

except i can't work OT since i just started

but i do get 10 paid holidays 13 sick days and 13 vacation days a year

i like :heart: working for the feds

 

[CrazyDe1]

I had a friend who made 17.00 as an intern and would put in 55-60 hours a week so he'd get time and a half for 15 hours a week in addition to the 17.00 an hour. He then got hired at the same comany making 54k a year and ended up making less than he did as an intern...more hours and no compensation

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: KydLynx

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: KydLynx

Originally posted by: Reliant
It's my understanding that if you're on salary you're the company's bitch....if you have to stay late to get work done you won't make any more $$.

boo. :disgust: maybe i shouldnt take the job.

i only sent out 3 resumes, and got a job already. Maybe I should take my chances and keep sending out more resumes and hope my luck continues.

What field?

thats classified.

Well, I happen to work in the field of Accounting and I know pretty much what everyone at my company makes. I also live in CA and have worked for various companies so I do know a little about the job market in SoCal, specifically the San Diego area.

I wasn't trying to be a smartass.

It's your move.

 

[KydLynx]

Originally posted by: CrazyDe1
I had a friend who made 17.00 as an intern and would put in 55-60 hours a week so he'd get time and a half for 15 hours a week in addition to the 17.00 an hour. He then got hired at the same comany making 54k a year and ended up making less than he did as an intern...more hours and no compensation

rofl, he should of asked to stay an intern.

 

[mchammer187]

Originally posted by: CrazyDe1
I had a friend who made 17.00 as an intern and would put in 55-60 hours a week so he'd get time and a half for 15 hours a week in addition to the 17.00 an hour. He then got hired at the same comany making 54k a year and ended up making less than he did as an intern...more hours and no compensation

54K is still like $26 an hour

17 * 1.5 = $25.5

1190 @ 60 hours/week as an intern vs $1040 a week @ 40 hours

so it is still not that bad

so i guess there is a discrepency but since he is full time

he should get insurance and vacation, 401 K , sick leave etc.

unless he did get that as an intern then he would really be shafted

 

[CrazyDe1]

Originally posted by: mchammer187

Originally posted by: CrazyDe1
I had a friend who made 17.00 as an intern and would put in 55-60 hours a week so he'd get time and a half for 15 hours a week in addition to the 17.00 an hour. He then got hired at the same comany making 54k a year and ended up making less than he did as an intern...more hours and no compensation

54K is still like $26 an hour

17 * 1.5 = $25.5

1190 @ 60 hours/week as an intern vs $1040 a week @ 40 hours

so it is still not that bad

so i guess there is a discrepency but since he is full time

he should get insurance and vacation, 401 K , sick leave etc.

unless he did get that as an intern then he would really be shafted

He had vacation and sick leave as an intern. Well he was doin more like 60 or 65 hour weeks after he was fulltime. There was one time where his boss was like we need you to cover for more people...name your compensation. I told him to ask to be paid like an intern again. He ended up getting a 10k bonus.

Now, I got him hired at my company which is way better for him. He occassionally still works 60 hour weeks. His previous company had him interview his replacement and they had to hire 3 guys to do the work he was doing...

 

[tm37]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: KydLynx

Originally posted by: Reliant
It's my understanding that if you're on salary you're the company's bitch....if you have to stay late to get work done you won't make any more $$.

boo. :disgust: maybe i shouldnt take the job.

i only sent out 3 resumes, and got a job already. Maybe I should take my chances and keep sending out more resumes and hope my luck continues.

What field?

Fluffing!

 

[tboo]

hourly

 

[dionx]

generally,
salary = goal oriented
hourly = task oriented
commission = sales

i prefer salary. you get paid the same amount for an 8 hour day even though you can be finished with your work earlier. salaried individuals are usually professionals in their field. hourly is usually meant for low wage workers and labor workers. they generally work under someone so they do what they're told to do. it wouldnt be fair for them to work OT since they got no choice in the matter. for salary workers, its their choice to put in extra OT if needed, especially if you lagged to not get the goal done in the first place.

if hourly workers got paid salary, they would have no moral for working long hours but reap no benefits of extra pay. if salary workers got paid hourly, goals wouldnt be efficiently done since ppl can work slower just to get paid more.

in california, salaried workers, when taking a medical leave off get their full salary. hourly workers who are eligible get disability pay which isnt anywhere near full pay.

 

[SuperTool]

Salary is better at a good company.
Yeah, you may have to work longer towards project completion. But then you can chill more during slow times. And you don't have to account for what you are doing every hour, so long as you are making progress towards your goal.
Of course if they want you to work 50 hrs a week, then you may want to go with hourly.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Like everyone said, it depends. In the position I am in right now, I could work half a day if I wanted. No one would say a thing. I personally can't do that. If a thing needs doing I do it. The flip side is that if I decide to take a few hours off, there are others who will pitch in and compensate. In return I do the same for them. It's a very nice arrangement. Other places want you to be salaried because they intend for you to work 60 hours a week, and pay you for 40.

If you decide to accept the position, you will know in no time where your new company falls.

 

[Scarpozzi]

I work government... I'm went in this morning at 8am and left by 5:30pm.... I came back tonight at 9pm and will probably be here another 2 hours doing server upgrades. I do this stuff all the time, but end up treating it as flex-time. I usually don't report it as such because it's too much trouble, but everyone knows I'm here doing the work. I usually work about 45-55 hours a week, but usually find ways to slack to make up for it.

-Scar

 

[CtK]

im on salary and i love it
no need to clock in or out
i work about 35 hours a week at most
but YMMV

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

I get salary and anything over 37.5hrs is considered OT so I get paid time and half for going over as well. Best of both worlds.

Come in late, leave early, same pay. Two weeks holiday ON season, three weeks OFF season. Call in sick, still get paid, yay!! Get quarterly and annual bonuses to boot

But the salary isn't that hot to begin with, considering it's a call centre job compared to others around town. Benefits are pretty good, so I guess it evens out.

 

[electricJ]

Originally posted by: KydLynx

Originally posted by: Reliant
It's my understanding that if you're on salary you're the company's bitch....if you have to stay late to get work done you won't make any more $$.

boo. :disgust: maybe i shouldnt take the job.

i only sent out 3 resumes, and got a job already. Maybe I should take my chances and keep sending out more resumes and hope my luck continues.

Only 3 resumes and you already have an offer??? Wow, I must have sent out 125 resumes so far and have had only 1 interview. Jeez, what field are you in, nursing? :laugh:

 

[BurnItDwn]

It really depends ...

The company I work for pays hourly for all the low level entry lever jobs, then salary for most everything else.
I switched over from hourly to salary a couple months ago, and it's much nicer, however, I'm sure its different elsewhere.

 

[KeithP]

In California, don't know about other states, just because you are paid "salary" doesn't mean you are not entitled to overtime. Unless your job falls into a very specific class, your employer is still required to pay OT even if you are a salary employee. Many businesses and their employees don't understand the law or the requirements for a truly OT exempt employee.

You might want to do a little digging into the California Labor Code. Here is a page with a link to the exemptions.

-KeithP

 

[nageov3t]

I really enjoy being salaried.

sure, there's no over-time, and I probably work more than 40 hours on an average week, but there are also weeks where I only work 30-35 hours because it's so slow. it's nice knowing that I'm going to get the same amount of money every week, regardless of how many hours I've worked -- it makes budgeting a lot easier.

plus, there's no watching the clock. if I come in a few minutes late or leave early, no one cares, as long as I'm not leaving issues unfinished. and not all companies are fond of unlimited over-time... at my previous job, the bosses would throw hissy fits if anyone went over 40 hours without a good explanation.

 

[z0mb13]

if u get paid hourly, u dont get paid for holidays... no?