The best of both worlds- hourly salary :)

[Fritzo]

I was on salary, then they moved everyone but upper management to hourly last year (I guess it was some kind of cost cutting measure.) We had to punch in and out whenever we left...you know, the old time clock routine.

We now have to record our work hours at the end of the day, but don't have to record lunches, breaks, or anything else. They just started doing this at the 1st of the year and it's great! I can still take long lunches, run errands, come in late when I need to, but get paid overtime when I say over 8 hours 😀

Not that I do this all the time mind you, but I don't have to worry about being 5 minutes late from lunch, and my schedule is a lot more flexible. WOOT!

 

[chuckywang]

Are you making just as much as you were before?

 

[Cal166]

Yea dude, how much are you making before and now with OT.

 

[DVK916]

With salary when the company does a vacation you must still be paid, hourly people don't.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: DVK916
With salary when the company does a vacation you must still be paid, hourly people don't.

I get 3 weeks vacation, 5 paid holidays, and 3 sick days. I've only been on this new system for a month, but I've scored $75 more in OT already 🙂

 

[JDrake]

Nice!
I wish I got OT

 

[MetalMat]

I get salary plus bonus on every job I run.

 

[DVK916]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: DVK916
With salary when the company does a vacation you must still be paid, hourly people don't.

I get 3 weeks vacation, 5 paid holidays, and 3 sick days. I've only been on this new system for a month, but I've scored $75 more in OT already 🙂

Do you get paid during this 3 weeks.

Well with my mother, who works salary. She gets paid for 8 hours a day worth for 5 days a week. Regardless of how many hours she actually works. She might only work 1 hour each day that week. She still must get paid for 40 hours worth of work even though she only went in for 5 hours. Since she went in every day she looses no vacation time.

 

[Freejack2]

I don't see how this could a cost cutting measure. It'd make more sense to leave you on Salary and just have you punch in and out.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: Freejack2
I don't see how this could a cost cutting measure. It'd make more sense to leave you on Salary and just have you punch in and out.

Recent overtime laws basically prevent that. If you clock in/out, and you aren't in a supervisory position, you get overtime by law. Businesses can no longer do what you proposed.

 

[DVK916]

Originally posted by: Freejack2
I don't see how this could a cost cutting measure. It'd make more sense to leave you on Salary and just have you punch in and out.

It can be cost cutting for people who work less than 40 hours a week.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: DVK916

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: DVK916
With salary when the company does a vacation you must still be paid, hourly people don't.

I get 3 weeks vacation, 5 paid holidays, and 3 sick days. I've only been on this new system for a month, but I've scored $75 more in OT already 🙂

Do you get paid during this 3 weeks.

Well with my mother, who works salary. She gets paid for 8 hours a day worth for 5 days a week. Regardless of how many hours she actually works. She might only work 1 hour each day that week. She still must get paid for 40 hours worth of work even though she only went in for 5 hours. Since she went in every day she looses no vacation time.

Yes, it's paid vacation.