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George H.W. oval office posted:Oof they just blindsided my wife with a “Congratulations! We recognize your hard work and dedication and see how you step up and all your value. We are pleased to announce you’ll be salary!” The way it was framed was super condescending like hourly workers are pieces of poo poo and she isn’t one now. I am guessing her managers suck. But salary can cut both ways. If she is required to work after hours some days, then she just comes in late the next day to make up for it. Or leaves early the following day. Clearly not as nice as getting comp time to use at your discretion, but there are ways to keep your weekly hours at (or under) 40 while salaried. Or just call their bluff and have her thank them for never having to work weekends or after 5pm (or whatever regular quitting time is) again. But only use that option if she is ready to be shown the door.
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Orvin posted:I am guessing her managers suck. But salary can cut both ways. If she is required to work after hours some days, then she just comes in late the next day to make up for it. Or leaves early the following day. Clearly not as nice as getting comp time to use at your discretion, but there are ways to keep your weekly hours at (or under) 40 while salaried. Lol Lmao Rofl
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Jul 30, 2023 01:58
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Orvin posted:I am guessing her managers suck. But salary can cut both ways. If she is required to work after hours some days, then she just comes in late the next day to make up for it. Or leaves early the following day. Clearly not as nice as getting comp time to use at your discretion, but there are ways to keep your weekly hours at (or under) 40 while salaried. Lol yes, because city events notoriously never occur on weekends or after 5pm
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Jul 30, 2023 02:01
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Orvin posted:I am guessing her managers suck. But salary can cut both ways. If she is required to work after hours some days, then she just comes in late the next day to make up for it. Or leaves early the following day. Clearly not as nice as getting comp time to use at your discretion, but there are ways to keep your weekly hours at (or under) 40 while salaried. I'm sorry, I think you misunderstand. Salary means no more overtime. But if you come in late or leave early you'll have to use PTO. I don't care if you stayed 4 hours late for an event, you need to burn PTO to leave 30 minutes early. This isn't just a job, it's a CAREER.
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Jul 30, 2023 02:05
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At my first career job we went hourly->salaried->back to hourly Let me tell you, switching back to hourly was fuckin DOPE, especially when I was training all the new autopsy techs and got to get our flat rate for autopsies on top of OT and a weekend differential 
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Jul 30, 2023 02:12
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Orvin posted:I am guessing her managers suck. But salary can cut both ways. If she is required to work after hours some days, then she just comes in late the next day to make up for it. Or leaves early the following day. Clearly not as nice as getting comp time to use at your discretion, but there are ways to keep your weekly hours at (or under) 40 while salaried. This does not reflect reality.
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Jul 30, 2023 03:51
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I probably should have been more explicit. “I am guessing her managers suck, and none of this will directly apply without promptly being shown the door. …” Might as well push the limits while spreading the resume around. Find a 24/7 utility company that realizes no one wants to work shift work anymore, and I will show you a company that pays salaried dispatchers (and field supervisors) overtime. Granted it was just OT paid out at 1.25x the calculated hourly conversion of salary/2080. But it was better than when I started and OT was paid out at straight time. But they were hemorrhaging people so bad they had to put up some money to attempt to keep people around and attract some new people with $$ for eyes.
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Jul 30, 2023 04:16
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Even ATT, an absolute Dilbert of a company, pays its field techs 1.5 OT and 2x for holidays. Lots of people didn't know they also did 1.5 all day Sundays so I would always take Monday and Tuesday as my 'weekend'.
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Jul 30, 2023 07:49
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Another fun fact, in at least California, there's a salary cutoff where you stop being eligible for overtime. It's usually mid- to high-five figures. OP's wife might still be eligible for overtime. If she is, cue up a raise to $1/yr over that line, but bank it until then.
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Jul 30, 2023 07:55
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I just found out a friends company gets rid of people by offering them positions in Singapore then as soon as they touch ground there after signing for the job fire them since the laws for firing employees are more favorable there. Don't even have to ship any of there work stuff their, cause all you're waiting for is their work phone to say its location is Singapore. And since they told everyone they are leaving market and getting a promotion less noise comes back about the burn.
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Jul 30, 2023 09:42
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That's loving vile.
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Do they make them pay their own relocation coss?
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Sounds like the kind of trick that should only work once
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That's terrible but also kind of hilarious
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I’m assuming that’s in Europe? Cause the US definitely doesn’t give a poo poo about how you fire someone.
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As a reminder, just because your work says you’re “exempt/salary/1099” doesn’t make it so under the FLSA. Generally courts default to assuming you’re entitled to overtime (ie hourly) unless you very crystal clearly fall into one of the FLSA exemptions. Class action FLSAs can also get money owed to your similarly misclassified coworkers as well so standing up for yourself can mean you stand up for them. It’s like a union you didn’t even know you had! IANAL, this is not legal advice.
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Invalid Validation posted:I’m assuming that’s in Europe? Cause the US definitely doesn’t give a poo poo about how you fire someone. I can't say I want to fire this employee for being gay... I know, I'll just give no reason at all, you're fired, also there's no severance, good luck. America.
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Jul 30, 2023 13:35
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Or even better: Sign this paperwork for your severance, just kidding, we filed bankruptcy so we don’t have to actually honor it because we’re broke!
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Jul 30, 2023 13:47
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Johnny Truant posted:At my first career job we went hourly->salaried->back to hourly I'm on paternity leave (which is nice) but yeah I didn't like working all those OT hours but I sure was making some bank lol
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Invalid Validation posted:I’m assuming that’s in Europe? Cause the US definitely doesn’t give a poo poo about how you fire someone. He's in the Yakuza.
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History Comes Inside! posted:Sounds like the kind of trick that should only work once Right. Why would anyone accept a job in Singapore if this is a known thing?
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Jul 30, 2023 14:54
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"They're being transferred to Singapore" being used as a euphemism for being fired is darkly funny
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Chaotic Flame posted:Right. Why would anyone accept a job in Singapore if this is a known thing?
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Barudak posted:I just found out a friends company gets rid of people by offering them positions in Singapore then as soon as they touch ground there after signing for the job fire them since the laws for firing employees are more favorable there. If a company did that to me I'd probably end up in jail. Jesus Christ.
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Orvin posted:I am guessing her managers suck. But salary can cut both ways. If she is required to work after hours some days, then she just comes in late the next day to make up for it. Or leaves early the following day. Clearly not as nice as getting comp time to use at your discretion, but there are ways to keep your weekly hours at (or under) 40 while salaried. Her manager just left and the guy that was likely slotted to replace her is putting in his notice on Tuesday. There's possibly the opportunity to be promoted and this not matter but it's a long shot. The whole department is gonna be a poo poo show for the next few months. Morale is super low and the city is broke (the real reason this change is happening)
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Ravus Ursus posted:I'm sorry, I think you misunderstand.
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Barudak posted:I just found out a friends company gets rid of people by offering them positions in Singapore then as soon as they touch ground there after signing for the job fire them since the laws for firing employees are more favorable there.
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They'd have to get back from Singapore first.
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Splicer posted:Do you guys really not have TOIL there? It's been a line item on timesheets in every place I've worked bar, like, call centres where there's shifts. However most American employers want their salaried employees to burn out and quit so they can make the position redundant or hire cheaper salaries.
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zedprime posted:In Japan I imagine if you're getting the transfer to Singapore you colossally stupid and or willing to risk it because you've spent the last 5 years working in a closet with no raises. Singapore is a major business and finance hub so it can be a good career move but obviously depends on your managers not being a bunch psychos like that
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E: not just in the wring thread but the wrong website
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Anchor Wanker posted:E: not just in the wring thread but the wrong website Impressive Dumb poo poo my work did: scheduled a meeting for us to hear a guest speaker then cancelled it because they couldn't actually find a guest speaker
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I hate hourly stuff bc it's usually an attempt to cheap me out of money - a lot of my job is being available and waiting patiently so that when X comes my way I can shuffle it along ASAP. I'm kinda always coiled like a spring ready to jump into action, which I can only maintain and mentally afford to do bc every moment of my day isn't booked up solid. If I don't get rest in those in-between moments, it gets fatiguing VERY fast and I can't keep up the same level of attentiveness. Thats when things start falling through the cracks. So all my best managers have known not to overburden me if they want to keep me whip-fast. Some places try to do the 'only bill when you've done work you can bill to a job' and gently caress yoooou availability is an asset, pay for my time waiting for you, you fucks!!
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worked the weekend because a guy didn’t do his job asked him to send an email after I was done he instantly brought out ‘I’m having a mental break down’ and signed off Unbelievable power move
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VileLL posted:worked the weekend because a guy didn’t do his job A
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We had a big team meeting last night. Everyone is salty. Highlights: We now have to have a staff member on the floor at all times, you can’t even pop in and out of a room. Normally our morning tasks are done and dusted by 10:30 at the latest. It’s current 11:00 and we are about 2/3 done. We now have to attend the morning meetings (because apparently we feel not part of the overall group which is news to us). Absolutely nothing related to us in anyway and it puts us 20 minutes behind at the start of the day. On night shifts I have been doing a few small jobs that makes life easier for the oncoming morning people. These tasks are not part of my job but I have quiet periods at night. I was slapped on the wrist for not folding the washing (which also isn’t part of the night shift job) and told that a list of overnight jobs is being created for everyone on night shift to do. Nobody seemed to care I was the only one putting in extra effort, One of my patients always gets up stupidly early, (heavy late stage dementia) management was asking why she wasn’t being showered and prepared for the day to make things quicker in the morning. Unfortunately I wasn’t quick enough on my feet to point out this would leave the floor empty, which we were told we could no do under any circumstances. We now HAVE to fill in the paperwork as well as the online end of shift report. Doubling the paperwork for something no one ever sees because they would have to work across campus to read it and instead they look up the shift report they can access from anywhere. The lesson here is: Never try.
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Extra row of tits posted:The lesson here is: Never try.
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Boomer coworker had another rant about taxes today. Ya know, this is the only country that punishes people who work hard and rewards people who don't. Back in his day, people used to help each other out. Not like today. Hmm. I'm trying to convince him that getting another pension will push him to the next tax bracket.
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Salami Surgeon posted:Boomer coworker had another rant about taxes today. Ya know, this is the only country that punishes people who work hard and rewards people who don't. Back in his day, people used to help each other out. Not like today. Hmm. Wasn’t the tax rate even higher “back in his day”?
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Dumb poo poo your work does: The lesson here is: Never try.
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