I just need the other offer set so I can decide
Wait--does that mean you've got solid job offers and you're trying to decide between them?
pre-emptive Yay!
Pretty cool except for the part where I was really terrified and now my knees are all dizzy.
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Connie Neil - Sep 23, 2005 8:52:48 am PDT #4700 of 10001
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Topic!Cindy - Sep 23, 2005 8:56:13 am PDT #4701 of 10001
What is even happening?
My understanding is that "exempt" is short for "exempt from overtime." There's nothing in the definition of the term that indicates why this would be so (i.e. "because one is a manager.")
Right, and what it really means sadly, is except from overtime pay, and not so much with the exempt from working insane hours. At least at my (non-managerial; non-IT) exempt job.
Jessica - Sep 23, 2005 9:01:09 am PDT #4702 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm non-exempt (currently), but because our standard workweek is 35 hours, and I don't get overtime until 41, even staying late an hour every day wouldn't actually get me paid more.
(Bitter? Moi?)
SailAweigh - Sep 23, 2005 9:04:43 am PDT #4703 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Is that local employment law, Jessica? Wisconsin used to be like that ages ago. Nowadays, anything over 40, even a minute, gets paid.
Nora Deirdre - Sep 23, 2005 9:06:06 am PDT #4704 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I'm non-exempt (currently), but because our standard workweek is 35 hours, and I don't get overtime until 41, even staying late an hour every day wouldn't actually get me paid more.
You mean you don't actually get paid, even straight time, for hours worked over 35?
Eek.
Trudy Booth - Sep 23, 2005 9:07:09 am PDT #4705 of 10001
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Wait--does that mean you've got solid job offers and you're trying to decide between them?
No, I'm still waiting on one offer. The agency has never seen them be this slow (with a yes or a no) so we're assuming there is some delay with someone being out sick or something... and since that wouldn't preclude a 'no' we're thinking its a yes. grrrrrrrrr
Jessica - Sep 23, 2005 9:09:17 am PDT #4706 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Nowadays, anything over 40, even a minute, gets paid.
Over 40 is what I meant by 41. (I may get paid by the 1/4-hour, but I'm not 100% sure. I haven't yet worked enough hours to know.)
You mean you don't actually get paid, even straight time, for hours worked over 35?
Nope. 0-40 hours is salaried, even though with lunch my workweek is really only 35 hours long. (Only not really, because I eat lunch at my desk, where the internet is, which means I end up working through at least half of it.)
Nora Deirdre - Sep 23, 2005 9:10:53 am PDT #4707 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Nope. 0-40 hours is salaried, even though with lunch my workweek is really only 35 hours long. (Only not really, because I eat lunch at my desk, where the internet is, which means I end up working through at least half of it.)
Oh, OK.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 23, 2005 9:11:21 am PDT #4708 of 10001
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The weird thing where I work is that and Administrative Assistant is exempt and salaried at about 24,000-26,000 per year, and a Secretary (which I am) is non-exept and hourly. I make, working 40 hours per week, 26,000. And the policy here is that we "don't pay overtime so don't work it". But what I don't understand is why not make me an administrative assistant, where I would be exempt?
tommyrot - Sep 23, 2005 9:12:30 am PDT #4709 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Maybe they wanna be able to pay you less if for some reason you end up working less than full time on a regular basis?