I can say with certainty that where I work, official policies are avoided so the PTB can make shit up as it suits them. eta Thanks, Scrappy. It's not in our Employee Handbook.

Hm, maybe I'll ask the ED tomorrow. On one hand, he's the guy who realizes that while we can't get compensated monetarily what we're worth, so we deserve comp time if we exceed 40 hours. On the other, he squeezes every free thing he can from our vendors and has no shame about double-dipping.

That's ridiculous! If that were the policy, I would totally rat the company out and tell the customer if they tipped me.

On one hand, he's the guy who realizes that while we can't get compensated monetarily what we're worth, so we deserve comp time if we exceed 40 hours.

If you get paid by the hour, that would be illegal in New York -- overtime has to be paid.

Yeah, the part-timers aren't allowed to work beyond their allotted time, which sucks because I *know* one of them does work at home or lies on her time sheet when she stays late (she is far far too nice, she's the one who was having guilt over the tip. I hope her hubby is well-off and that she's just working because she's bored).

BUT! We were told that we fell into a special category where the org isn't obligated to pay OT for the salaried folk.

I've never worked out if there's an official comp time scenario, but my manager does send people home if they've been working since a big weekend or similar. Sadly, some of us do get roused in the middle of the night, but those generally make scenarios where you ditch the coming morning--you generally need to be all over the next morning, just in case. But she does let people work from home on those occasions, and I'd imagine she wouldn't throw a fit it you relax a bit then.

A co-worker came to my desk while I was otherwise distracted, and someone else asked me if I was available right then. I said "No, I don't think so--co-worker is probably be here to talk to me, unless he's just enjoying the lovely view" and I pointedly (like, with both hands pointedly) gestured at the window. If the reply is "I have been enjoying the lovely view" isn't it polite to make it clear you're talking about the view outside the window, and it's a bit creepy if there's a "Know what I mean?" tone to the whole thing?

I was taken a bit aback, but I'm the world's largest office prude.

So, yesterday my refund was up around $2K, and somehow now it is back down to $250. I have no idea what I've done.

Going back over everything now.

We were told that we fell into a special category where the org isn't obligated to pay OT for the salaried folk.

No OT is the definition of salaried, isn't it?

I went to my cousins' b'nai mitzvah (bar/bat mitzvah for more than one kid -- twins in this case) this weekend, which was fun. Their other mom (the one who's not my cousin) is from Portugal, and a bunch of her Portuguese cousins came in for it, and a bunch of them were sitting at my table, so talking to them was fun. It must have been tough to try to figure out how to coordinate all the ceremony and party stuff for two kids with really different personalities -- one loves the spotlight and everything glittery and dramatic and shiny, and the other is a Very Serious Child who gets overwhelmed with being the center of attention pretty quickly.

My first real job ruined me on OT, because, with approval, we got time-and-a-half.