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.

I managed to be somewhat productive! I finished cleaning my room. But I still have my office/craft room, which looks like someone trashed it--there's stuff all over the floor and spilling out of bags and shit. Sigh.

I don't really get comp time, but if I only bill 6 hours on a Friday when I've traveled a bunch, no one blinks. It'd be harder to justify not billing any hours, though, even if I worked all day Sunday.

Salaried employees are classified as exempt, meaning they are exempt from OT. Hourly employees get OT--but if you work part time, OT does not mean more hours than your PT schedule, it means more than 40 hrs a week (this can vary from state to state).

I currently get paid OT if I work more than 8 hours in a day, but I assume that is a contractual thing with my agency.

My company is delighted to pay us overtime. It keeps them from having to hire new people.