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I'm salaried, but honestly, I don't see much difference between the two.
Either way you have to keep detailed track of your hours (at least in
most companies). You can get OT either way. I agree with your manager.
It sounds typical of government (doing things without any clear reason).
:)
~Mike
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Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 11:56 AM
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Subject: Hourly vs. Salaried
All,
My company was recently acquired and we're going through the growing
pains of assimilating to their HR systems, among other things. My
manager was recently told by the new powers that be that we writers
should be hourly rather than salaried, which was a huge surprise to us
(since we've always been salaried). My manager thinks there may be legal
reasons for this and that the government may have defined what we do as
being an hourly-type job (to ensure we are paid OT). I was wondering if
there were many of you who were hourly or if anyone has had to "defend"
being a salaried employee.
I did search the archives in multiple ways for this topic but always
came up with a blank page, so forgive me if this is a repeated question.
Thanks!
Michelle Parcell
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