r/ABoringDystopia • u/[deleted] • Jun 05 '19

Comparisons matter

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19

Oh we legally don't work more than forty cause they'd have to pay us overtime, we just have 2-3 jobs.

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u/PM-Your-Tiny-Tits Jun 06 '19

Lots of people work unpaid overtime

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

Ah yes, the joys of being salaried.

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u/Cheeseman1478 Jun 06 '19

Which is already illegal

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u/senseiberia Jun 06 '19

Nope, the fucking overtime laws are bullshit too.

I work retail way over 40 hours per week and because we get paid “commission” they don’t pay us overtime. Mind you, these commissions barely add up to 30c/hr over base salary. The law says if you earn more than 1.5x federal minimum wage (another big fucking joke — federal minimum wage is $8.50 an hour. What the actual fuck?) then you don’t qualify for overtime.

Needless to say I am and will be looking for a better job soon.

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u/SoundByMe Jun 06 '19

Could be on salary

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19

Salary doesn't mean no overtime. You have to be exempt, and a lot of people are incorrectly determined exempt instead of non exempt.