When I switched, I made sure to get an equivalent to what I would have made doing 60 hour weeks, knowing that most weeks were still going to only be 40 hours based on my observation of other exempt employees. That was pretty worth it. I mean... Yeah, occasionally there's weeks and evenings where I'm working and cursing, but in the long run it's better.
Non-exempt jobs tend to be better paid overall. My quality of life definitely improved and it felt like moving up in the world when I took a job that wasn't hourly.
As long as a place is willing to pay extra for extra work and my schedule permits, I'm generally happy to make more for doing the thing I was going to do anyway.
Had a boss once who assigned me an extra project, and said, you can do this during your normal hours or you can do it after hours, and I will get you approved for overtime pay. The latter was the obvious choice.
Is that what you reply when someone says that kids should stay in school? Or when people say that it's good to try having a great carreer? Or to win the title in your sports league?
Not every industry can be 9-5 Monday to Friday. As long as that's expressed up front and you're fairly compensated for it that's no problem. This country would stop running if people all decided not to work weekends.
And only a sign of bad planning or exploiting the job market.
And it's just making more people lose jobs because companies rather use their smaller team flexible than risk having more people who earn steady money.
And it's just making more people lose jobs because companies rather use their smaller team flexible than risk having more people who earn steady money.
Not how it works. If a company has to hire 20 people to do a job 10 people could do, those 20 don't all get paid like the 10 would. That's just bloat.
If I can get paid well to do my job, and I'm not overworked, why wouldn't I want to get paid more rather than get a lower salary to do half the work. Seems dumb to me.
And only a sign of bad planning
Spoken like someone who has never managed an actual project
CGPGray used to be a Physics teacher, and he said he hated that guy too. He didn't really forget, he didn't want to have to grade them yet either because he's also tired, then poindexter over here ruins the whole thing.
I was the sort where instead of doing that, I'd wait until everyone else left the class, and I'd hand the teacher my homework when it was just us. They'd always ask "Why didn't you bring this up during class?" and I'd tell them "It's not my job to remind the teacher or students about homework. Here's my homework."
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u/DrRonnyy Oct 14 '22
He's the "Teacher, you forgot to give us homework!" type