Guess us salary exempt folk get fucked in the ass then.
Like when I was still working in my career, working 50-60hr weeks and getting paid for 40. I guess in a way you could say they didn't take taxes out of my OT either because I didn't get paid OT.
I'm confused. were you salary bc, fuck that. I learned once the clock hits 8 hrs, I go the fuck home.
I was a go get'em employee. I had my regular product responsibilities and then there were special projects. The regular daily grind stuff took most of the average day and special projects commenced after that. I LOVED working on special projects, pushing the bleeding edge of technology, developing solutions that saved the company millions and other smaller projects.
To answer your question, I saw 31 layoffs at our facility in my 25 years of semiconductor engineering, but I was never laid off. I always thought being a go-getter helped to keep me employed. The Director of Engineering used to tell me I was an [engineering] animal. They loved the stuff I came up with. They were pissed when I quit.
You're already getting fucked in the ass if you're salary. Status quo doesn't change lol.
Engineer. It's hard to not get salary. It has it's ups and downs with it I'll admit but it's just like, man I'd love to make more money by working more but there are bonuses to look forward to but that should only translate to how much extra I should have been working. If that makes sense.
Yea I'm glad that if I have to work more than 40 I get overtime. Anything over 8 is time and a half. Saturdays are time and a half. Sundays are double. Anything over 10 is double. Time and a half is $135 double is $190. I prefer not working overtime though. Rather spend time with my family.