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3waygeek

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11. What overtime pay?

Reply to bathroommonkey76 (Original post)

Sun Feb 5, 2012, 03:43 PM

Feb 2012

I've worked as a software engineer for 25 years and have never gotten overtime pay. Every job I've ever had in the field has been salaried, and you're expected to work at least 50 hours per week while getting paid for 40.

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Bill would limit overtime for high-tech jobs [View all] bathroommonkey76 Feb 2012 OP

Silly me , I thought this was about limiting actual work hours, hedgehog Feb 2012 #1

k&r for labor. Laelth Feb 2012 #2

Lovely salvorhardin Feb 2012 #3

Gotta love the obsession with expecting 168-hour workweeks out of IT people... Posteritatis Feb 2012 #4

Du rec. Nt xchrom Feb 2012 #5

Well at least they don't have term limits. CrispyQ Feb 2012 #6

Wage Theft Epidemic TheMastersNemesis Feb 2012 #7

Oh, don't get me started on unpaid internships! LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #10

PARITY PARITY PARITY TheMastersNemesis Feb 2012 #15

It should be pushed as a wage theft law. LiberalFighter Feb 2012 #16

More work for less pay .... what a good deal Botany Feb 2012 #8

This bill is horrible LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #9

Heh, my father works 120 hours a week constantly. The whole IT field is absurd these days. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2012 #12

What overtime pay? 3waygeek Feb 2012 #11

Overtime pay? I work in software test and am "salaried" - i may work 60 hours a week, but get paid peacebird Feb 2012 #13

And the war on the middle class continues. Life Long Dem Feb 2012 #14