Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Originally Posted By: DBMaster
On the flip side, you can be a corporate cubicle dweller with no advocates. You will continuously have more work added to your job and, at review time, be told that you are "already too high on the salary scale." So, basically, if you do get a pittance of a raise you're still doing more work for less money.
Human beings will abuse any privilege that comes their way, be it having aggressive union representation, or, having authority over wage slaves.
I have a friend who is absolutely being walked over exactly how you describe. If the company would at least allow payment for actual hours worked, forget time and a half or anything like that, it would be OK. Donating excessive time is not.
Instead its a matter of giving up weekend days and time with kids to get projects done for work, because it is expected to do this extra plus work 40 due to being "salaried". Disgusting really.
YES, it is disgusting. A coworker recently had his workload increased significantly, albeit it temporarily, due to another coworker being out on STD. Our boss told him if he couldn't handle it he should stay later. This guy hasn't had a raise, period, in two years. What would you say/do?
Since this is Texas and we are generally free from the "oppressive" labor unions companies walk all over employees. Being salaried is NOT an excuse to expect more hours out of a worker, while at the same time paying lip service to the importance of family. I am turning 50 this year. At my present employer I see the younger workers (under 30) stay two years or less due to the lousy, 1950's vintage, military hierarchical management structure that many companies still hang onto. I probably don't have the luxury of changing jobs every two years. My best bet is most likely to find the job that is least personally disgusting to me and hang onto it until retirement. I'll bet many of you, if not in this boat, know many who are.
So, regardless of the perceived union abuses going on, I cannot throw stones.
Originally Posted By: DBMaster
On the flip side, you can be a corporate cubicle dweller with no advocates. You will continuously have more work added to your job and, at review time, be told that you are "already too high on the salary scale." So, basically, if you do get a pittance of a raise you're still doing more work for less money.
Human beings will abuse any privilege that comes their way, be it having aggressive union representation, or, having authority over wage slaves.
I have a friend who is absolutely being walked over exactly how you describe. If the company would at least allow payment for actual hours worked, forget time and a half or anything like that, it would be OK. Donating excessive time is not.
Instead its a matter of giving up weekend days and time with kids to get projects done for work, because it is expected to do this extra plus work 40 due to being "salaried". Disgusting really.
YES, it is disgusting. A coworker recently had his workload increased significantly, albeit it temporarily, due to another coworker being out on STD. Our boss told him if he couldn't handle it he should stay later. This guy hasn't had a raise, period, in two years. What would you say/do?
Since this is Texas and we are generally free from the "oppressive" labor unions companies walk all over employees. Being salaried is NOT an excuse to expect more hours out of a worker, while at the same time paying lip service to the importance of family. I am turning 50 this year. At my present employer I see the younger workers (under 30) stay two years or less due to the lousy, 1950's vintage, military hierarchical management structure that many companies still hang onto. I probably don't have the luxury of changing jobs every two years. My best bet is most likely to find the job that is least personally disgusting to me and hang onto it until retirement. I'll bet many of you, if not in this boat, know many who are.
So, regardless of the perceived union abuses going on, I cannot throw stones.