[floppydisk]

It's unfortunately common that once you're salaried, your compensation is capped at $X/yr for 40hr/week of work but it's reasonable for managers to demand extra hours above the 40 without increasing compensation accordingly. Rereading my last employment contract, the stipulation was I was paid assuming 40hrs/week, but the office expectation was 40 was a floor. 50-60 was more the norm. The whole salary exempt from overtime thing gets to be annoying quick.

Part of me thinks I should start invoicing employers for time spent at work over the 40hrs, charging an overtime rate, or something to increase compensation in exchange for the lost time, or modifying the contract accordingly if there's not an alternate compensation mechanism like comp time offered. The one employer I've worked at who was good about this let you disappear from the office if you hit your 80hrs for a 2wk pay period.

[CaptSpify]

There is another side to this though: I am salary and I can work 6 hour days. My boss won't bat an eye. I can come and go when I want. I can take 2 hour lunches, whatever I want.

Obviously there's a limit, and this is highly dependent on where you work, but I love being salary vs being hourly.

[neves]

Sorry, you'll never fix this alone. If you do this, you won't be a "team player".

That's what unions are for.

[JustSomeNobody]

You could keep careful notes of hours worked that way come raise time, you can use it to negotiate a raise commensurate to the number of hours worked.

[Phlarp]

Good luck getting anywhere on this front with without both working in an in demand field and having a competing offer in hand when you ask for (demand) a raise.

[jacquesm]

> Rereading my last employment contract, the stipulation was I was paid assuming 40hrs/week, but the office expectation was 40 was a floor. 50-60 was more the norm. The whole salary exempt from overtime thing gets to be annoying quick.

That's only because if you refuse someone else will step in to take your place under those terms. Collective bargaining can be a powerful aid with things like that.

Don't work if you don't get paid.