[dd_roger]

The premise of the article is incorrect to begin with:

> The way it’s supposed to work is if you’re salaried/exempt, you’re getting paid to do a job, not for a specific number of hours.

No, I'm paid to work 40 hours per week regardless of the workload, as per my employment contract. If I ever have to work over time, then I get one hour of PTO for each hour of OT.

I don't know if it's an American thing to assume that all companies must be predatory toward their employees or if it's just the internet populist bubble that favors such content, but neither I nor anyone I know can relate to these kinds of articles.

[plorkyeran]

The work arrangement you are describing is not that of an exempt salaried employee.

[cwhiz]

> No, I'm paid to work 40 hours per week regardless of the workload, as per my employment contract.

That’s not salaried exempt. What you’re describing is closer to hourly pay. However, it’s not a perfect fit because hourly pay is 1.5x after 40.

[dd_roger]

My bad, I wasn't familiar with this working arrangement and the vocabulary around it. What I'm describing is simply known as being salaried in my country (not hourly paid as OT is compensated with PTO rather than financial compensation), the vast majority of white collars have such contracts here.

[walshemj]

Your not salaried then ie no fixed hours