Posted by Michael on 8/03/07

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I was recently hired as a salaried employee. I began the
job, with the stated office hours of 8:30 to 5:00. I
arrived at work between 8:15 and 9:00 and worked till 5:00
to 7:00 every day. One day I was done with the immediate
work I had to do and told the secretary I was leaving
early, about 4:30. The next day the owner spoke to me when
I arrived at 9:00 saying "I thought we were clear on the
hours." I need you here 8:30AM to 5PM. I know sometimes
you work late and that's nice but not required. I was
thinking that he doesn't know what salaried vs hourly
means and he SHOULD have hired me as an hourly employee.
So time went on and one day I came in late, about 9AM. He
gave me a verbal reprimand, to which I apologized and
decided just to treat the job as hourly, as that was what
he was expecting. The next day I was told to take a job
home and complete it over the weekend. Now I KNOW he
doesn't know what salaried vs hourly is. I have to work
8:30AM to 5PM period. (That's a time figure, not a task
related figure.) AND I have to work whatever other hours I
am asked. Isn't this illegal? It's one or the other,
right? Either you do the job, or you do the hours. An
employer can't ask you to stick to hours when it suits
him, disallowing you the advantages of salaried
employement where you are not so constrained by the time
as much as the task, and then treat you like a salaried
employee when it suits him, disallowing you the advantage
of hourly such as overtime, right?

Re: Hourly vs Salaried, 10/09/07, by Jenn.

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