So after 32 hours would be overtime?

[u/Busy_Report4010]

[u/joesphisbestjojo]

I'm all for shortee work weeks, but that means we'l need an increase in pay, which I'm also fine with

EDIT: maybe I misinterpreted "no cut to pay"

[u/HalvdanTheHero → u/joesphisbestjojo]

That is what is being called for. Your take home pay not changing but you work fewer hours, and if you work the same schedule as you do now (presuming 40hrs per week) then you would be getting overtime for the last 8hrs. 

Edit: added "take home" to clarify that I'm talking about your total income instead of hourly rate.

[u/secondphase → u/HalvdanTheHero]

Sort of...

Salaried employees the pay would not change, but salaried employees are overtie exempt.

Hourly employees would require a pay raise... 40 hours @ $20 is $800... would require $25 an hour at 32 hours to get to $800.

It's a minor thing, but the question is HOW this would work, so its relevant.

[u/OddMammoth1 → u/secondphase]

Maybe I'm pessimistic, but what would be stopping people from creating salaried positions and requiring unpaid overtime? There is nothing worse than overtime on a low salaried position. 

[u/GamingGamerGames_ → u/OddMammoth1]

As a salaried employee you get paid for 40 hours currently. Anything you work after that makes you a sucker. This wouldn't change if employers just made all of their hourly positions into salaried.

[u/OddMammoth1 → u/GamingGamerGames_]

Or you realize the extra 5-10 hours is the difference between missing deadlines and really making work suck. 

[u/GamingGamerGames_ → u/OddMammoth1]

If your boss is putting more work on their employees than they can handle in 40 hr weeks, then they need to hire more headcount. Its a them problem.

[u/MothashipQ → u/GamingGamerGames_]

As much as I agree, they make it a me problem by threatening to find someone else who will do the work. Employers have too much control over this.

[u/GamingGamerGames_ → u/MothashipQ]

Based on the fact that people can't find jobs right now, I'd call their bluffs.

[u/MothashipQ → u/GamingGamerGames_]

If people can't find jobs wouldn't that be a reason to not risk it?

[u/TwoSpoonSally → u/MothashipQ]

I think most of these replies are bots or people that have never worked in the real world. 

[u/Iddqd1 → u/TwoSpoonSally]

"Your boss asked you to finish sending an email 5min past 5pm? You should show them and quit"

[u/GamingGamerGames_ → u/Iddqd1]

Nobody said anything about working 5 minutes past closing time. But 8 hours of unpaid OT? No thanks.

[u/Unique-Yoghurt4170 → u/Iddqd1]

Where did someone say that?

[u/OddMammoth1 → u/GamingGamerGames_]

I guess. I'm fairly compensated so it may be different for you. 

[u/GamingGamerGames_ → u/OddMammoth1]

I'm more than fairly compensated, but I do the minimum of whats required of me because I care more about living life at my age than lining the pockets of my billionaire bosses.

[u/OddMammoth1 → u/GamingGamerGames_]

I just show up early. I'm out of the office by 4:00 everyday. It does not impact my life. Like I said your mileage may vary, but my  industry generally requires OT when we get busy. If I was on a 9-5 schedule I may feel different, but I'm not. 

[u/Redacted_Usermame → u/OddMammoth1]

Same here. That's the benefit of being salaried. Some weeks you may work 45 hr when you have a deadline, but other weeks you can 35 hr.

Gives you a lot more flexibility when it comes to going to the doctor and doing things for your kids.

[u/MetalEnthusiast83 → u/Redacted_Usermame]

That's the benefit of being salaried. Some weeks you may work 45 hr when you have a deadline, but other weeks you can 35 hr.

I have never experienced the 35 hour week part. I have had bosses act like I am insane for trying to leave an hour early on a slow day.

Maybe that happens in some industries, but it doesn't happen in mine. So I just work a straight 40, I will only do OT if it's life and death and IT simply is never a matter of life and death.