Hours I work/PTO
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@coliver said in Hours I work/PTO:
@Dashrender said in Boss I want to go to MangoCon....:
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@Dashrender said in Boss I want to go to MangoCon....:
Glad I've never worked in a shit whole company like that.
Even the retail companies I've worked for never did crap like that. Every employee received PTO, a minimum of 2 weeks of whatever the average number of hours you work in a week (not sure where that average came from when you've been there less than a year).
Sick time is something that I don't think I've ever had - it's all just PTO, all lumped together, take it how you need it.
My current employer gives three weeks from day one (but it's on an accrual basis, so you don't actually have any PTO on the books until after the first pay period).
...and that is why I'd love to work outside the USA. Common consensus is the average US company is not the greatest to work for in comparison to the average company in the UK or Canada. Never worked outside the US before so I have no opinion on that. I just know I've never been happy with any company I work for.
Sounds like you just need a new employer. But, the flexibility for your classes might not exist, so perhaps you're stuck. It sounds like they are paying you a good wage though, at least you seem to think it's good.
As for your condition where you refuse to allow you to work 40 hours (30 is actually considered full time in many states and assuming they provide benefits like paid vacation time and health insurance, you would be entitled to that - personally I'd visit your city's business affairs office (or whatever it's called) and ask what the city/state requirements for employers is. And if you want to push it... inform the state and watch how things change. though the company sounds so horrible, it's just as likely that they will reduce your hours further to get you under the requirements. But your sacrifice would be good for the other employees.
Out of curiosity what states have a 30 hour work week?
Oh, it's not about having a 30 hour work week, it's simply a definition of what qualifies as full time to get full benefits. If you work 30+ hours in a week, in Nebraska you are considered full time, and as such you must get all the same benefits as someone working 40 hrs/wk. The idea, I think, is to prevent employers from hiring someone, only allowing them to work say 32 hours a week and then not having to give them full time employee benefits.
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@scottalanmiller said in Hours I work/PTO:
@coliver said in Boss I want to go to MangoCon....:
@scottalanmiller said in Boss I want to go to MangoCon....:
@coliver said in Boss I want to go to MangoCon....:
Out of curiosity what states have a 30 hour work week?
Yeah, I've never found one. NY and California support the 50 hour standard, which sucks.
I know several businesses that do 50 hours but they do have to pay 10 hours of overtime.
That's on the case if they pay low. Most white collar jobs just expect 50 hours and that's that. And the law supports that, it's the standard work week. It's actually called the "professional week".
Interesting - I haven't seen any law stating that the White Collar work week is 50 hours, but it's been 5+ years since I've looked at the Nebraska stuff, whos, they might have changed.
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I just found out that my salary allows me to be a non-exempt employee due to a recent (GA State) law change... My the higher ups are already talking about it, and it sounds to me like a pay cut coming through the pipeline to make up for the OT that we sometimes have to do.
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@scottalanmiller said in Hours I work/PTO:
@coliver said in Boss I want to go to MangoCon....:
Out of curiosity what states have a 30 hour work week?
Yeah, I've never found one. NY and California support the 50 hour standard, which sucks.
So you're saying that the normal work week is now 50 hours per week, not 40? we moved from 8 hrs a day to 10? When did that happen?
And it's hilarious when I heard that some places in Europe are at 35 hr/wk or less.
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@dafyre said in Hours I work/PTO:
I just found out that my salary allows me to be a non-exempt employee due to a recent (GA State) law change... My the higher ups are already talking about it, and it sounds to me like a pay cut coming through the pipeline to make up for the OT that we sometimes have to do.
You seriously need to find another job.
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@Dashrender said in Hours I work/PTO:
@dafyre said in Hours I work/PTO:
I just found out that my salary allows me to be a non-exempt employee due to a recent (GA State) law change... My the higher ups are already talking about it, and it sounds to me like a pay cut coming through the pipeline to make up for the OT that we sometimes have to do.
You seriously need to find another job.
Assuming they do try to do a pay cut, I will be definitely... . Supposedly the law affects salaried employees under 50k a year... Which I fall into that category... but only just... So maybe I'll get a pay bump up to 50k a year and not have to worry about it, lol.
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Nebraska non exempt, I don't think there's a cap when you don't have to pay overtime. I'd have to double check.
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Every so often I realize I know very little about a country I live so close to.
What in the name of F...
No paid vacation days? Gooooooooooooooooooooood grief.
Even our interns get vacation days! We don't even pay them!
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@MattSpeller said in Hours I work/PTO:
Every so often I realize I know very little about a country I live so close to.
What in the name of F...
No paid vacation days? Gooooooooooooooooooooood grief.
Even our interns get vacation days! We don't even pay them!
LOL - sure, as part of an internship, they should give notice for vacation, but as unpaid people.. it seems funny to me that they couldn't just take whatever time they need off.
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@Dashrender When you spend a lot of time 1 on 1 and get them deep into a lab experiment with rigorous scientific controls.... darn rights they have to ask. If they just bugger off we scream at the university for sending us useless tools.
Also they forfeit getting their name published, which is apparently a big deal.
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Last place I worked, there was PTO but only after a year. So there was no holiday pay until a year and it seemed they tried to find something you did to violate something so they could put you on "probation" to reset the clock. Glad I got out of there.
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I'm currently on one of those unlimited paid vacation plans. If I work regular 40 hour weeks it comes in at right about 5 weeks of vacation. We have a running graph that shows hours worked versus hours "needed". As long as our running total stays above or at least touches the 1900 hours per year line, we can take vacation as much and as often as we want. (assuming it doesn't interfere with current projects) If you stay above that 1900 hour line for too long they make you take a week or two off to recharge your batteries.
And I also get to set my own schedule. I've been fairly high on hours for the last couple of months, so I've been coming in at 10:30/11 in the morning and leaving at 5:30/6pm most days. Strangely enough, when I do take vacation time I seem to end up working the majority of the hours I was off back into my schedule.
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@Dashrender said in Hours I work/PTO:
@coliver said in Hours I work/PTO:
@Dashrender said in Boss I want to go to MangoCon....:
@BBigford said in Boss I want to go to MangoCon....:
@Dashrender said in Boss I want to go to MangoCon....:
Glad I've never worked in a shit whole company like that.
Even the retail companies I've worked for never did crap like that. Every employee received PTO, a minimum of 2 weeks of whatever the average number of hours you work in a week (not sure where that average came from when you've been there less than a year).
Sick time is something that I don't think I've ever had - it's all just PTO, all lumped together, take it how you need it.
My current employer gives three weeks from day one (but it's on an accrual basis, so you don't actually have any PTO on the books until after the first pay period).
...and that is why I'd love to work outside the USA. Common consensus is the average US company is not the greatest to work for in comparison to the average company in the UK or Canada. Never worked outside the US before so I have no opinion on that. I just know I've never been happy with any company I work for.
Sounds like you just need a new employer. But, the flexibility for your classes might not exist, so perhaps you're stuck. It sounds like they are paying you a good wage though, at least you seem to think it's good.
As for your condition where you refuse to allow you to work 40 hours (30 is actually considered full time in many states and assuming they provide benefits like paid vacation time and health insurance, you would be entitled to that - personally I'd visit your city's business affairs office (or whatever it's called) and ask what the city/state requirements for employers is. And if you want to push it... inform the state and watch how things change. though the company sounds so horrible, it's just as likely that they will reduce your hours further to get you under the requirements. But your sacrifice would be good for the other employees.
Out of curiosity what states have a 30 hour work week?
Oh, it's not about having a 30 hour work week, it's simply a definition of what qualifies as full time to get full benefits. If you work 30+ hours in a week, in Nebraska you are considered full time, and as such you must get all the same benefits as someone working 40 hrs/wk. The idea, I think, is to prevent employers from hiring someone, only allowing them to work say 32 hours a week and then not having to give them full time employee benefits.
Ah, okay. NY might be like that. But 32 hours is what sticks in my head.
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@johnhooks said in Hours I work/PTO:
Last place I worked, there was PTO but only after a year. So there was no holiday pay until a year and it seemed they tried to find something you did to violate something so they could put you on "probation" to reset the clock. Glad I got out of there.
That's called... illegal. Accrued time is accrued time. It can't be taken away.
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@MattSpeller said in Hours I work/PTO:
Every so often I realize I know very little about a country I live so close to.
What in the name of F...
No paid vacation days? Gooooooooooooooooooooood grief.
How do you not know this? I thought that America's insane lack of employee protections and quality of life issues were common knowledge.
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@scottalanmiller said in Hours I work/PTO:
@Dashrender said in Hours I work/PTO:
@coliver said in Hours I work/PTO:
@Dashrender said in Boss I want to go to MangoCon....:
@BBigford said in Boss I want to go to MangoCon....:
@Dashrender said in Boss I want to go to MangoCon....:
Glad I've never worked in a shit whole company like that.
Even the retail companies I've worked for never did crap like that. Every employee received PTO, a minimum of 2 weeks of whatever the average number of hours you work in a week (not sure where that average came from when you've been there less than a year).
Sick time is something that I don't think I've ever had - it's all just PTO, all lumped together, take it how you need it.
My current employer gives three weeks from day one (but it's on an accrual basis, so you don't actually have any PTO on the books until after the first pay period).
...and that is why I'd love to work outside the USA. Common consensus is the average US company is not the greatest to work for in comparison to the average company in the UK or Canada. Never worked outside the US before so I have no opinion on that. I just know I've never been happy with any company I work for.
Sounds like you just need a new employer. But, the flexibility for your classes might not exist, so perhaps you're stuck. It sounds like they are paying you a good wage though, at least you seem to think it's good.
As for your condition where you refuse to allow you to work 40 hours (30 is actually considered full time in many states and assuming they provide benefits like paid vacation time and health insurance, you would be entitled to that - personally I'd visit your city's business affairs office (or whatever it's called) and ask what the city/state requirements for employers is. And if you want to push it... inform the state and watch how things change. though the company sounds so horrible, it's just as likely that they will reduce your hours further to get you under the requirements. But your sacrifice would be good for the other employees.
Out of curiosity what states have a 30 hour work week?
Oh, it's not about having a 30 hour work week, it's simply a definition of what qualifies as full time to get full benefits. If you work 30+ hours in a week, in Nebraska you are considered full time, and as such you must get all the same benefits as someone working 40 hrs/wk. The idea, I think, is to prevent employers from hiring someone, only allowing them to work say 32 hours a week and then not having to give them full time employee benefits.
Ah, okay. NY might be like that. But 32 hours is what sticks in my head.
32 hours is the threshold for benefits and insurance as a full time worker in NY. Which is why a lot of companies, around here, manage hours to prevent people from being able to work more then 30 hours a week.
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@coliver said in Hours I work/PTO:
@scottalanmiller said in Hours I work/PTO:
@Dashrender said in Hours I work/PTO:
@coliver said in Hours I work/PTO:
@Dashrender said in Boss I want to go to MangoCon....:
@BBigford said in Boss I want to go to MangoCon....:
@Dashrender said in Boss I want to go to MangoCon....:
Glad I've never worked in a shit whole company like that.
Even the retail companies I've worked for never did crap like that. Every employee received PTO, a minimum of 2 weeks of whatever the average number of hours you work in a week (not sure where that average came from when you've been there less than a year).
Sick time is something that I don't think I've ever had - it's all just PTO, all lumped together, take it how you need it.
My current employer gives three weeks from day one (but it's on an accrual basis, so you don't actually have any PTO on the books until after the first pay period).
...and that is why I'd love to work outside the USA. Common consensus is the average US company is not the greatest to work for in comparison to the average company in the UK or Canada. Never worked outside the US before so I have no opinion on that. I just know I've never been happy with any company I work for.
Sounds like you just need a new employer. But, the flexibility for your classes might not exist, so perhaps you're stuck. It sounds like they are paying you a good wage though, at least you seem to think it's good.
As for your condition where you refuse to allow you to work 40 hours (30 is actually considered full time in many states and assuming they provide benefits like paid vacation time and health insurance, you would be entitled to that - personally I'd visit your city's business affairs office (or whatever it's called) and ask what the city/state requirements for employers is. And if you want to push it... inform the state and watch how things change. though the company sounds so horrible, it's just as likely that they will reduce your hours further to get you under the requirements. But your sacrifice would be good for the other employees.
Out of curiosity what states have a 30 hour work week?
Oh, it's not about having a 30 hour work week, it's simply a definition of what qualifies as full time to get full benefits. If you work 30+ hours in a week, in Nebraska you are considered full time, and as such you must get all the same benefits as someone working 40 hrs/wk. The idea, I think, is to prevent employers from hiring someone, only allowing them to work say 32 hours a week and then not having to give them full time employee benefits.
Ah, okay. NY might be like that. But 32 hours is what sticks in my head.
32 hours is the threshold for benefits and insurance as a full time worker in NY. Which is why a lot of companies, around here, manage hours to prevent people from being able to work more then 30 hours a week.
Yeah, I kind of disagree with the law because it simply makes the poor get fewer hours rather than making them get benefits.
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@MattSpeller said in Hours I work/PTO:
Every so often I realize I know very little about a country I live so close to.
What in the name of F...
No paid vacation days? Gooooooooooooooooooooood grief.
Even our interns get vacation days! We don't even pay them!
Lol thanks for the laugh. It made me feel worse, but at least I got a good laugh out of it.
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@BBigford said in Hours I work/PTO:
Lol thanks for the laugh. It made me feel worse, but at least I got a good laugh out of it.
You'd be welcome up here in America's hat my friend. 37.5h/week, mediocre healthcare that you don't have to pay for directly....
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@MattSpeller said in Hours I work/PTO:
@BBigford said in Hours I work/PTO:
Lol thanks for the laugh. It made me feel worse, but at least I got a good laugh out of it.
You'd be welcome up here in America's hat my friend. 37.5h/week, mediocre healthcare that you don't have to pay for directly....
I'm not welcome there, but am coming anyway. See you Canuks this summer!
