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"is a professional and supposed to put in the hours required to get the job done, within reason" Funny how it only goes one way. Not many employers are OK with

"is a professional and supposed to put in the hours required to get the job done, within reason" Funny how it only goes one way. Not many employers are OK with someone taking Friday off because they got their work done early. Lots of employers will see nothing wrong with asking people to come in on the weekend. I think people forget that the employer/employee relationship is a value for value business relationship. As a professional I'm flexible but I'm not exploitable.

chrisseaton 9y ago
Well flexibility is what I mean. Being a salaried employee means not clocking in-and-out, not quibbling about hours worked either way, and working with your employer rather than against them in some kind of by-the-hour adversarial relationship. Taking a salary means you are being responsible for what you achieve, not just mindlessly churning out the required number of hours.
- feiofh398r39rty 9y ago
  Well, flexibility is what I mean. Being an employer of a salaried employee means signing more than just one fixed paycheck per 2 weeks, not questioning when someone requests to be paid more and working with your employees rather than against them in some kind of exact-amount-of-dollars adversarial relationship. Taking a salaried work means you are being responsible for the well-being of your employees, not just mindlessly handing out fixed amounts of money.
WillPostForFood 9y ago
Not many employers are OK with someone taking Friday off But for some reason rush hour starts just after noon on Fridays (at least in the bay area). So many employers seem to have some flexibility.
- lostboys67 9y ago
  Which is what My Boss at BT said as he had worked in the Valley and in the UK he got no more work out his SV teams than he did in the UK -and in the UK this was an ex civil service unionized with 5 weeks Al plus privilege days

chrisseaton 9y ago

Well flexibility is what I mean. Being a salaried employee means not clocking in-and-out, not quibbling about hours worked either way, and working with your employer rather than against them in some kind of by-the-hour adversarial relationship. Taking a salary means you are being responsible for what you achieve, not just mindlessly churning out the required number of hours.

feiofh398r39rty 9y ago
Well, flexibility is what I mean. Being an employer of a salaried employee means signing more than just one fixed paycheck per 2 weeks, not questioning when someone requests to be paid more and working with your employees rather than against them in some kind of exact-amount-of-dollars adversarial relationship. Taking a salaried work means you are being responsible for the well-being of your employees, not just mindlessly handing out fixed amounts of money.

WillPostForFood 9y ago

Not many employers are OK with someone taking Friday off But for some reason rush hour starts just after noon on Fridays (at least in the bay area). So many employers seem to have some flexibility.

lostboys67 9y ago
Which is what My Boss at BT said as he had worked in the Valley and in the UK he got no more work out his SV teams than he did in the UK -and in the UK this was an ex civil service unionized with 5 weeks Al plus privilege days