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Gosh I think it really depends on your company. Sometimes extra work needs to get done, that’s part of being a salaried employee to me. Providing food is a nice

by elil17 5y ago

Gosh I think it really depends on your company. Sometimes extra work needs to get done, that’s part of being a salaried employee to me. Providing food is a nice acknowledgment of work that, while it falls within the job description, falls outside of normal work hours. Whether a job takes undue advantage of salaried employees times is another matter entirely. At my work, 36 hour hackathons would never fly, corporate fun is either paid or optional, and late nights to meet a deadline happen a couple times a year - no problems there. I’m sure that’s not how it is at Amazon but I think the problems there run deeper than the food.

avinassh 5y ago
> Sometimes extra work needs to get done, that’s part of being a salaried employee to me. Providing food is a nice acknowledgment of work that, while it falls within the job description, falls outside of normal work hours. I agree extra work is sometimes required, but I'd like to acknowledged by the monetary compensation, not by pizza.
- elil17 5y ago
  I do get monetary compensation - my salary, which I agreed too while knowing that I’d have to put in extra hours a few times a year.
Hamuko 5y ago
>Sometimes extra work needs to get done, that’s part of being a salaried employee to me. I'll never get this. Part of being a salaried employee to me is that I get an agreed salary for the agreed work. Not the agreed work + whatever extra comes along the way.
EdwardDiego 5y ago
I'd agree with you entirely if being salaried actually meant anything these days. As in, you receive a fixed amount, regardless of the hours you worked, could be over the typical 40, could be under. So, if your company is good at recognising that the "could be under" part is the fair payback for the "could be over" times, then that's awesome, and I can see why you're a fan. My experience of salaried positions is more one sided.

by elil17 5y ago

avinassh 5y ago

> Sometimes extra work needs to get done, that’s part of being a salaried employee to me. Providing food is a nice acknowledgment of work that, while it falls within the job description, falls outside of normal work hours. I agree extra work is sometimes required, but I'd like to acknowledged by the monetary compensation, not by pizza.

elil17 5y ago
I do get monetary compensation - my salary, which I agreed too while knowing that I’d have to put in extra hours a few times a year.

Hamuko 5y ago

>Sometimes extra work needs to get done, that’s part of being a salaried employee to me. I'll never get this. Part of being a salaried employee to me is that I get an agreed salary for the agreed work. Not the agreed work + whatever extra comes along the way.

EdwardDiego 5y ago

I'd agree with you entirely if being salaried actually meant anything these days. As in, you receive a fixed amount, regardless of the hours you worked, could be over the typical 40, could be under. So, if your company is good at recognising that the "could be under" part is the fair payback for the "could be over" times, then that's awesome, and I can see why you're a fan. My experience of salaried positions is more one sided.