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> A full time employee is paid for 40h per week. That’s not true, at least in the US. The amount of hours I work weekly has never been tracked at any company b
by School-Cotton 4y ago
> A full time employee is paid for 40h per week.
That’s not true, at least in the US. The amount of hours I work weekly has never been tracked at any company big or small.
You’re not paid for 40 hours a week, you’re paid to keep up with the general standard of your peers. 40 hours is a very vague estimate of the time required to do so.
- nostromo123 4y agoIn Europe, contracts generally specify a number of hours per week. For instance in Austria, my contract says 38.5h/week - this is what people usually think of here when they say "full time". We have a time tracking system and overtime is either paid (not in my company, alas) or you can take it as free time.
- oblio 4y agoThe US is an outlier for the developed world.
- School-Cotton 4y agoWe are talking about a US company.
- oblio 4y agoWith hundreds of thousands of employees outside the US.