Indeed, those who are exempt or whatever with salaries... consider it purchase/lease with at-will employment in most states. Both salary and hourly gigs have i

Indeed, those who are exempt or whatever with salaries... consider it purchase/lease with at-will employment in most states. Both salary and hourly gigs have income hanging by a thread with plenty of work, yet only one can get overtime. Be given responsibility/salary for something (aka hired) by a particularly needy manager/org and be 'undependable'. Read: not at their call. See how it turns out. The worst/eventual outcome: bye-bye money. Hopefully one has a more reasonable environment. Workers have little on their side. As someone who does SRE (not AWS, elsewhere)... I would absolutely prefer pay as an hourly rate over salary. I don't like putting in more hours/making less money because Developer Kelly had a bad launch... but I have to, The 9s (and bills) Must Flow. Fortunately, my current place takes this into account. I don't actually need bonuses or structure change... but the larger trends remain. The employer is buying you, salary opens the time box.