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I've always work hourly jobs. Which do you prefer if you worked both?
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I am lucky enough to have both. I have a set yearly salary but also get paid hourly for my overtime. Guess it pays to be a non-exempt employee
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I am salary; don't have to punch time clocks or worry about getting 40 hours in. I work WAY more than 40 hours but I feel like I can come and go without worry.
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I have always worked hourly jobs as well.
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i've done both, I likes Salary better.
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I've always work hourly jobs. Which do you prefer if you worked both?
I want paid by the hour. I was offered a job that was salary recently but the more he talked the more I realized it was a rip off. He wanted me to work 11 hours a day for $100 a day. LOL I was like- uh NO. And 6 days a week with Saturday being no pay. So it was apx 65 hours a week for $500. Far as I know he is still looking for somebody. It sounds like a good deal until you get to adding up the hours you have to work.
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I have done both. My last job which I retired from was salary. It has it's ups and downs especially if you work for the government. If we worked overtime, we had to take the time off. They didn't pay for overtime.
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I've only had hourly jobs. Or salaried "gigs". I've never been on a salary before. I think I"m better of as an hourly wage worker. I would have a hard time walking away from my work if I had a choice. I love what I do and putting in extra time would be rewarding...albeit not financially the smartest way to use my time.
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i've done both, I likes Salary better.
Interesting...why?
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worked both. I think it depends for what position/jobs you have. Like at work its better to be a department manager hourly paid and get overtime rather than a co-manager of the place worked almost 10 hours a day without overtime. At the end the hourly manager got more money.
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:menorah: :santa: :snowflake: I've mostly have worked hourly jobs. Which seems strange, but while working the same hours per week turns into a salary job, when the paychecks are the same amount. :menorah: :santa: :snowflake:
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i have worked both and each are different...depends on the job you are on..both have their own advanbtages...
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I have worked booth, but the last 15 years is Salaried job, but they divide the payment by hour, and pay overtime if I need to stay, mind you that does not happens often but when it does is very nice. I think that depends on the type of job and the company. Hourly jobs are good pay for retailers, restaurants and stores that have schedules, and salary jobs, most of the times, are better for Companies that have office jobs.
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I have done both. My last job which I retired from was salary. It has it's ups and downs especially if you work for the government. If we worked overtime, we had to take the time off. They didn't pay for overtime.
What do you mean you had to take the time off? Salary means you get paid a set amount per week or month. No matter how many hours you work.
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:menorah: :santa: :snowflake: I've mostly have worked hourly jobs. Which seems strange, but while working the same hours per week turns into a salary job, when the paychecks are the same amount. :menorah: :santa: :snowflake:
That doesn't make sense.
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I have worked booth, but the last 15 years is Salaried job, but they divide the payment by hour, and pay overtime if I need to stay, mind you that does not happens often but when it does is very nice. I think that depends on the type of job and the company. Hourly jobs are good pay for retailers, restaurants and stores that have schedules, and salary jobs, most of the times, are better for Companies that have office jobs.
Not really. I don't care what the job is I would rather be paid by the hour. I had an office job once that I was forced to work 12 plus hours a day. If I were being paid salary where normally I would be paid on a base of 8 hours a day I am working 4 PLUS hours a day for free. I hated the hours but did like the OT. I only done it a couple weeks and told the manager it wasn't going to happen and I was not available for that kind of hours.
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Salary jobs are better paying, but you can be taken advantage of. Working more than your counterparts on hourly. Hourly jobs can leave the job behind at the end of the day.
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I work salary, i would only work hourly if it was a part-time job.
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I've worked both. Salary jobs are my preference.
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I've worked hourly jobs before, but not working now.
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Salary jobs are better paying, but you can be taken advantage of. Working more than your counterparts on hourly. Hourly jobs can leave the job behind at the end of the day.
Depends on the job. The only salary job I was offered I would make more money paid by the hour. And hourly or salary there will always be people who think they work harder than others. My thing is if you are taking care of you and doing your work you won't have time to worry about what I am doing.
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Hourly for sure, when you are salaried they can work you ad infinitum. I now this from experience and the stress is not worth it!
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When I worked at Sears, I was the manager of the catalog department, it was an hourly job. But when we closed it down I was asked if I wanted to go salary or stay hourly. I stayed hourly. Because I did not want to work holidays or much overtime. Year right I still worked them at times, but I got paid time and a half, with an extra day . So I always ended up making more then salary. When I quit to get married and moved where there was not a Sears store. I had 12 weeks of vacation time, plus 6 weeks of comp time and 5 weeks of health time that I had never used. I seemed to be always scheduled for more time and was not able to use it all up at any given time. Even though I took off several times a year. I loved my job.
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Hourly makes more sense to me but it generally works out to the same pay. I make a pretty large salary at my day time job but have always averaged fifty hours a week. The salary also comes with nine holidays per year, a decent mid year bonus, matching retirement fund, good health insurance, pays me and a charity for volunteer time, and five weeks vacation. I work by the file at my night time job and make more per hour but do not get vacation time, health benefits, and they only match one percent of my retirement plan allotments. When I weigh everything out I actually make more at my night time/weekend job for less hours even with a lack of rosy benefits. Managers at the day time job all have to be on salary because the company works them pretty hard.
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I work hourly. I prefer it this way because those salaried end up working extra hours as I do, but they don't get paid overtime.
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The problems with hourly jobs are:
Not enough hours
Few benefits, if any
No seniority
The employer thinks: You are a temp
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Given the choice I think I would take hourly because I would get paid for all the hours I work including time and a half after 40 hours.
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Worked both and hourly is better, under salary always seem to be working more hours than I am paid for.
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I've worked both. Salary was better (WHEN there was money coming in to pay the salary - which was not always the case). But the hourly overtime was a nice bonus when it came in. I would take either of those options over present conditions!
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Hourly makes more sense to me but it generally works out to the same pay. I make a pretty large salary at my day time job but have always averaged fifty hours a week. The salary also comes with nine holidays per year, a decent mid year bonus, matching retirement fund, good health insurance, pays me and a charity for volunteer time, and five weeks vacation. I work by the file at my night time job and make more per hour but do not get vacation time, health benefits, and they only match one percent of my retirement plan allotments. When I weigh everything out I actually make more at my night time/weekend job for less hours even with a lack of rosy benefits. Managers at the day time job all have to be on salary because the company works them pretty hard.
How can it work out to the same pay? Salary a lot of times will work 60 hours a week for their pay. I guess if you take their pay and divide it by the hours worked then it comes out to about what hourly people make but you work more hours. All the perks you mention are not offered to hourly employees on MOST jobs.
The majority of the jobs in this country are held by retail, fast food, and factory workers. The management and office personnel get a ton of perks the "workers" do not get and they work a lot harder.
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The problems with hourly jobs are:
Not enough hours
Few benefits, if any
No seniority
The employer thinks: You are a temp
Totally depends n the job. If you work part time in retail or fast food then this applies. If you work a factory job you will work 40 plus hours a week. And ALL jobs have seniority. Some take it more seriously than others. And the only job I ever was thought of as a TEMP was a job where I WAS a temp.
If you were salary, and had the job I mentioned before where you were paid $500 a week and were expected to work 11-12 hours Mon - Sat you would cry about that too.
It's too many hours
Not enough pay
You are not allowed to take off unless it is a doc excuse or somebody dies
Oh and he said I would need to PROVE the death. SMH. Unless his attitude changes he may never fill that position. Personally I would rather work for myself. lol
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The point to be taken from Countrygirl's last post is that regardless of the circumstances, there are pros and cons to either scenario and the person working is more easily going to see the negatives of their own situation and "how great" the other worker has it.
Just remember that the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence.
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The point to be taken from Countrygirl's last post is that regardless of the circumstances, there are pros and cons to either scenario and the person working is more easily going to see the negatives of their own situation and "how great" the other worker has it.
Just remember that the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence.
There was nothing positive about the job I mentioned above. The guy was hateful in the interview and wanted me to work 7:15 to 5:30 M-F and the Sat 7:15-2:30. I was not allowed to EVER miss work. The place was open 8-5 but he wants me there at 7:15 to be sure I am going to be on time. lol
He interviewed about 40 people and as far as I know has not filled the position. Most salary jobs do have a higher base pay but not when you have to work 60 plus hours. It would depend on the situation. Some salary jobs are good. I know a woman who works salary and she has it pretty awesome. She takes off when ever she wants to. Works when she wants to.
Personally I would rather get paid by the hour and get OT for time over 40 hours. Most I have talked to that work Salary work a lot of hours.
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There was nothing positive about the job I mentioned above.
Sure there was. He was willing to pay you in exchange for performing work. That is a benefit. The conditions and atmosphere sound awful and you are probably correct that he will have trouble filling the job under those terms. But I guarantee you that there are thousands of people who would be willing to fill the position if it was offered to them (albeit, many of them undocumented aliens).
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There was nothing positive about the job I mentioned above.
Sure there was. He was willing to pay you in exchange for performing work. That is a benefit. The conditions and atmosphere sound awful and you are probably correct that he will have trouble filling the job under those terms. But I guarantee you that there are thousands of people who would be willing to fill the position if it was offered to them (albeit, many of them undocumented aliens).
I doubt it. There is a lot I left out. He actually sat there and told me he gets mad and will scream and yell at me and cuss me and I have to sit there and take it. And he will come back and apologize later but that is just who he is.
If we get busy and you don't get a lunch break missing a meal won't kill you.
I want you at work 45 minutes early so that I know you will be here on time. I can be late but I live farther away and that is acceptable.
You will work every weekend. I, no I don't work weekends. I have worked x number of years and I deserve to have those off.
If I don't think you are working hard enough for the sale I will jump in and take it away from you.
I can't even remember now what all. He was horrible. Yes he may get somebody to take the job but if they only stay a week then what good is he doing? Yes, I guess getting paid $7.69 (not much over the fed min wage) an hour and horrible working conditions is something to be grateful for lol.
No, there are not thousands of people willing to take the job. He can't even get a handful to consider taking the job. I would think this would make the owner take a look at this manager. Because THIS department is the only one that they can't get anybody to take the job. And no it isn't because people are lazy. I would think if the interview were taped and played for the owner they may be looking for a new manager. :D
I am not sure I would take this as an hourly job at $15 an hour. haha
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I started out with hourly wages and ended with a yearly salary. Thankfully, my yearly salary was much larger than the money I made on an hourly basis.
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I doubt it. There is a lot I left out. He actually sat there and told me he gets mad and will scream and yell at me and cuss me and I have to sit there and take it. And he will come back and apologize later but that is just who he is.
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No, there are not thousands of people willing to take the job. He can't even get a handful to consider taking the job. I would think this would make the owner take a look at this manager. Because THIS department is the only one that they can't get anybody to take the job. And no it isn't because people are lazy. I would think if the interview were taped and played for the owner they may be looking for a new manager. :D
Sounds like maybe he should be featured on an episode of Undercover Boss?
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I've always worked hourly jobs, and I would love to have a salary job.
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I prefer hourly because you get overtime; salary you can work over 40 times and some jobs won't give you comp time. So hourly is best for me.