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Being a Salary Employee Sucks

So I've been at my current job for about 11 years. I started making a salary of $1000 per week once covid and things hit, and my hours all went crazy. I work a lot of hours, usually I'm in the office by 7am and don't leave until 5pm. Then, when I'm home, I'm still checking emails , scheduling, and answering texts. I also get 2 weeks paid vacation, and everyone does after 5 years. There are no other benefits whatsoever. Since it is salary pay, there is no overtime, and I wonder if I'd be better off being paid hourly. Only 3 people get paid salary and one requested to be paid hourly, so she gave him almost no work to make a point like look you don't make anything now. Now, if there's ever a slow week or I need to cut out early for kids, she tells…


So I've been at my current job for about 11 years. I started making a salary of $1000 per week once covid and things hit, and my hours all went crazy. I work a lot of hours, usually I'm in the office by 7am and don't leave until 5pm. Then, when I'm home, I'm still checking emails , scheduling, and answering texts. I also get 2 weeks paid vacation, and everyone does after 5 years. There are no other benefits whatsoever. Since it is salary pay, there is no overtime, and I wonder if I'd be better off being paid hourly. Only 3 people get paid salary and one requested to be paid hourly, so she gave him almost no work to make a point like look you don't make anything now. Now, if there's ever a slow week or I need to cut out early for kids, she tells me she will reduce my salary for the week..is this even allowed? I don't ask for extra money for the weeks I work 60 plus hours, so why would it go down for working a little less. I brought up wanting more sick days or personal days also because it's been 11 years and was told that nobody in any job gets more than 2 weeks off from who she has talked to. This is a small business of about 25 employees, and I'm the main supervisor with only my boss above me.

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