i’ve been at my first salary job for about 5 months, it’s a small business but makes a good amount of revenue. most employees are hourly, i don’t know why exactly but i got in my head that salary was better so i asked for that when interviewing. it is nice knowing the same amount of money is coming each paycheck but i’m still on my parents insurance so not really getting benefits beyond that.
this week i’m working 7 days straight, i’ve worked 15 days in a row during our fourth of july sale. i also typically work 9/10+ hours a day. is this normal for salary? i know it wouldn’t be allowed if i was hourly. my manger is cool, we’re both in our early/mid twenties and she always chalks it up to “yeah that’s the salary life sometimes”
do any of you working salary jobs have similar experiences? or any input would be appreciated. i’m worried about getting burned out, i mean it’s definitely already happened to some extent.
i am a social media coordinator but also work in production & other things since there are only about 18 of us running this operation