Since moving to the US I’ve been shocked how many jobs list their compensation in terms of hourly wages rather than a yearly salary. I’m not just talking like McDonalds or something, even technical jobs I’ve been looking at in fields like IT or audio-visual are often listed at their hourly rate rather than a traditional salary.
Is this something companies do so they can vary the amount of hours they might need you to work and if so are these kind of jobs to be avoided?
I certainly wouldn’t want to worry about not being able to pay my mortgage because a company suddenly had less work and instead of having to honour the contract they made to pay me for my work regardless of their level of business they could just say “oh jk don’t come into work this week…”
Anybody able to shed more light on this situation?