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Work/Life Balance – Are you at the mercy of your job if you are salary?

I recently had a conversation with my supervisor where they asked me if I thought I had a good work/ life balance. Before I could answer, they answered for me and said they thought it was pretty good. I then said to them because of the unpredictable hours it be hard to do things, attend events, dinners. I requested to have a more set schedule. They said because I’m “salary” I’m kind of obligated to work whenever. Is that really true? I’ve worked 2 other salary jobs before and as long as I was working at minimum 40 hours a week they were fine. Even gave me a set start time for the most part. This job seems to think they own me for however long in the day they want.


I recently had a conversation with my supervisor where they asked me if I thought I had a good work/ life balance. Before I could answer, they answered for me and said they thought it was pretty good. I then said to them because of the unpredictable hours it be hard to do things, attend events, dinners. I requested to have a more set schedule. They said because I’m “salary” I’m kind of obligated to work whenever. Is that really true? I’ve worked 2 other salary jobs before and as long as I was working at minimum 40 hours a week they were fine. Even gave me a set start time for the most part. This job seems to think they own me for however long in the day they want.

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