[Anonymous POLL] GT Owners...how much do you make a year?

[S550_Magnetic]

Wishful memory. You didn't buy a new Explorer in 2001 for $13K. I bought its twin (Mercury Mountaineer) in June, 2001. Stickered for $36K. We paid $33K, most expensive car I'd bought until this 15 GT. I had never been able to afford an Explorer before that, though I'd wanted one since they came out in 1990, but there were cheaper options and we took them. Particularly a Taurus wagon for $17K in 1994, versus nearly $25K for an Explorer at that time. By the time we were ready to replace the wagon we had a little more money, and we needed it!

I didn't buy it brand new, it was a year old. The model I had was $23,157, brand new.

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[Sinister]

nope I am not.

Lots of money made by thousands and thousands of hourly workers.

 

[S550_Magnetic]

Lots of money made by thousands and thousands of hourly workers.

Put them on salary and say they are exempt from OT just like all the IT people, then ship the jobs to India.

 

[Sinister]

Put them on salary and say they are exempt from OT just like all the IT people, then ship the jobs to India.

That sounds like a terrible idea lol.

 

[BlackS550]

That sounds like a terrible idea lol.

sounds like sarcasm ... i hope..

 

[S550_Magnetic]

That sounds like a terrible idea lol.

IT has to work without OT pay, so should everyone else. Don't you think that's fair? Who's idea was it to make IT exempt from OT?

 

[benanderson89]

sounds like sarcasm ... i hope..

Nope. 100% correct.

I work in IT. I'm contracted and VERY lucky to get overtime payments. But the only reason I get OT is because I work unsociable hours. I got home from work on the 8th at 7am in the morning after working 14 hours straight (and that's not even the longest I've worked) and 95% of the people I communicate with are in India (and 99% don't know jack-shit about IT, which drives everyone up the wall).

That's my mini rant for the day.

 

[Branden]

IT has to work without OT pay, so should everyone else. Don't you think that's fair? Who's idea was it to make IT exempt from OT?

That's your employers prerogative. None of our IT staff are salary and all get OT pay when it's necessary.

 

[S550_Magnetic]

That's your employers prerogative. None of our IT staff are salary and all get OT pay when it's necessary.

Florida might have different laws than where you live. My company is just following the law here...

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

Florida might have different laws than where you live. My company is just following the law here...

Trust me; Florida doesn't have different laws. Your company is possibly following the law (depends on the exact nature of your work), but there are companies that do more than just the bare minimum necessary to comply with law. Even if you're exempt from overtime requirements, the law doesn't say that the company can't pay you overtime. A lot of collective bargaining agreements require overtime payments for workers who are otherwise exempt from overtime, and a lot of employers pay those workers overtime on their own anyway.

 

[MELLOWYELLOW06]

Are you in bimmerpost?

We gotta code or cars here too.

My f10 is coded. Super cool feature.

 

[Branden]

Trust me; Florida doesn't have different laws. Your company is possibly following the law (depends on the exact nature of your work), but there are companies that do more than just the bare minimum necessary to comply with law. Even if you're exempt from overtime requirements, the law doesn't say that the company can't pay you overtime. A lot of collective bargaining agreements require overtime payments for workers who are otherwise exempt from overtime, and a lot of employers pay those workers overtime on their own anyway.

Yup, Jimmy's got it. The company isn't forced to function that way, they just choose to. Not all companys have the same benefits, and salary vs hourly + OT is just one of them.

 

[S550_Magnetic]

Yup, Jimmy's got it. The company isn't forced to function that way, they just choose to. Not all companys have the same benefits, and salary vs hourly + OT is just one of them.

LOL, I for a bank, they are all about how much money they have, not about how much money their employees have.

 

[Sinister]

IT has to work without OT pay, so should everyone else. Don't you think that's fair? Who's idea was it to make IT exempt from OT?

Well I didn't so don't drag me into your mess LOL. That's just your company. There are plenty that offer salary non-exempt positions that will pay OT. You sound unhappy with your current position. You're the only one that can change that. Make it happen!

 

[Qel Hoth]

Well I didn't so don't drag me into your mess LOL. That's just your company. There are plenty that offer salary non-exempt positions that will pay OT. You sound unhappy with your current position. You're the only one that can change that. Make it happen!

Or at least ones that do comp time. I'm salaried non-OT IT, but any time I work over 40 hours in a week I get to take off later.

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