You need to find out what your exemption status is. Do you punch a time card and get paid on an hourly basis? If so you are probably non-exempt. Or do you get paid a set salary no matter how many hours you work in a week? If this is the case, you are exempt and they can expect you to do whatever is asked of you that is within reason. It's really not up to you to decide what is within reason. If you disagree with them you can just tell them you are not coming in because you don't feel it's within the scope of your job. What happens from there can be a variety of things.

The fact you worked 38 hours and they ask you to come in leaves little room for a good argument.

Sometime crap like this happens. I can't even count the times I would be all dressed and ready to go out right when I get a call ebcause something is wrong and I end up working all night. Gar.

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Originally posted by R!CH i would do what andrieux says and try to gain favor by doing it rather than make things difficult for your boss by trying to get out of it.

I've went in before on the weekends on many occasions - ruining my weekends (as a favor for them, without pay)... but I haven't went in the past couple months for different reasons (I was out of town, or it was my birthday, etc).

I was hoping there was a law against this so I can show it to them.

I always thought "salary exempt" meant for people who have certificates or licenses (ie real estate agents, lawyers, doctors, cpa's, etc).

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Originally posted by Miss Julia What does "salaried exempt" mean?

It means, you should work without question and take your overtime, woman.

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I recommend moving to the Netherlands. 35 hour work week and there will be a country wide revolt if they increase it to 40! A friend of mine works for the government and takes the month of Decemberr off to use his 70 accrued vacation days...

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Originally posted by in2muzikk I recommend moving to the Netherlands. 35 hour work week and there will be a country wide revolt if they increase it to 40! A friend of mine works for the government and takes the month of Decemberr off to use his 70 accrued vacation days... Trade off is getting pissed on every day with bone drenching rain. Seems there's always a catch...

Or Spain had good hours with their Siesta! They freakin work 10-2. 2-5 everywhere is closed. Some places open up @ 5 again, but some places like the Bank stay closed.

Julia: Since your on a "salary" then you have duties and you get paid to take care of those duties. When I worked for T-Mobile, the sales reps got hourly, but the manager was paid a salary...so he would come, take care of business and bounce!

If you are getting paid well, and its worth it then don't complain. Its a tough job market out there. They can replace you in a second with someone who is more than happy to come work on a Saturday.

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In California, from my understand, managers at companies cannot be exempt. At least, according to flyers for lawyer firms trrying to get clients who want to sue their work for overtime stuff, lol.

I actually got a lil over a thousand dollars recently years after I quit T-Mobile. Some class action lawsuit. Someone was clever enough to say that we weren't getting proper brakes, or were not getting paid for out breaks. Something like that. Its nice to get a g w/ one signature!

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I would call it either salary or exempt but not "salary exempt".

There can only be an indirect connection between working 38 hours during the week and having to come in on Saturday. I.e. assigning the task to the person that has only worked 38 hours vs. other people that already worked 40 hours.

Where I work we are getting paid mileage for Saturdays (I think it is also stated in the employee handbook) and quite often they even provide lunch.

Although typically not stated in most handbooks, if consistently the workload assigned results in working over 40 hours (and assuming full time is officially defined as 40 hours) there will be some kind of compensation (taking time off without using vacation, favorable review that results in a raise, bonus, I have even got paid overtime once during a crunch period-I had to clock like the hourly people).

greece/spain siesta culture ftw

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It's sort-of complicated, but based on what you've said, you're not exempt.

IMHO, if you get some freedom during the week (and you get paid for less than 40h/week of work), I'd suck it up and work it.

Just work it, if you really don't like it, negotiate for paid gas, paid lunch or something. But if you do negotiate, update your resume


I am reminded of Office Space, and the pieces of flair. It looks like you are just wearing the minimum amount, when in reality, bosses want you to exceed the minimum amount. So if this is your career and you like it, you better exceed, but if this is your career and you dislike the work enough to not do more than the minimum, I would look for a new line of work.