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Contractors on Salary?
An anonymous reader asks: "I recently got a new job (yes I am one of the lucky few) as a contract programmer. In part of the contract negotiations, the company would not allow me to work on an hourly rate, but instead placed me on salary. I have run into problems in the past where I have had to work an absurd number of hours as a programmer, and am curious where to draw the line. Obviously it is not ok to just leave at the end of an 8 hour shift if there is still lots to be done, but what if the poor project management is not your fault, and heavy deadlines are coming up? Can the company legally make you work 10-16 hour days? I would consider myself new to the industry but not unexperienced. At the company I used to work at, I worked crazy hours and didn't know it was OK to say that the hours are too much. What do you all think?"
reading and submitting articles to /. -- maybe that's why they don't want to pay you hourly. BTW, FP!
It appears in the USA an employer can fire employees at will, while in Europe firing people to avoid direct bankrubsy is impossible. THis is - of course - an exchageration, but it would make sense to specify a topograpic region...
maybe they don't want you doing one hour of work, seven of minesweeper and then billing for all eight.
Inconceivable! Unthinkable! Impossible! How dare you imply that such things ever happen! I suggest you get your facts straight before you make such sweeping generalizations!
We read slashdot, not play minesweeper.
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