I worked for a private Seattle based investment management company. I started as a Help Desk tech that was hourly plus OT, then changed jobs to an Executive Level Support technician and they changed me back to Salary. I said fine, and they paid me close to my current combined wages plus OT and I took it. After several years in that roll the HR dept realized how much they were breaking the law when I kept documenting my hours worked, that sometimes reached 120 hrs per week on occasion. I would total my hours on the yearly performance reviews so that it was recorded. Needless to say out of the blue they payed me out a 60K bonus and changed me back to Salery plus OT. Some times it takes the fear of getting sued to change their ways. I have had several other jobs since then and will not take an IT job that doesn't pay for my OT.
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I worked for a private Seattle based investment management company. I started as a Help Desk tech that was hourly plus OT, then changed jobs to an Executive Level Support technician and they changed me back to Salary. I said fine, and they paid me close to my current combined wages plus OT and I took it. After several years in that roll the HR dept realized how much they were breaking the law when I kept documenting my hours worked, that sometimes reached 120 hrs per week on occasion. I would total my hours on the yearly performance reviews so that it was recorded. Needless to say out of the blue they payed me out a 60K bonus and changed me back to Salery plus OT. Some times it takes the fear of getting sued to change their ways. I have had several other jobs since then and will not take an IT job that doesn't pay for my OT.