IBM claimed that the overtime pay would even-out the pay cut for the affected employees, but then they said that the overtime had to be manager-approved. From what I hear, managers haven't been approving overtime very freely since. The affected employees aren't getting the "same level" pay they were told to expect. Salaried workers are now finding themselves required to put in extra hours for some reason.
Advice to Apple employees: don't settle, or at least get an anti-retaliation clause in the settlement.
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IBM claimed that the overtime pay would even-out the pay cut for the affected employees, but then they said that the overtime had to be manager-approved. From what I hear, managers haven't been approving overtime very freely since. The affected employees aren't getting the "same level" pay they were told to expect. Salaried workers are now finding themselves required to put in extra hours for some reason. Advice to Apple employees: don't settle, or at least get an anti-retaliation clause in the settlement.