As a tech for a small IT consultancy firm/ISP, I have seen several of my co-workers be gyped out of money by being put on salary. I am an hourly employee who works sometimes 25 hours in a week and sometimes 60. In the past 2 years, I have worked enough overtime to put my total annual pay at a higher dollar amount than my salaried counterparts. They do the same amount of work--if not more--that I do, yet they make less money for it. Doesn't seem fair to me...
being another of the call-center-employee types, i can't help but wonder what your boss thinks about relationships in the workplace...
i just got an email from mine that says if any male employee tries to flirt with any female employee, they'll be written up for misconduct.
maybe this is another topic entirely, but i'd like to know what kind of policies other people's employers tend to have on this subject, as finding geeks of the opposite sex is usually easier in an environment where geeks flourish... like tech support call centers.
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As a tech for a small IT consultancy firm/ISP, I have seen several of my co-workers be gyped out of money by being put on salary. I am an hourly employee who works sometimes 25 hours in a week and sometimes 60. In the past 2 years, I have worked enough overtime to put my total annual pay at a higher dollar amount than my salaried counterparts. They do the same amount of work--if not more--that I do, yet they make less money for it. Doesn't seem fair to me...
being another of the call-center-employee types, i can't help but wonder what your boss thinks about relationships in the workplace...
i just got an email from mine that says if any male employee tries to flirt with any female employee, they'll be written up for misconduct.
maybe this is another topic entirely, but i'd like to know what kind of policies other people's employers tend to have on this subject, as finding geeks of the opposite sex is usually easier in an environment where geeks flourish... like tech support call centers.
Coming soon to a NOC near you... the all new and improved LuserBot!!! Never worry about Lusers upgrading to Win98 and sucking up your corporate bandwidth again. Don't fear the evil "what kind of click?" question anymore. The LuserBot will handle them all. Every new LuserBot comes with these great features:
-New 'hunt-n-peck' ID system.
-New bagger option, for those heavy Luser days.
-Gasoline combustion engine option, for those physically fit Lusers who think they can get away.
Call 1-888-55-LUSER or check out http://www.operationsrocks.com/LuserBot for more details.