Amazon is piloting teams with a 30-hour workweek

Re:Amazon is piloting teams with a 30-hour workweek by itaysk on Saturday August 27, 2016 @06:28AM (#12371792)

"These 30-hour employees will be salaried and receive the same benefits as traditional 40-hour workers, but they will receive only 75 percent of the pay full-time workers earn."

How does this sentence make any sense?

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Re:Amazon is piloting teams with a 30-hour workweek by sokoloff on Saturday August 27, 2016 @08:48AM (#12372122)

It means that they get the same [non-cash] benefits as other workers and that their cash compensation is the only thing scaled down in proportion to nominal hours worked.

(I'm assuming you were confused by "same benefits" and "75% pay". Benefits, in this context, is the non-cash benefits: health insurance, PTO accrual, etc.)

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Re:Amazon is piloting teams with a 30-hour workweek by itaysk on Saturday August 27, 2016 @11:01AM (#12372618)

I was (still am) confused because they say employees will be 'salaried' the same and than receive 75% of full time 'earn'. Salary and earn are the same to me.

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Re:Amazon is piloting teams with a 30-hour workweek by sokoloff on Saturday August 27, 2016 @11:16AM (#12372689)

Salaried means an employee is paid a fixed amount per calendar time (per week, month, or year). The word "salaried" doesn't specify the amount, just the structure of pay.

The alternative is "hourly" where the employee is paid per hour worked or "piecework" where the person (typically not an employee) is paid per unit of work (bushel picked, unit assembled, etc)

From the original quote: "These 30-hour employees will be salaried and receive the same benefits" means:

"These employees will be salaried [not hourly]." and

"These employees will receive the same [non-cash] benefits."

Nowhere does it say nor imply "These employees will receive the same salary."

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