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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by joering2 on Thursday September 01, 2016 @01:04PM (#12406983)
Thank you.

So they are paid overtime for this, is that correct?

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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by wolf550e on Thursday September 01, 2016 @01:59PM (#12407472)
Engineers are not paid overtime. Technicians often are paid overtime.
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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by ceejayoz on Thursday September 01, 2016 @01:29PM (#12407214)
Not if they're salaried, which most of them probably are.
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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by joering2 on Friday September 02, 2016 @12:44PM (#12414329)
They why are they being allowed to work for free?

Is that even legal in USA? Aren't they obligated by OSHA and USDOL to be paid for the time they work??

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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by TeMPOraL on Friday September 02, 2016 @07:36AM (#12412292)
:O.

So US doesn't have paid overtime on a regular salary work?

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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by ceejayoz on Friday September 02, 2016 @01:34PM (#12414699)
Not if you're covered by the "white collar exemption", which any engineer-type is going to fall under. Folks working 80 hour weeks at startups don't get any overtime for it.
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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by throwanem on Thursday September 01, 2016 @01:16PM (#12407087)
The hourly employees, sure.
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