Who still needs the office? U.S. companies start cutting space

Re:Who still needs the office? U.S. companies start cutting ... by klipt on Thursday July 23, 2020 @09:57PM (#23934894)

> contracted to work 40 hours/wk

That's not how salaried positions work in the US. If you work 60 hour weeks you don't get paid overtime (but if that helps you perform beyond your peers, you might get promoted faster).

What matters is performance, not hours.

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Re:Who still needs the office? U.S. companies start cutting ... by astura on Thursday July 23, 2020 @11:08PM (#23935295)

Not universally true, I am salary and get paid overtime. In fact, of all the software jobs I've had I did unpaid overtime only a couple times a year at most, never most years. I absolutely wouldn't do unpaid overtime regularly - paid overtime is fine, if I were expected to do unpaid overtime regularly I'd leave. Overtime has always been at base pay, not time-and-a-half like hourly employees.

Every salary job I've ever had (I've had 4) required everyone to do their own timekeeping ever day, no working six hours a day and calling it "full time" unless you charged the time off or I guess lied.

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Re:Who still needs the office? U.S. companies start cutting ... by Nition on Friday July 24, 2020 @12:33AM (#23935760)

I was going directly off what the comment I replied to says, which is "My contract says I have to work 40h/week."

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Re:Who still needs the office? U.S. companies start cutting ... by hanfsi on Friday July 24, 2020 @07:39AM (#23938280)

So USA doesn't have anyone working and getting pay for something like a 4 day workweek? ...

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