Re:If you make less than $55K, the Labor Department wants yo...
by lotsofpulp on Thursday August 31, 2023 @02:11PM
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No, but they are not really managers.
> I assume anyone with a customer facing “manager” title is just the on call employee who trades their ability to earn overtime for less volatility in their pay (salary).
Whoever is telling them that they can only hire people at minimum wage plus $1 or $2 is the manager. I don’t mind if they are exempt from overtime pay, since they would actually have to be the ones working on call when short staffed…rather than sit behind a desk adjusting spreadsheets.
> I assume anyone with a customer facing “manager” title is just the on call employee who trades their ability to earn overtime for less volatility in their pay (salary).
Whoever is telling them that they can only hire people at minimum wage plus $1 or $2 is the manager. I don’t mind if they are exempt from overtime pay, since they would actually have to be the ones working on call when short staffed…rather than sit behind a desk adjusting spreadsheets.