Re:Microsoft is officially sending employees back to the office
by bsimpson on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @10:39PM
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At most tech companies, you can work 5 hours per week or 100 and your salary remains the same.
If they see you working 5 hours per week and don't think you're productive enough, they can fire you, but you aren't paid any more for working more hours. That's what "salaried" means. It's why you've never heard someone getting paid "time and a half" for working weekends in tech.
Re:Microsoft is officially sending employees back to the office
by themafia on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @11:44PM
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> It's why you've never heard someone getting paid "time and a half" for working weekends in tech.
It depends on the state. In California there are minimum salary requirements, that are adjusted every year, that must be met to be an exempt position. Otherwise you are required to pay hourly.
It's honestly one of the nice features of the state.
Absolutely zero chance some HR person goes through your commit history at the end of the month, assigns a value to it and then pays you some amount of money based on that.
You're paid for hours of work, it's there in your contract. If they don't enforce it that's a different thing. If you can't even grasp that ..., I don't think your "output" is that good, lmao.