I am hourly, and since overtime is easy to get I like it that way. 40 hours a week at $20/hr plus 5-10 hours a week at $30/hr works out well for a 23 year old student.

 

I work on a piece-rate basis now so that's no help.
I was offered a job by my former employer for a salary position. I turn it down for several reasons. First, I still remember why I quit my hourly job there. Second, salary employees were paid monthly as opposed to bimonthly for hourly. Third, when something goes wrong you gotta stay and fix it for free.
Sorry if I sound cynical, but like I said-I didn't like that company to begin with.

 

Exec so I'm salaried. The upside is good solid salary and working the hours required to get my job done which means some flexibility. The downside; that can (and does) often mean 80-90 hrs per week. I would not give it up without a fight though because I enjoy my job

 

Wlcome to the world of management. :: Done it for years with many more hours then when I was hourly but also I could leave whenever I needed. It was still worth it. Now I'm in sales with flexable hours but I stilll work from home at night because of email but that's my choice. Your job is not always about the hours or money but about self reward.

 

I do have a Mechanical Engineering degree from CSUS but have never used it . I enjoy my job or I would not still be there after almost 20 years .

 

40 hour work week here, sometimes a couple hours on a Saturday. Pay is less than stellar, but I love my job so that more than makes up for it.

 

Been sallaried for the last 17 years or so. I generally work about 40-48 hours a week, but carry a pager 24/7 so sometimes get called in the middle of the night and weekends, and sometimes pull "all nighters" when we have to do computer upgrades that have to be done after hours.

I don't mind at all, though. I've been with the same company for the last 14 years and love my job. The pay is excellent, the benefits are excellent, and I enjoy the people I work with. Also I set my own hours ... go in when I want and go home when I want (most people laugh at me, 'cause sometimes I don't make in to the office until 10:00 am ).

Funny timing of this post ... I, too, just found out yesterday, that my boss is being promoted into a new position in the company, and I will be taking over his job.

Congrats on your promotion!

 

I am hourly. I work 40-45 hrs in the winter, 70-90 hours in the summer. I am a field mechanic for a paving contractor and we only have 8 or 9 months a year to get the paving done. I enjoy my job, but sometimes the hours get to me. It sure can interfere with car shows, as I work many Saturdays in the summer

 

I am also hourly, the overtime is scarace and taken when possible. I have a county job, the pay is alright but the benefits are great! But hopefully I will be getting a different job soon w/better pay and benefits.

 

I think you may have misunderstood my post. I am not complaining and the "World of Management" is nothing new to me. I've been doing this for the last twenty years or so. As I said I would not change a thing........

 

I'll reply to what I think was the original question, and say my decision would be based on the company. Some companies use their salaried workers as a free resource. One job I had, if someone on the production line was out, I filled in the slot on the line for the day, then did my engineering work after normal business hours. The company's attitude was, well, you're salaried. A different company I worked for was good about it, and expected extra 10-20 hr weeks only when it was a real emergency, and then usually said take a day off next week, not as vacation.
I'm now working 60-70 weeks on average as a salaried employee, which can be quite frustrating when I have things to do at home. (The salary is rather high, however . . .)

Carl

 

Hourly, 40 per week. A real change from the job I retired from (salaried, on call 7/24) which I do no miss in the slightest. I now work because I enjoy it. ::

 

I'm in the military so I am paid salary. If you figure the hours that I work in an average week I make about 11 dollars an hour. The benefits are good and I like my job, but I used to make 25-35 dollars an hour before I came in.

 

I have been salaried for 15+ years and would not want it any other way. I've had more opportunity as a salaried employee, more challenges and more rewards. These do come at a price, often times I am faced with staying late, working on weekends, and checking email from home all on "my own time". The bottom line is that you have to take responsibility for your job. Are you ready for that?

 

I've been salaried for the past 20 years. Been through the management ranks and I have to say that is when being salaried really sucks. Because you're responsible you put in really long weeks with no dispensation.

I now work in sales and while I frequently work 60-70 hour weeks (sitting in a pub with customers is working right?) and am away from home about 60% of the time, it all evens out. When I'm not on the road I can work from home, and as long as my responsibilities are met no one bothers me. If I want to play hookie and go to a car show I do it.

If your company is flexible and being salaried to them doesn't mean you have to work long weeks with no reparation, then it's great.

If your new salary is about the average of your last few years with overtime, you broke even.

Frank

 

I enjoy my hourly job 40 hr/wk most weeks. When I am out I can refuse to go in, when there I can be forced up to 24hrs on a breakdown. 24s are few but they suck (had one wed still tired from it). Lots of overtime, most voluntary some forced. Tried the temp forman for a coulple years, they can keep it. I like fixing!! :: ::

 

Try the asphalt business.I am in Local 172 Laborers union and am a screedboard operator(run the back of Large Paving machine).Needless to say it is hell on earth with temp of asphalt averaging 320 degrees.If the weather is good you will be working a lot of hours.Usually an average week is between 50-70 hours.Make $25/hr,OT after 8/hr day at 37.50 or if I work a double shift it's OT for the second shift.I usually get laid off Jan,Feb & early march.Collect free un employment cash and watch the baby.You can easily make $55k-$80k(not including un-employment) a year and only work 9 months.If the money wasn't good I wouldn't even think about doing this kind of work.The heat sucks and the days can be very long. ::

 

I'm hourly and generally work from 40-44 hours, sometimes more. The last 3 weeks I've worked 50-52 hours, but that's pretty rare.

I love my job (more so the people I work with), but I hate my schedule. I rotate between days, swing, and graves constantly.

 

I am a commisioned based employee at a large MB dealer in the Cincinnati area in the wholesale parts dept. I have the greatest hours in the world 7 am til 4 pm M-F with an hour lunch break. I beat the traffic both ways and am home most days by 4:30 meaning plenty of time in the summer to do yard work and still sit down and relax with a cold beverage or take one of the cars out for an evening cruise. To top it off the pay is above average and the fellow workers and management are great people. DANG!!!! Life IS good!!!!!

 

Salaried and average 60 hrs a week. NO OT PAY,40 hrs or 100 hrs same pay.

 

Hmmmm... I am self employed so I guess I am 100% commissioned based. The harder I work and market my business the more I can earn.. and no one to blame but myself. It was hard at first but now that I have some good clients I can pick and choose.. I probably put in 80 + hours per week.

If you want to move up in the company I say go with the salary and give it the best that you have. Pretend that it is your business and the owners will see that and will want you to take a more active roll. I have hired people and the past and you can tell the "clock punchers" from the ones that really want to make the business grow.. unfortunately 95% of the people I have seen are just looking at the pay check and not the big pictures.. on the flip side there are many bosses that look at employees as worker bees and nothing else.. if your boss is the type that appreciates and rewards hard work I say go for it..

Good luck..

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I'm superintendent for a construction company and i'm also salary.
I work on average 50 hours a week. Some weeks lotts more hours and then some weeks less that 40. I get a company truck that I get to use like my own and and he pays for all my gas. %100 match on my 401K.
4 weeks vacation per year. The company also takes care of half my medical insurance (family coverage)
I get an hourly wage for Sats. and Suns.
Mon. thru Fri. is ever how many hours that is needed to get the job done.
I have a great job working for a great company.
If I can only get him to start profit sharing

 

I'm paid hourly plus tips.
I usually work around 40-50 hours a week, with it usually being closer to 50.

 

Salaried, 45-50 hrs per week with great flexabilty. One thing to consider is the along with salaried status there is usually a good bonus program as well, which is not available to hourly employees. At least that has been my experience. Others may be different. Good luck.

 

Military, salaried. ANywhere from 40 hours a week to 24-7. Nice thing about salaried, you pay check is consistant, so you can make plans on that.

Slade