Well that's nice. I've worked multiple salaried positions where the unspoken rule obviously was "We can't explicitly tell you to work more than 40 hours per week, we're just going to strongly imply that you have no potential for advancement here if you don't put in extra time."

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 45 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I worked a job where not getting your tasks done would result in termination. Working overtime required permission from management, who never gave it. Working overtime unauthorized was also a fireable offence. The way it was phrased was "lots of employees work unauthorized overtime to get their work done, but they don't ask for payment, so we look the other way."

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Holy crap. I hope he Labor Board fixes on them like freakin' Sauron.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago

The corporation is Service Corporation International. You can scroll down to their controversies section to see how they regularly skirt laws and regulations and receive little to no penalty to their billion dollar a year operations.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Last time I applied, I filtered out anyone requiring 40h/week.
I now work 35h/week, with 42 days PTO I can (actually, have to) take.
Pay is for a full time position and supports my wife and me comfortably.
Flexibility is given, I just (at 8pm) told my team leader I won't be coming in tomorrow.
My resumé isn't exactly an HR department's dream, I got a BSc in Ecology when I was 31.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, what you're describing isn't normal. And it shouldn't, and doesn't have to be, either.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

So where do you work?

edit: Though, based on some of the terms you used and the fact that you got a favorable employment agreement, I doubt it's a country that would consider me.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 11 points 3 weeks ago

A German newspaper

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You live in hell. Go somewhere else.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago

Your choices are hell and hell+

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I have. But, in construction engineering, that expectation is pretty commonplace. To be fair, they offered straight pay for OT. I've never heard of anyone giving time and a half for it.