https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 16 May 2026 07:06:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98381 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:22:11 +0000 tequiero21 98381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>depends on the company but typically, salaried offers better benefits. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98359 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:08:11 +0000 mediagirl 98359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBrewer: at my last company, we were salaried with overtime. So, if we worked an extra hour, we got paid for it. At this company, we're strictly salary unless we get a bonus or stipend for something we did outside of our normal job. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98353 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:02:15 +0000 babynumber1 98353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am salaried a I love it. No one cares if I come in 30 min late as long as it works out at the end of the week. We only work 37.5 hours and my company does not expect me to work any overtime. There are also 2 different kinds of salaried workers (at least in NC) the 1st is except which means you do not qualify for over time pay at all, the 2nd is salaried non-exempt which still gets paid for overtime. </p> <p>I think it really depends on how many hours your company expects you to work vs what you get paid being salaried. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98272 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:41:56 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 98272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm on Salary, but get paid overtime hourly. So maybe that's something to consider. Because otherwise salary peeps usually don't get paid for overtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98208 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:12:47 +0000 lemondrop 98208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Salary = abuse. I hated it and am so happy that I get to move to hourly now that I am part time thanks to the baby. For 2 jobs in the past 6 years- no overtime, in jobs that I was constantly working more than 8 hours per day and taking work home with me every night. If I can avoid salary in the future, I will. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98160 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:17:06 +0000 heffalump 98160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBrewer: Yes I did hate leaving, but I finally realized that my life and health comes first to me. Besides, right now I feel like I'm making the world a better place by raising my LO, who I know will do amazing things in her future :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98158 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:15:06 +0000 MrsBrewer 98158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaG: Yea, I totally agree, there are going to be times where I will need to stay because of the time of year/month, But I was saying more or less on a regular basis! Sorry!! I agree, we will always work on average more than 40 hrs per week! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98154 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:12:27 +0000 MamaG 98154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's not often an accountant gets to work 8-5 all year long. There are certainly busier times (month-end, year-end, audit, etc) and I would be shocked if no one in accounting worked more than 40 hours during that time at your new company. </p> <p>If it's true, I might need to find a new accounting job! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98149 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:09:52 +0000 MrsBrewer 98149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: Good for you. Even though I'm sure what you were doing was for a great cause and I'm sure you enjoyed it when you were doing it, but a job isn't worth risking your health for... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98145 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:04:54 +0000 heffalump 98145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBrewer: I didn't. But for my situation I knew if I asked for more they wouldn't give it to me and tell me to work less hours. Which was hard to do as a social worker, because people depended on me. And of course I ended up getting too wrapped up in it and felt awful when I couldn't do what I wanted to for people because there wasn't enough time in the day, and I felt super guilty and it stressed me out to the point where I was getting sick over it. And that's when hubby told me to quit :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98105 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:06:10 +0000 runsyellowlites 98105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree that the only downside is lack of overtime... especially during tax time (I do bookkeeping). =/</p> <p>I do like not having to worry about being late like @mrsbells stated &amp; that as long as I get my work done I'm good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98090 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:37:17 +0000 Mrsbells 98090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also another good thing is when I go for lunch break I can be a bit relaxed and not feel like i have to rush back. When I used to work hourly I would always stick to a 30min lunch but now I take my full 1 hour or even more and go shopping and stuff.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98064 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:09:06 +0000 MrsBrewer 98064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Very interesting! Thanks everyone for sharing experience! I'm hoping that I won't need to stay late to work on stuff too much though... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98055 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:00:39 +0000 Mrsbells 98055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: Yeah I hate that, sometimes I stay an extra 30-1hr and dont get paid for that. but I cant complain because I've taken lots of hours off for doctors appointments so it works out in my favor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98053 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:56:53 +0000 mrsjazz 98053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only downside about being salaried is the lack of overtime. I often work late and bring home work and don't get paid any extra for that. But like @yoursilverlining: said, the upside is that your time is not tracked too closely. I don't have to fill out a timesheet, if I go to a doctor's appointment, I never use a partial sick day or personal time because I end up making that time up on days I stay late. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98034 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:35:33 +0000 yoursilverlining 98034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’m salary and don’t notice any real huge difference between that and hourly, except that I often work more than 40 hours a week without overtime (salary employees are not eligible for overtime, at least not anywhere I’ve ever worked as a salaried employee). But – that’s the nature of working salary I think – I think the idea is that you are better compensated, but expected to work until the job is done, even if that means staying late. The upside to that though is that my time is not tracked as closely. If I work late several days a week, but need to take a long lunch one day, or have a doctor’s appointment another day, it sort of all comes out in the wash, and I don’t need to use personal time for appointments. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98032 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:31:46 +0000 Modern Daisy 98032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>AT least at my company, only salaried employees can get a bonus. Hourly employees are subject to state wage &amp; hour laws so depending on where you live you get paid overtime if you stay late. </p> <p>I've always been salaried and one big downside is if your work requires you to work long workdays, like above and beyond the typical 9-5 day. My last job, I would frequently be 'at work' until midnight or 1am since I was in marketing and we had so many events all the time. So if you divided my salary by the number of hours I worked, I only made like $10/hr. But at my current job it's not like that at all, it's truly a 9-5 workday so it works out in my favor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98029 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:27:07 +0000 MrsBrewer 98029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: So does salary mean you never get any overtime pay? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98028 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:24:49 +0000 heffalump 98028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was working I was salary. I feel like I would.just work more and not get paid for it. But that was my own fault for being a crazy person. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98027 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:24:03 +0000 MrsBrewer 98027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: I am looking forward to that too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98026 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:22:39 +0000 MrsBrewer 98026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My benefits will change (going to a new company) much better though! And I can get up to a 5% bonus each year based on performance :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98024 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:21:06 +0000 Andrea 98024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any changes in benefits? As an hourly employee now I no longer have benefits and no bonus potential. It doesn't sound like that is the case for you, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98023 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:19:36 +0000 Mrsbells 98023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I dont think anything really changes except now your pay will be fixed. I prefer being salary because if I'm an hour late or something I dont have to worry about them deducting it from my pay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hourly-vs-salary#post-98020 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:17:37 +0000 MrsBrewer 98020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have always been just an hourly employee, well that is going to change now with a new job I am starting in a few weeks, I will now be a salaried employee. What changes can I expect?</p> <p>If it helps, I am in the accounting field, and I was told that everyone works a standard 8-5 work day. </p>