Comp time for salary employee

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am sure someone will correct me, but I believe technically, "comp time" only exists in the Federal government. It legally does not exist in the private sector.

My nonprofit “awards” me comp time when I travel to meetings and have a lot of late nights. Usually 2 days for 1 week of travel.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous

What’s ridiculous, her asking or the unpaid “dinners and overnight” for corp boondoggle for the execs. What a waste of time.

Please. No one needs your jaded victim of corporate life negativity. Just resign already.
For every one of you there are a bunch who will actually like spending time together.

Right, I'm jaded because the PP supports my cynicism by saying she is unpromotable because she doesn't want to spend 3 Fing days with her work "bros" rather than living her own life. People get promoted for how well they party and golf, not actually reflected on the work accomplished.

Look, how many 3-day offsites can there possibly be in one year? 1, maybe 2? How many times does the salaried employee skip out early or log in late for dentist appointment, doctor's appointment, parent teacher conferences, kid's sporting events, school play, parent-care, etc etc etc. Two nights is not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. But you can keep looking at it as working for the man totally sucks. Your life probably sucks generally if you think everyone is out to get you and or owes you something for every second of your day. But don't get skipped for promotion because of golf, this isn't 1980 for god's sake, although people do get skipped because of one's General Attitude, and truly, everyone knows the sourpuss on the team. Do you know what I'm talking about?

[Anonymous]

Anything over 40 hours a week should be comp time. A work dinner is work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My company does travel during the week and we travel on work time. No comp time for evenings if they are free time or social, even when far from home.

The amenities of travel make it worth your while.

Seriously. Business class to Europe, picked up at airport by private car, nice hotel, next morning picked up by a local employee or uber to the site, dinner and fun team building, good food, good drinks, happy colleagues. Rinse and repeat for a couple days. Accumulate hotel and air miles so my next vacation to Spain is free. Wtf are people complaining about?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My company does travel during the week and we travel on work time. No comp time for evenings if they are free time or social, even when far from home.

The amenities of travel make it worth your while.

Seriously. Business class to Europe, picked up at airport by private car, nice hotel, next morning picked up by a local employee or uber to the site, dinner and fun team building, good food, good drinks, happy colleagues. Rinse and repeat for a couple days. Accumulate hotel and air miles so my next vacation to Spain is free. Wtf are people complaining about?

Most people's employers are not this generous.

Of the ones I had with required work travel, I fly coach class, find my own cab/Uber to hotel, usu stay at Marriott/Hilton/Sheraton, get food stipend for each day, and meals with clients usu paid for by clients. Drinks with colleagues out of my own pocket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anything over 40 hours a week should be comp time. A work dinner is work.

Exempt employees are not paid based on a 40 hour week.

[Anonymous]

My past agency gave comp time for both travel or attend work events outside your core working hours (M-F 9-5pm). So if I had a work event in Europe, I would get to book all my transit time as comp time, which I had one year to use from date of accrual. On a roundtrip, that's like 20 hours of comp time. Get a few trips per year overseas and NYC and you'd be drowning in comp time.

In my current position, I don't get comp time for travel but do get it for events outside of core working hours. We recently had an event on a Saturday and I booked 4 hours of comp time.

-Excepted service federal government employee

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think each workplace is different. In mine it would absolutely be okay to just go home early for a few days in a subsequent week. Nobody is keeping track of where were are, they are keeping track of the work we are doing.

Sure no body is keeping track of where you are, but it’s not like they lighten the work load after asking for nearly a week of travel. They just demand the hours for dinners “team building” or whatnot, and then still expect the same deliverables, so in fact you have less time and work longer hours to catch up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous

What’s ridiculous, her asking or the unpaid “dinners and overnight” for corp boondoggle for the execs. What a waste of time.

Please. No one needs your jaded victim of corporate life negativity. Just resign already.
For every one of you there are a bunch who will actually like spending time together.

Right, I'm jaded because the PP supports my cynicism by saying she is unpromotable because she doesn't want to spend 3 Fing days with her work "bros" rather than living her own life. People get promoted for how well they party and golf, not actually reflected on the work accomplished.

Look, how many 3-day offsites can there possibly be in one year? 1, maybe 2? How many times does the salaried employee skip out early or log in late for dentist appointment, doctor's appointment, parent teacher conferences, kid's sporting events, school play, parent-care, etc etc etc. Two nights is not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. But you can keep looking at it as working for the man totally sucks. Your life probably sucks generally if you think everyone is out to get you and or owes you something for every second of your day. But don't get skipped for promotion because of golf, this isn't 1980 for god's sake, although people do get skipped because of one's General Attitude, and truly, everyone knows the sourpuss on the team. Do you know what I'm talking about?

But I take time off for *all* of those things you mentioned - dentist, doctor, parent teacher conference, etc etc - I use PTO every.single.time. So yes, if you want me to work til 8, I'd like compensation of some kind.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous

What’s ridiculous, her asking or the unpaid “dinners and overnight” for corp boondoggle for the execs. What a waste of time.

Please. No one needs your jaded victim of corporate life negativity. Just resign already.
For every one of you there are a bunch who will actually like spending time together.

Right, I'm jaded because the PP supports my cynicism by saying she is unpromotable because she doesn't want to spend 3 Fing days with her work "bros" rather than living her own life. People get promoted for how well they party and golf, not actually reflected on the work accomplished.

Look, how many 3-day offsites can there possibly be in one year? 1, maybe 2? How many times does the salaried employee skip out early or log in late for dentist appointment, doctor's appointment, parent teacher conferences, kid's sporting events, school play, parent-care, etc etc etc. Two nights is not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. But you can keep looking at it as working for the man totally sucks. Your life probably sucks generally if you think everyone is out to get you and or owes you something for every second of your day. But don't get skipped for promotion because of golf, this isn't 1980 for god's sake, although people do get skipped because of one's General Attitude, and truly, everyone knows the sourpuss on the team. Do you know what I'm talking about?

But I take time off for *all* of those things you mentioned - dentist, doctor, parent teacher conference, etc etc - I use PTO every.single.time. So yes, if you want me to work til 8, I'd like compensation of some kind.

Maybe PP works at one of those unlimited leave places, then it would be defensible.

[Anonymous]

Some people are petty. I have employees on the clock and off the clock.

We had a new employee start, I say let’s take her out to the restaurant next door in first day I will expense it. So guy on clock comes. We have an hour 15 minute lunch. He leaves one hour early as he “worked through lunch hour”

But my favorite my boss died suddenly out of the blue. Only 49 with kids. HR sent out funeral information for anyone who wants to attend for the next Saturday. I go and a bunch of people from work go. One guy brings in a T&E form to be signed he wants to be reimbursed for mileage for round trip to funeral!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some people are petty. I have employees on the clock and off the clock.

We had a new employee start, I say let’s take her out to the restaurant next door in first day I will expense it. So guy on clock comes. We have an hour 15 minute lunch. He leaves one hour early as he “worked through lunch hour”

But my favorite my boss died suddenly out of the blue. Only 49 with kids. HR sent out funeral information for anyone who wants to attend for the next Saturday. I go and a bunch of people from work go. One guy brings in a T&E form to be signed he wants to be reimbursed for mileage for round trip to funeral!

OMG that is awful

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well she showed she is a jerk. I don’t get people like this

Agree
Petty
Unpromotable

God I can't wait for the corporate whore wing-tip-licker generation to die.

Your time after you put in your 8 hours is your time. If your company is stealing it from you, you deserve compensation, plain and simple.

[Anonymous]

Yes if you’re a fed you absolutely get comp time, and if this is approved already and domestic you may also be entitled to overtime pay.

Presumably people need to make childcare arrangements? Why should they be uncompensated for their time? Makes no sense. People are at their jobs to get paid, not to make financial sacrifices to allow some people a chance to party.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well she showed she is a jerk. I don’t get people like this

Agree
Petty
Unpromotable

God I can't wait for the corporate whore wing-tip-licker generation to die.

Your time after you put in your 8 hours is your time. If your company is stealing it from you, you deserve compensation, plain and simple.

Once again, that is not how a salaried employee works. Sounds like you either have, not need, and non-exempt job.

I would be incredibly annoyed to be asked this.