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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are off the clock there is no such thing as a weekend. I have hourly workers who work for me. I on purpose don't know their cell phone numbers as never plan on contacting them off work hours.

Highly paid exempt people who get a bonus with a company paid cell phone getting a text on a weekend freaking out well I go a solution.

I actually had someone once like you. I said go back on the clock, take away your paid for cell phone, you work 800 am to 430pm daily. You will get a set lunch break and a set 15 minute break. No work at all expected non work hours and on your lunch or break. Also will never contact you on vacation or day off.  In fact I will have no way to do that.

Trade off I need you to take a $120,000 a year pay cut. So it will cost you $10,000 a month to avoid and occasional weekend text or email that needs response after work hours.

The person apparently realized she spends tops 1-2 hours a month on these after hour or weekend texts and she get paid $10,000 a month to do it. She was very happy going forward to answer them.   [/quote]

You're overpaying people 10K a month in anticipation of an occasional weekend email?

Pretty sure that makes you the fool. [/quote]

Nope every place I worked exempt employees got paid a lot more for what they do. I go to a monthly 7 pm meeting and an annual weekend off site. I also answer texts or emails off hours. I get paid 150k then the on the clock coworkers doing my same job. My last job I actually got paid 250k more. I don’t own these companies. It is just how business works.

I never contact on the clock people off hours, never force them
on business trips, travel their own time, never make them do off the clock training, never make them skip lunch or a break. And they happily work for 100k to 250k a year less to get this benefit. 
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