OP here. My classification now is "hourly exempt". Thus, I am NOT eligible for overtime pay (time and a half) but if I work over my allotted hours I can make more money based on my regular hourly rate only. If I leave early one day bc my last patient cancels, I will still make my regular salary (timekeeping system will boost the hours to my templated amount, called "shortfall"). Isn't this just odd? Apparently allowed legally but not recommended when you google this classification.

33;43 again.

Not a clinician. I hold a JD and an MPH. Any suggestions? My MPH focused on health policy and I do not have health administration experience.

Also a healthcare professional with advanced degree. I love that I can pay for things by picking up shifts and working OT. I recently booked a trip to visit a friend in Europe and paid for it by picking up 2 shifts.

What kind of job, OP? Would you name the company?

Or can you suggest how I might get a gig like this?

It can definitely work in your favor in many roles. Unfortunately you often lose flexibility when needing to clock in or out, which has its own value. But not always a bad thing!

My husband was switched to hourly and he was a bit chagrined. But then the first year he was hourly he made 30k more despite not getting a raise! We actually prefer hourly now.

Doesn’t your employer have the right to deny OT hours or st least require approval before hours worked? Your employer has control over their sitch.

Hourly nonexempt.

Healthcare professional with graduate degree. Have never clocked in or out until now. Won't make less than my salary but can make more if I work extra, based on my hourly rate. Though this is seemingly a win for the employee, the employer stands to lose 200,000$+ in a year due to extra hours paid. I feel something like a Catholic guilt for working "over" my hours even though for years I have finished up work at home on my own time. It's just weird, that's all.