11/14/2014 9:11 PM
Where I am now, minimum of 40hrs regardless of season. First job out of college I was hourly, we worked about 50hrs per week summer and 40hrs/week in winter (plowing required additional hours). I switched to salary after first year hrs stayed same though. Following course we worked probably 50+ hrs/wk summer and then Super allowed my to ease hours in winter to make up for all the summer hrs. Just had to make sure all snow removal was taken care of along with my normal duties. min 30hrs/wk (that was a number we had agreed upon).
There are times I wish I was hourly but I also know my hourly rate would be less than my salary/2080hr per yr to figure in overtime.
When I switched from hourly to salary my salary was based on my hourly wage for 2500hrs straight which works out to 2080 hr reg time (40/wk *52 wks) and 280 hrs OT, based on my previous year we didn't even come close to that amount of OT, so the switch was worth it to me as was the consistent check every 2 weeks.
That was a very fair way to offer pay in my opinion, I didn't feel taken advantage of because I was on salary since I had the choice of hourly vs salary.