I'm hourly; my husband's salaried. I work 40 hours a week; he works 50-60. Once he had to work 17 DAYS in a row. He also has done several 10- to 12-day weeks. Being salaried, he makes less money per hour than the people he supervises. Heck, he was barely making minimum wage during his 17-day shift. If you work at a company that respects its employees, you're a lot less likely to get ripped off as an hourly employee than one who's salaried.

I have been salaried at my last 2 jobs over the past 5 years. I enjoy the freedom that I am not watched for being late- and I come in to work within a 2 hrs window and go home when the work gets done. For me I get moer satisfaction salaried then hourly.

Does this study examine how workers view work during work hours or does this include whole perceptions on work? Also, people may seem like they get paid more from the perspective of an hourly wage, but like the article says those with salaries typically get more not only in overall pay but with benefits. It is easy to say from the outside perspective that working as a wage laborer would be better but ask any custodian, service industry, and laborer if they wouldnt mind getting benifits, more pay, and more autonomy in exchange for more hours and you wont hear a soul stick with their current position. I think anyone having to choose between getting paid hourly as opposed to by salary would choose salary any day of the week.

my husband is salaried, and it is not good. If you work the hours you should be paid for them and anything over "fulltime", 40 hrs, should be time and a half. sorry but if you do the work you should be compensated.I do not like the salary scam. It would be something if you were paid more, to compensate that you'll be working several hours more than your hourly counterparts, but in alot of cases it is not the case.

Salaried positions used to be a little give and take. You would work extra hours when some important dead-line was looming and could take some time off on that sunny afternoon sometimes. Now days "salaried" just means perpetually working 50+ hours per week... how long before workers finally catch on to this scam?

Want to start by telling Michelle Goodman how much I enjoyed reading her "Anti 9 to 5" book! Ever since I've left the hourly for the salary, I have worked far too many 'unpaid' hours (executive assistant). I'm sad to say that most of the companies seeking this type of role ABSOLUTELY know this will be the case (a larger workload than can humanly be accomplished in 40 hours) and therefore are no longer offering hourly wages. They just let you know upfront that the role is salaried, and evenings and weekends will be required. Take it or leave it. Welcome to the sad state of affairs that is our current US office work environment.

I like my salaried position because I don't have to punch a clock. I'm not a control freak or workaholic, so I typically do not work more than 40 hours a week, though I will if it's needed. If it starts being "needed" on a consistent basis then I resent it, lack of planning or greed on the part of others should not make life just one long work day for me.

But that could change. ALL of us who are not plumbers, dentists, burger flipers are in danger of loosing our jobs to cheaper work force overseas. Cheaper labor..and the employers do not have to pay for their health insurance. So in competing, we are fast becoming as third world as those countries who now have so many of our jobs. THAT is a problem for salaried and hourly employees.