Comments on: Should Your Job Pay You To Answer Your Berry After Hours? http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/20/should-your-job-pay-you-to-answer-your-berry-after-hours/ BlackBerry News and Reviews You Can Use Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:59:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: freeaddicting game http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/20/should-your-job-pay-you-to-answer-your-berry-after-hours/#comment-15404 freeaddicting game Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:38:57 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/20/should-your-job-pay-you-to-answer-your-berry-after-hours/#comment-15404 <strong>freeaddicting game...</strong> Does Marvin step in...... freeaddicting game…

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]]> By: Ronen Halevy http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/20/should-your-job-pay-you-to-answer-your-berry-after-hours/#comment-8696 Ronen Halevy Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:44:15 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/20/should-your-job-pay-you-to-answer-your-berry-after-hours/#comment-8696 Now ABC is in on the argument http://www.wjbf.com/midatlantic/jbf/news_index/entertainment_news.apx.-content-articles-JBF-2008-06-20-0005.html Now ABC is in on the argument
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]]> By: Greg Myers http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/20/should-your-job-pay-you-to-answer-your-berry-after-hours/#comment-8680 Greg Myers Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:05:44 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/20/should-your-job-pay-you-to-answer-your-berry-after-hours/#comment-8680 "ONLY YOU can put YOU back in control of your own life." DavidB. Perfectly said.... I do get paid a premium extra on top of my salary to be 'On-Call' 24/7. It has an impact on every part of your life. From social events, your sleeping patterns and health. But at the end of the day, I'm the one who says 'Yes' to the pay packet at the weeks end... “ONLY YOU can put YOU back in control of your own life.” DavidB. Perfectly said….
I do get paid a premium extra on top of my salary to be ‘On-Call’ 24/7. It has an impact on every part of your life. From social events, your sleeping patterns and health. But at the end of the day, I’m the one who says ‘Yes’ to the pay packet at the weeks end…

]]> By: DavidB http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/20/should-your-job-pay-you-to-answer-your-berry-after-hours/#comment-8635 DavidB Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:11:38 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/20/should-your-job-pay-you-to-answer-your-berry-after-hours/#comment-8635 People need to learn how to separate work from life, and this so-called "problem" (that resurrects about as often as cell phone radiation causing brain tumors or BPA in plastic bottles causing cancer in infants) goes away. Come on people, NOTHING forces you to answer the emails or phone calls after hours. Use Blackberry profiles, create one for when you ARE available nad one for when you ARE NOT, and stick to it. ONLY YOU can put YOU back in control of your own life. People need to learn how to separate work from life, and this so-called “problem” (that resurrects about as often as cell phone radiation causing brain tumors or BPA in plastic bottles causing cancer in infants) goes away. Come on people, NOTHING forces you to answer the emails or phone calls after hours. Use Blackberry profiles, create one for when you ARE available nad one for when you ARE NOT, and stick to it. ONLY YOU can put YOU back in control of your own life.

]]> By: Luciano ES http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/20/should-your-job-pay-you-to-answer-your-berry-after-hours/#comment-8634 Luciano ES Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:49:42 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/20/should-your-job-pay-you-to-answer-your-berry-after-hours/#comment-8634 Fox News has discussed this too: http://tinyurl.com/6osqss . And people rightly pointed out that not only work encroaches on your private life, but your private life encroaches on your working hours too. Who doesn't stop several times a day to answer mom or the wife on the phone, reply private e-mail, read something funny on the Internet or play Solitaire pretending to be working? . I say if you don't like being required at a few extra odd times, then maybe you should get another job. Fox News has discussed this too:
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And people rightly pointed out that not only work encroaches on your private life, but your private life encroaches on your working hours too. Who doesn’t stop several times a day to answer mom or the wife on the phone, reply private e-mail, read something funny on the Internet or play Solitaire pretending to be working?
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I say if you don’t like being required at a few extra odd times, then maybe you should get another job.

]]> By: Andy http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/20/should-your-job-pay-you-to-answer-your-berry-after-hours/#comment-8619 Andy Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/20/should-your-job-pay-you-to-answer-your-berry-after-hours/#comment-8619 It the U.S. we have a designation for workers that are entitled to overtime - employees are classified as either exempt or non-exempt. Exempt employees are typically managers or other workers who have a significant impact on daily operation of the company, non-exempt employees are usually line or production workers. Exempt employees are usually salaried and not entitled to overtime pay. They are expected to "do whatever it takes" to perform their jobs - including overtime, traveling, phone calls, email, etc. - all without additional pay. Non-exempt employees are entitled to pay for any work performed over and above the standard 40 hour work week. This includes working from home, answering emails, etc. This is regulated very strictly by the Department of Labor. Several years ago IBM faced lawsuits from Tech Support operators who were improperly classified as exempt and not paid overtime. IBM had to issue back pay and re-classify the jobs as non-exempt. Even though they now had to pay overtime, they cut salaries by 15% to make up the difference. It the U.S. we have a designation for workers that are entitled to overtime – employees are classified as either exempt or non-exempt. Exempt employees are typically managers or other workers who have a significant impact on daily operation of the company, non-exempt employees are usually line or production workers. Exempt employees are usually salaried and not entitled to overtime pay. They are expected to “do whatever it takes” to perform their jobs – including overtime, traveling, phone calls, email, etc. – all without additional pay. Non-exempt employees are entitled to pay for any work performed over and above the standard 40 hour work week. This includes working from home, answering emails, etc. This is regulated very strictly by the Department of Labor. Several years ago IBM faced lawsuits from Tech Support operators who were improperly classified as exempt and not paid overtime. IBM had to issue back pay and re-classify the jobs as non-exempt. Even though they now had to pay overtime, they cut salaries by 15% to make up the difference.

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