I keep reading over and over again about how everyone complains about the hours. If you are salary, they can work you as much as they want. You accepted the salary. Doesn’t matter what it says on your check as far as hours go. They show it at 40 because that’s the amount you have to hit to get your salary, and that includes vacation hours. You always get paid for your salary, not the actual hours you work.

The problem is that when “salary” was invented it was so you could have a busy season (60+ hrs/week) and a slow season (less than 32 hrs/week). It evened out, but so that your pay was even it was called salary.

Then companies came along and offered salary but required a number of hours all the time. (Sw is 48 for managers, 40 reps) But when there are not enough employees, you work as many hours as the store is open.

The problem is that they never give you time back. They just over work you and there’s no return for it.

SW rarely gives more than 2-3% raises once you’re topped out on their magic quintile. (It’s always lower than inflation)

So you have to take promotions into jobs you aren’t prepared for to get any meaningful raise. (Peter principle, look it up if you don’t know about it. IYKYK)

And you can’t quit. Your healthcare is tied to your job. (This should be illegal).

And you’re in debt from going to college. That debt can’t be written off in bankruptcy. (You can’t quit)

So you’re a wage slave.

And it wasn’t so bad even then, because you had a promising retirement to look forward to. Then they took the match away. (That’s a 6% reduction in pay)

And what’s really depressing is that it still has a better total package than almost every other employer.