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I've been told so by my son, and my spouse. My son has been asked to spend the summer traveling through the country on behalf of his company. They will pay all his expenses, of course. But despite giving up the entirety of his day, he'll still get the same salary, which is based on the 8 hour day he works locally.
As far as I know, yes. I have traveled a little for work, and there was no extra pay for having to be away from home. The people I know who travel a lot for work (sometimes every week) seem to get paid very well. Maybe that's the trade-off.
As far as I know, yes. I have traveled a little for work, and there was no extra pay for having to be away from home. The people I know who travel a lot for work (sometimes every week) seem to get paid very well. Maybe that's the trade-off.
He doesn't seem to be well-paid, which is part of the problem. He was doing better as an hourly employee than he is since he was moved into management. Now all the overtime is returned as PTO instead of in his paycheck.
I'm not interfering, but I can't wrap my head around him being gone for months at a time, not even coming back for weekends, for the same salary.
The weekend part doesn't seem to be the norm, from what I know. Is he in sales? It seems like all the frequent business travelers I know are in sales. They are gone m-th, or similar, rarely on weekends.
No, manufacturing. He's been asked to go trouble-shoot various plants throughout the west. He's been approved for one weekend home in a three month period.
My spouse frequently traveled too, but he was always home for the weekends. And, his salary reflected his responsibilities. I think they're taking advantage of this young adult, because neither of those things have been offered.
Yes, that is how it works. All those sad middle aged dudes in khakis you see at the airport terminal, hoping to get bumped to business class? This is their entire life.
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Sure, in fact I just got back from a week in Las Vegas on business. They paid all expenses but I got the same usual pay. Seems to me that the opportunity for the fun of exploring other cities/states at no cost makes it well worth it for the employee that has to travel.
Yes, as a salaried employee you don't get any additional compensation for traveling. You might collect a bit of extra cash by being frugal on per diem, and you can usually collect on frequent flyer miles.
If your son is being poorly compensated and run ragged, he needs to update his resume.
Yep in many cases when workers go from hourly to salary and do the math they are actually taking a pay cut sometimes a significant one. If that is the case I'd look for another job possibly hourly.
Is he working more than 8 hours a day? Sure he is sent somewhere but if he isn't on the clock, he isn't working even if he is away from home
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