@freemo @pies @scott_guertin @georgetakei It depends. When I was a NASA engineer on the GS pay scale, I was salaried, but I had to fill out a time card every pay period. Mostly to account for the different programs to which I got assigned, but I also got paid overtime for each hour over the standard 80 I was required to work (two week pay period). When I was a brewer I was an hourly employee, but I earned vacation time. When I was in the Army I had to burn vacation time mid-tour while being on duty for 50 fucking weekends. I was salaried, but effectively earning below the poverty line for the amount of hours I was "at work." Now I'm truly salaried and take as long of lunch breaks as I can get away winh and leave as early as possible to get my effective wage as high as possible.