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[deleted] t1_j50wlaj wrote

Reply to comment by rraattbbooyy in TIL The song 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton is rooted to the 9to5 movement in which secretaries and working women stood up for their rights to be treated equal in the workplace by Minnesotan-Gaming

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ILL_Show_Myself_Out t1_j51hipu wrote

Things are slightly better now with the favorable job market but I still listen to songs from the 80’s mentioning 9-5 and think “wow that would be great. AND they get a lunch break!”

And they’re all like “BOSS MAN BE WEARIN ME DOWN WOAH WOAH”

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TheNerdWithNoName t1_j51ys5l wrote

America really needs to get its shit together regarding workers' rights. Amongst many other things.

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AlGeee t1_j51qo8m wrote

Yeah… We used to joke that we were “exempt” from overtime

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AirborneRodent t1_j52mifl wrote

That's not a joke, though. That's literally what "exempt" means.

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AlGeee t1_j52okyi wrote

When we were hourly employees, we got time and a half for any hours over 40 that we worked on a given week.

When we became exempt employees, we joked that we were exempt from getting the overtime pay.

Edit: we were NOT exempt from working overtime

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