Lecture Summary: Chapter 11

Today, we had Jeff, Vice President of People, from Ancestry.com, speak to the class regarding people management. The most informative bit of information I received from his presentation is that salaried employees are not exempt from overtime and employees cannot volunteer to work without pay. I wish I had known this when I was younger. I once “had” to miss Christmas on a houseboat at Lake Powell with my family because my boss told me I had to work on a project. I spent an additional 30 hours on that project and did not get paid because “I was salaried.” This happened time and time again with this particular employer. I was forced to work weekends, holidays, late nights (even though I was a single parent) and did not get compensated. If I seem uncooperative at all, I was made to feel threatened that I would lose my job.