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I don't know about Texas, but here in NY companies simple classify you as salaried and get around paying any overtime.
I found out about this the hard way way back when. Company I worked for had me averaging 72 hours a week. BUT the standing policy (nothing on paper of course) was if you got converted from hourly to salary you got a raise equal to your average pay per week over the previous year.
They made me salary and when I got my first paycheck it was the amount I'd been earning for only 40 hours. When I stormed up to HR they said sorry but there is a pay freeze. But of course they still expected me to work the 72 hour weekly average. Didn't stay there long after that.
I found out about this the hard way way back when. Company I worked for had me averaging 72 hours a week. BUT the standing policy (nothing on paper of course) was if you got converted from hourly to salary you got a raise equal to your average pay per week over the previous year.
They made me salary and when I got my first paycheck it was the amount I'd been earning for only 40 hours. When I stormed up to HR they said sorry but there is a pay freeze. But of course they still expected me to work the 72 hour weekly average. Didn't stay there long after that.
