[quote=FormerSanDiegan] . . . Anyway, I can’t really relate to you and your universe with defined benefit plans and hourly worker drones who don;t think about work after 5:00.
So, I have nothing to say about them or their pensions, but just wanted to defend those folks who work in the more modern salaried environment that you were pointing out as lazy…[/quote]
I never stated that salaried workers were “lazy.”
I stated that today’s workers have superior working conditions to those workers of decades past, both physically (due to technology) and superior work-life balance (due to worker-friendly laws passed in the last 20 years).
The vast majority of workers in the United States (including 85-90% of all government workers) are “hourly workers.” That is why we have the FLSA.
FSD, if you and your colleagues choose to be salaried or “salaried” is customary for your profession, far be it from me to judge that. But just know that you went into your “salaried profession” or “company who only pays on salary” with your eyes wide open.
