Originally posted by pshuang:
>Never having worked for a corporation that
>required me to travel I was just wondering
>if the salaried employee gets paid extra
>for the outside work hours travel?
I've never heard of salaried employees getting paid extra for outside work hours travel, but a good manager would probably keep it in mind. In Silicon Valley, the term "comp time" is sometimes used for unofficial vacation time granted by a manager to an employee for going beyond the call of duty.
In the aerospace industry, it is common to be paid the hourly equivalent of your base salary plus $5/hr for hours beyond the norm. There seems to be a reluctance to treat folks as professionals. I would forego the "extra" pay if they weren't playing it both ways. They become fanatical clockwatchers if you need to leave early for appointments etc. My management claims that comp time or "green" time is not legal. If the company is getting the nominal time from the employee and the work is being performed at or above standards, why would you wrap yourself around the axle with such administrivia? Replace managers with leaders!
End o'rant.