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Exempt vs. non-exempt: The ultimate guide to white collar workers

Insperity

You may feel your administrative assistant is critical to your business. Paid on a salary basis for all hours worked ($455 weekly minimum or higher). Administrative exemptions. Paid on a salary basis for all hours worked ($455 weekly minimum or higher). Highly compensated employees. Here’s another example.

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it’s your Friday good news

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The salary negotiation was successful too and I was proud of myself for standing up for my own worth! ” Yet despite a massive 40% growth in sales in the year that I worked there, Company A claimed that they didn’t “have the budget” to hire more people, effectively leaving me to do 3 full-time jobs’ worth of work.

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we don’t want a grandson back in the family business, banning sleeveless tops, and more

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We have two sales employees. I’ve worked in a few offices over my 12-year receptionist/administrative assistant career, but this is the first time I’ve ever come across this. I work in Missouri, and I am an exempt salaried employee. We have a small office. I work with him. We all get along well.

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employee insists on leaving at 5 on the dot every day, interviewing with braces, and more

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The entire team is on salary, so it’s not about the hours but about the work. If these are salaried, exempt jobs, then it’s reasonable and normal that sometimes she might need to stay a little bit later to get things done. I am starting to plan the annual Administrative Assistant’s Day observance.

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my office-mate just broke up with me, coffee wars, and more

Ask a Manager

I work in a front office as an administrative assistant for a nonprofit (my job entails a lot more than just handling front office inquiries, and I never have any free time as my work load is pretty heavy). Do I include overtime when stating my salary? I make a decent wage for my area.

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I was laid off and now my manager wants my help, I don’t want my company car, and more

Ask a Manager

My role was to open and then manage a new sales office. Even though I earn a really good salary, it irks me that I spend over $3,500 a year for a car I don’t want. I work as at a leading worldwide pharmaceutical company as an administrative assistant. I don’t want my company car. Great, right!? It doesn’t!

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The Office Manager’s Guide to Asking for a Raise and Boosting Your Salary

SnackNation

The Office Manager’s Guide to Asking for a Raise and Boosting Your Salary. This is a phrase we’ve heard over and over again after speaking with hundreds of Office Managers, Admins and Assistants over the last several years since launching SnackNation. Here is a summary of what we learned: Come prepared with salary data.

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