Comments on: It’s Zero Hour http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/2009/01/25/its-zero-hour/ A blog by insiders for outsiders Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:30:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AndrewFromTN http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/2009/01/25/its-zero-hour/comment-page-1/#comment-5000 AndrewFromTN Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:36:32 +0000 http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/?p=936#comment-5000 The pay situation definitely depends on what the employees are classified. Overtime is only required for employees paid by the hour. Salaried or exempt employees are not required to get extra pay. Also, if you are a contract worker, temp worker, consultant, etc. You may get paid hourly but there is no overtime requirement. However, there are laws and regulations for companies that abuse the exempt and contract worker categories. The pay situation definitely depends on what the employees are classified. Overtime is only required for employees paid by the hour. Salaried or exempt employees are not required to get extra pay. Also, if you are a contract worker, temp worker, consultant, etc. You may get paid hourly but there is no overtime requirement.

However, there are laws and regulations for companies that abuse the exempt and contract worker categories.

]]> By: Journo http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/2009/01/25/its-zero-hour/comment-page-1/#comment-4988 Journo Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:10:34 +0000 http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/?p=936#comment-4988 SearsPointer- I know at least all of the big teams do. There was actually a lawsuit regarding this issue a couple of years ago. If I remember correctly Hendrick was either not paying or underpaying over time. One specific example I know of is Roush. They pay over time but any over time you earn is subtracted from your "bonus." I have heard of guys earning so much overtime that at the end of the year they actually had negative bonuses. It mostly is a penalty for the shop guys. I'm not sure if anyone else does this though. Like you said it is definitely a situation where you are expected to do what it takes because if you don't there are a ton of people waiting in line to take your job. SearsPointer- I know at least all of the big teams do. There was actually a lawsuit regarding this issue a couple of years ago. If I remember correctly Hendrick was either not paying or underpaying over time.

One specific example I know of is Roush. They pay over time but any over time you earn is subtracted from your “bonus.” I have heard of guys earning so much overtime that at the end of the year they actually had negative bonuses. It mostly is a penalty for the shop guys. I’m not sure if anyone else does this though.

Like you said it is definitely a situation where you are expected to do what it takes because if you don’t there are a ton of people waiting in line to take your job.

]]> By: SearsPointer http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/2009/01/25/its-zero-hour/comment-page-1/#comment-4985 SearsPointer Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:39:34 +0000 http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/?p=936#comment-4985 Do people at the shops get overtime pay? Other industries that run into crunch time like this handle the situation vastly differently: some are unionized and nobody can work past the allotted ~45 hours unless overtime is specifically authorized (many VFX shops and animated movie studios), others allow/necessitate lots of extra work and don't have overtime pay (many videogame companies). I would think NASCAR falls into the latter category: you do what you love, are expected to do what it takes without overtime pay, but are compensated accordingly in the base salary. Do people at the shops get overtime pay? Other industries that run into crunch time like this handle the situation vastly differently: some are unionized and nobody can work past the allotted ~45 hours unless overtime is specifically authorized (many VFX shops and animated movie studios), others allow/necessitate lots of extra work and don’t have overtime pay (many videogame companies). I would think NASCAR falls into the latter category: you do what you love, are expected to do what it takes without overtime pay, but are compensated accordingly in the base salary.

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