Payscale is far lower than other companies in the same field. After 7 years with the company and an applicable Master's degree, I only saw a pay raise of $12000. A promotion was a raise of 4000 and most other years, raises were 3%.
If you were not working overtime, you were not doing your job. Company policy was that you did not receive any overtime pay unless you worked 8+ hours of OT in a week and you could only record OT on your timesheet if you worked 2+ hours OT per day. This policy was strict. Most supervisors held their employees to this rule. There were many weeks in which I had to work OT (less than 8 hours) and saw no compensation, not even comp time.
While the 9/80 work schedule was good, it used to be for 6 months out of the year. A few years back, it was cut back to only 4 months and there was never a long stretch where you would be on this schedule. It was suspended the weeks around Memorial, Independence and Labor Day. I never felt like I could get into the groove of the 9/80 schedule since every few weeks, it would revert back to the regular 5/40 schedule. Take note: this 9/80 schedule is merely a perk, it is not required of employees to follow it.
