[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Nice Work if you can get it

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Nice Work if you can get it
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1195088206.shtml


   I noticed that one of the reasons given for firing MnDot executive
   Sonia Kay Morphew Pitt was about overtime. Quoting from the
   [1]Minneapolis Star Tribune account:

     "MnDOT's report said it is difficult to gauge the exact amount of
     time Pitt spent working during her post-Harvard stay in Washington
     from Aug. 3-11, but she filed for her regular pay plus several
     hours of overtime. MnDOT had not authorized any time in Washington
     either before or after the Harvard trip, the report said."

   Overtime? For an executive? I always thought those terms were mutually
   exclusive.
   I've been on salary for 35 years and I've never collected an hour of
   overtime, even those weeks when I put in as much as 90 hours (my wife
   kept track!). You work the job, not the hours. There are exceptions,
   like for store managers covering extra hours at another store in a
   chain. I assume it's the employer's discretion as are bonuses.
   But this certainly should not apply to a high ranking presumably
   salaried executive position. What's going on here? She must be in good
   with the public school superintendents that seem to get paid more for
   leaving than for showing up.

References

   1. http://www.startribune.com/10204/story/1538793.html