[sheluke]

No actual clocking in or out (and getting paid wrong because 'forgot')
No stressing over being outside the allowed 5 minute window if traffic makes you a few minutes late

On the side from those advantages, even 'salary' means different things at different places-ie leaving work sick or missing time may still mean you have to enter as PTO/PAL whichever your system uses. Often depends on how much time (maybe a couple hours are ok to make up but half day has to be entered) Salaried is not always cart blanche to work whatever hours you choose just to = 80.

[carrie13]

My current position in nursing informatics is salary. When I start my new job on the floor in a couple weeks I will be hourly. I work in a business setting so some of this may not be applicable for the hospital setting but here are the perks of salary at my current position - guaranteed pay - allows for easy budgeting because pay is consistent, not scheduled to work weekends/holidays, fairly flexible schedule - no penalties for missing work due to doctor appt, etc, don't have to clock in/out, I'm not relieving anyone when I come in so if I'm a couple minutes late its not a big deal. The biggest con (literally) of working salary is that you don't get overtime. I can't tell you the last time I worked only 40hrs in a week. We are so busy (and understaffed) that I'm often working at least 50hrs/week.

I can also share my mom's experience. For many years she was the salaried director of the OR at a community hospital. She was paid very well but was on call 24x7 for managment issues and usually worked 9-10hr days. She had many nurses under her who were making more than she was because of all their overtime/call pay. There was one nurse who made almost twice as much as my mom because she picked up overtime and call whenever she could.

[Alois Wolf]

Hourly Hourly Hourly, I don't care what color my collar is. If I work more than I have to, I want to be compensated for my my work, unless I volunteer to volunteer my time (like in a crisis). But I'm biased, because working for the State I can get Comp time or OT Cash. So... if I run out of sick/vacation/administrative leave days I can always work a day of OT and get a day and half on the books that I can take off at a latter time. I mean... if you want to get technical I kinda am on a salary but how many hours I actually work is based on a percentage of what I would usually get if I worked 40 hours (I think my logic may have been wrong in that sentence, but you get my drift. If I work 20 hours I get 50% listed on my paycheck. No where on my check does it say how much I make an hour... and I'm not really sure to be honest. I only know when I get a raise when I see a couple extra bucks in there for no reason at 100 percent)... it's weird and I have never seen it done before my current job, but it works out the same as if it was hourly.