Salary changed to hourly?

[C Roll 5, RN]

I’ve had remote nursing roles for the last 6 years.  Different companies, different roles, including 2 of the big insurers. I’ve always been salaried. The company that I work for now just suddenly, out of the blue, changed all of us to hourly workers. Same pay, but zero flexibility. Prior to this, we were allowed to start early (we don’t call patients or clients) and work through lunch to finish early.  As long as you got your work finished, it was fine. In fact, that was 1 of the things our manager stated in my interview was a big benefit, the work/ life balance. Now we have to clock in at 8am, clock out and back in for lunch, then clock out at 5. No exceptions. Their big selling points were “ you’ll only work 8 hrs” and now you “could be eligible for OT”, except they stated no OT any time soon. Just wondering if this is some type of trend?

[amoLucia]

Just wondering - is there something brewing in the wind? Like some kind of merger/buyout?

For something that dramatic to occur, it makes me question if a bigger change is coming down the road. And nobody is saying anything yet.

 

[C Roll 5, RN]

So, just some follow up. 23 nurse coworkers furloughed for 12 weeks due to a decrease in our business. Not sure if the new hourly status helped them to zero in on how many positions they would furlough or not. Or if it’s easier to furlough hourly employees, not sure. Luckily, I was moving to another department, otherwise I would have been gone as well. 

[amoLucia]

TY for the comeback. I thought something may have been brewing. Did they make changes among OTHER depts as well?