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Underpaid lead tech with questions

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Member #: 74791

Registered: 2/25/2010

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Name: Brent Hunter

Company: CUI

Occupation: Lead Tech

Location: Alexander City, AL

Personal: mid 30s

Experience: ~16 years

2/25/2010 7:08:52 PM

Hi all, I am relatively new to the bar and I have a general question regarding laws on ovetime. I work for CUI in Alabama and was recently promoted to Lead Tech (asst. supervisor). My position comes with a salary of $250.00 a week basic pay. I am also compensated for any installs I perform and overtime. Last pay period I put in two weeks of work @ 53 hrs p/wk. I was paid my base pay plus about $350.00 installs. However they did not pay me at all for my overtime. They claim that I will not be paid overtime unless I complete $400.00 dollars in installs per week. This would not be a problem under the old payscale, however, as of December 1st, the payscale changed. My highest paying job now is a trouble call and it pays $13.00. I was willing to deal with the outrageously low install pay as long as I was making the base pay and overtime to back it up. So this pay period I pulled in about $800.00 after taxes. I was expecting to make $900.00 without any installs. There is no way I will may $400.00 in installs per week at this pay rate and having to constantly help techs with installs, deal with angry customers, watch the office on the weekends and oversee other important tasks in the office.

Now for the question...
Is the company allowed to base whether or not I make overtime on the dollar amount of my installs?

Thanks, Brent

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Underpaid lead tech with questions