It’s not necessarily contract work, but yeah I guess you could describe it that way.
You get hired for $X/year, and that’s what you make. Your paycheck, if weekly for example, will always be $X/52 regardless of how many or how few hours you worked.
If your contract demands certain amount of work but doesn’t demand certain hours then I’m guessing they aren’t the ones who the discussion is about. Unless the employer is demanding stuff in addition to the contract
If you literally did nothing, you might get fired or at least your contract would not be renewed depending on who you are/where you are. Some people actually do that though, usually some nepobaby, and manage to avoid getting fired because they have some connection to higher ups.
I could probably get away with doing little to nothing for a good while because I’ve built up a lot of good will and favors at my job, but eventually I’d probably get canned. I’d also get pretty bored with that pretty quickly, I actually do like my job, I just don’t usually go all out when I’m there.
Salary means you get paid a certain amount of money every year but everything else is defined by your contract: You might not have to come in at all if your contract doesn’t stipulate that, you could even literally be paid to do nothing or you could be on call 24/7 or anything in between.
This is not the same thing as contractors, who are not employed by the company and bill for their work at an hourly rate. Salary is more stable income usually with decent to good benefits in the US and can work any number of hours (or lack thereof). Contractors can make more per hour, but still have to cover their own medical, dental, retirement, etc.
Does that mean they are contracted for certain work but not certain hours or certain time of day?
It’s not necessarily contract work, but yeah I guess you could describe it that way.
You get hired for $X/year, and that’s what you make. Your paycheck, if weekly for example, will always be $X/52 regardless of how many or how few hours you worked.
Why not just put in zero hours?
Because you’re hired to get work done?
If your contract demands certain amount of work but doesn’t demand certain hours then I’m guessing they aren’t the ones who the discussion is about. Unless the employer is demanding stuff in addition to the contract
If you literally did nothing, you might get fired or at least your contract would not be renewed depending on who you are/where you are. Some people actually do that though, usually some nepobaby, and manage to avoid getting fired because they have some connection to higher ups.
I could probably get away with doing little to nothing for a good while because I’ve built up a lot of good will and favors at my job, but eventually I’d probably get canned. I’d also get pretty bored with that pretty quickly, I actually do like my job, I just don’t usually go all out when I’m there.
Salary means you get paid a certain amount of money every year but everything else is defined by your contract: You might not have to come in at all if your contract doesn’t stipulate that, you could even literally be paid to do nothing or you could be on call 24/7 or anything in between.
This is not the same thing as contractors, who are not employed by the company and bill for their work at an hourly rate. Salary is more stable income usually with decent to good benefits in the US and can work any number of hours (or lack thereof). Contractors can make more per hour, but still have to cover their own medical, dental, retirement, etc.