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Switching from nonexempt to exempt...need advice
I've been in my job for a little over six months. I was hired in as an hourly employee. I was shocked when I found this out since I have my masters and work in mkt...most jobs are salaried, but of course it worked to my advantage b/c I get paid overtime. This past week I had several hours of OT b/c we had an event and I had to go out of town for some training. Then I was told on Thursday by the HR assistant not to worry about clocking out, I've been moved to exempt (as of last Monday).
This feels wrong on so many levels. I'm at a bank and my employee handbook (that we sign) says everyone is hourly except AVP's and above (which I'm not). They are only switching the mkt department (me and 2 others) to salary. I'm certain that this is b/c we have to work a lot of events and get more OT than in other depts. Everytime we've asked our boss about OT he's said its fine as long as there was a legit reason (events, major work load, etc.).
I feel like we should be notified PRIOR to switching our status (I deserve the OT for last week!. Everyone I've spoken with thinks I deserve a 30 day notice, but I don't know for sure. I also feel like I deserve some kind of raise to compensate me for the OT I usually work (I would be fine with comp time too). I think they are going to give me my annual raise (its due now) and let that be it. But I don't think that even a 5% raise (the best my company gives) will equal what I usually get in OT.
What should I do?????
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