Comments on: Should DBAs be Paid Overtime? http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2010/02/should-dbas-be-paid-overtime/ Brad M. McGehee, Director of DBA Education, Red Gate Software Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:57:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bradmcgehee http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2010/02/should-dbas-be-paid-overtime/comment-page-1/#comment-278 bradmcgehee Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:14:38 +0000 http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2010/02/should-dbas-be-paid-overtime/#comment-278 Most people still read, and comment, at my syndicated blog at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/, although I am trying to encourage them to do so at the website, as it is hard for me to keep up with comments from multiple locations. Thanks for posting here. Most people still read, and comment, at my syndicated blog at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/, although I am trying to encourage them to do so at the website, as it is hard for me to keep up with comments from multiple locations. Thanks for posting here.

]]> By: Jean Pierre http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2010/02/should-dbas-be-paid-overtime/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Jean Pierre Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:55:42 +0000 http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2010/02/should-dbas-be-paid-overtime/#comment-277 Interesting Question. Considering myself a white collar professional, it never dawned on me that I would want to be paid for working more than 40 hours a week. However, I felt that I would have more flexibility in my day to day work hours: working longer days when the work load required it, and working shorter days when the work was light. Over time ,usually a week, time at work would average 40 hours, although the average usually is more in favor of the employer. This has been my experience as a full-time employee. My view changed while I worked on contract: I did charge for over time, but only when the time was mandated by the customer and the contract was amended to reflect the additional hours. Here again I was able to be flexible with my work schedule, working longer days to complete the work load, and banking those extra hours to create longer weekends when the workload was light. If someone decides that we will be paid OT, I will not refuse! By the way John S, people who have difficulty following instructions from the author have posted comments @ SQL Server Central. That is where I read this blog. Interesting Question.

Considering myself a white collar professional, it never dawned on me that I would want to be paid for working more than 40 hours a week.

However, I felt that I would have more flexibility in my day to day work hours: working longer days when the work load required it, and working shorter days when the work was light. Over time ,usually a week, time at work would average 40 hours, although the average usually is more in favor of the employer. This has been my experience as a full-time employee.

My view changed while I worked on contract: I did charge for over time, but only when the time was mandated by the customer and the contract was amended to reflect the additional hours. Here again I was able to be flexible with my work schedule, working longer days to complete the work load, and banking those extra hours to create longer weekends when the workload was light.

If someone decides that we will be paid OT, I will not refuse!

By the way John S, people who have difficulty following instructions from the author have posted comments @ SQL Server Central. That is where I read this blog.

]]> By: bradmcgehee http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2010/02/should-dbas-be-paid-overtime/comment-page-1/#comment-257 bradmcgehee Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:12:24 +0000 http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2010/02/should-dbas-be-paid-overtime/#comment-257 I don't have any control over the sample of people who took the pool, nor any way to easily find out what job title of those who answered the question. But as you have suggested, I assume that DBAs and Developers were the biggest responders. What the response is telling me is that there are a lot of DBAs and Developers who either feel they are being over worked, or under paid. Before the economy went sour, there was a lot of job changing going on as DBAs and developers moved up the pay ladder. Once the economy gets better, I imagine that we will see this happen again. If organizations want to keep good employees, they will need to compensate them accordingly. I don’t have any control over the sample of people who took the pool, nor any way to easily find out what job title of those who answered the question. But as you have suggested, I assume that DBAs and Developers were the biggest responders. What the response is telling me is that there are a lot of DBAs and Developers who either feel they are being over worked, or under paid. Before the economy went sour, there was a lot of job changing going on as DBAs and developers moved up the pay ladder. Once the economy gets better, I imagine that we will see this happen again. If organizations want to keep good employees, they will need to compensate them accordingly.

]]> By: John Sterrett http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2010/02/should-dbas-be-paid-overtime/comment-page-1/#comment-255 John Sterrett Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:27:08 +0000 http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2010/02/should-dbas-be-paid-overtime/#comment-255 Brad I really enjoyed this post and am surprised that there are no comments. I guess I will try to break the ice. Brad, do you have a breakdown of submissions by job title? Looking at the results and I will go on a limb and assume that the majority of the sample pool includes DBA's, Developers and not owners or leaders from the financial side of the house. If this is true, you might be able to flip these results if you only sampled CFO's, CEO's and Owners. I am a DBA/Developer so I am trying to look at this from the other side of the table. Does anyone have any follow-up thoughts? Brad I really enjoyed this post and am surprised that there are no comments. I guess I will try to break the ice.

Brad, do you have a breakdown of submissions by job title? Looking at the results and I will go on a limb and assume that the majority of the sample pool includes DBA’s, Developers and not owners or leaders from the financial side of the house. If this is true, you might be able to flip these results if you only sampled CFO’s, CEO’s and Owners. I am a DBA/Developer so I am trying to look at this from the other side of the table.

Does anyone have any follow-up thoughts?

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