On 8/21/2014 12:36 PM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
> On Thursday, August 21, 2014 12:34:03 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>> It continued on with other inane questions. Like, would you be happy
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>>>> to work beyond your scheduled hours if asked. It literally asked if
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>>>> you would be happy to do so.
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>> I don't see that as inane. I know some people that will never work
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>> overtime, not for a minute. I know other, including myself, that have
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>> never turned down OT if offered.
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> I was to go to person for any overtime for years. I was happy for the
> extra money.
>

In retail, a lot of people are hired to work less than 40 so that they
aren't entitled to benefits, and then the employer makes them work
extra hours, so that they are full-time workers - but without the
benefits. There are also a lot of employers - Walmart is notorious for
this - who force their employees to work overtime without paying them
for it.

This is most likely a case of an employer screening for employees who
are either sufficiently naive or desperate to agree upfront to being
taken advantage of. They don't want anyone who demonstrates awareness
of their legal rights.