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Assistant Superintendent's Pay Structure

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  1. Toby Burkhart
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    3/27/2014 2:03 PM
    Good Afternoon all,

    Quick survey question. How many of you out there have Assistant Superintendents that are paid hourly and are allowed to have overtime?

    Our corporate office wants to change our job titles. Superintendent to Golf Course Manager
    Assistant Superintendent to Golf Course Supervisor.

    They want to take my 2 assistants from a salaried paid bi weekly and no overtime to hourly paid weekly with overtime. Although this makes my assistant's happy with all the hours they work in the summer it does not do anything for my budget.

    Just wanted some feedback.

    Thank you,

    Toby Burkhart



  2. Joshua Kelley
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    3/27/2014 6:03 PM
    I work for a corporate golf management company and the assistants are paid salary and the grounds supervisors (second assistants) are hourly. Both work over 40 hours per week. The second assistant often makes more money than the first assistant.



  3. James Smith
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    3/28/2014 9:03 AM
    I prefer to pay my assistant hourly. But I set up their pay scale by adding in them working every other weekend (the overtime) so they will not make any more then they would of if salaried. This also helps because if I need them above and beyound those hours they will get paid for it with overtime.



  4. Melvin Waldron
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    3/30/2014 12:03 PM
    Our "Golf Course Working Leader" (assistant) is paid hourly along with us superintendents. But we get 1.5 hours of comp time for every hour worked. So the bottom line budget isn't affected. Projects in the winter might take a hit depending on the weather.

    Mel

    Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO

  5. Dane Gamble
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    4/6/2014 4:04 PM
    Paying hourly will eliminate any confusion about correct classification of an exempt position not subject to overtime pay regulations. Unfortunately the comp time provision is not allowed in the private sector so no "banking" of hours for off-season remuneration. (Maybe someone can tell me why "comp time" can apply in the governmental sector...the rulemakers, but not for the ones upon whom the rules are applied??)



  6. Keith Pegg
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    4/6/2014 5:04 PM
    All paid by the hour and no OT even myself.

    Keith



  7. Melvin Waldron
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    4/6/2014 6:04 PM
    Melvin Waldron, CGCS said: Our "Golf Course Working Leader" (assistant) is paid hourly along with us superintendents. But we get 1.5 hours of comp time for every hour worked. So the bottom line budget isn't affected. Projects in the winter might take a hit depending on the weather.

    Mel


    I guess as I reread this, I wasn't clear, we get 1.5 comp hours for any 1 worked over 40. We will only get overtime paid if we work on a holiday, but do not get another day off that week. (And maybe emergency call in, which I think I've been screwing myself when I have to come in at 3 in the morning because the building alarm went off, will have to check that.)

    Dane,

    I didn't know that private sector could not bank comp time. Could it be the fact that there might be too much uncertainty as to who might be a full time employee compared to a seasonal? I do think if that is an option it should be available to all. Our seasonal employees can not earn comp time, but our full time employees can.

    Mel

    Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO

  8. Dane Gamble
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    4/7/2014 10:04 PM
    Mel: No provision at all for private sector comp time arrangement under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA). Dane



  9. Virgil Range
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    4/15/2014 3:04 AM
    Assistant and myself paid Salary. Recently found out we are required to work at least 50-60 hrs weekly. Even if its cleaning rental carts, cleaning clubhouse, and or anything as long as its 50+ hrs.

    I'm in trouble if I'm required to do these hrs now. Sure June, July, Aug..oh yea no problem. But April with highs in the upper 40's. wow

    Maybe an hrly rate would be better than salary.



  10. Marshall Brown
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    4/15/2014 6:04 AM
    Sounds like you guys are in pretty good shape. I have an assistant/mechanic/irrigation tech,that works by the hour,and is laid off 2.5 months a year. This is to include a no overtime policy, unless an emergency.See, you really don't have it that bad.............. Marshall N. Brown/ Link Hills CC/ Greeneville,Tn



  11. Stephen Johnson
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    4/15/2014 7:04 AM
    Virgil how can you be required to work more than 40 hrs/ week? We all know in this business that long hours and weekends are the norm during the season, but I do not know of anyone who is [u">required [/u">to work more than 40.



  12. Virgil Range
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    4/16/2014 3:04 AM
    Steve, well u know 2 people now. Yes we are required to work more than 40 hrs. In fact I saw a sheet of paper yesterday that the owner is keeping track of our hrs. Guess they have a camera on my shop watching us come and go. I think its hilarious and not in a good way.

    What am i suppose to do. Just keep working and do what i do. Its the only way I know how.

    Virgil



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