Are you putting in extra hours every single week?

I'm on salary but I don't work more than 40 hours every single week. And when I do, I just come in late, leave early or take a longer lunch. I don't ask anybody for permission. I just do it. If they have a problem with it, they can show me the door.

There are times when I know I have to work 60+ work weeks. Sometimes my boss will say "take a day off". Like this past Friday, my boss said to leave early because I had put in extra hours on Wednesday.

If you think your boss is taking advantage of you, I would sit down with him/her and discuss you taking some comp time.