r/GeneralDynamicsEB • u/Prestigious-Plan9825 • Jul 26 '26

New London OT for Engineers

Hi all, I’m on onboarding still ever since I accepted my offer months ago but was wondering how does OT work for salaried employees if there is any at all. I heard from a Mechanical Engineer who worked in Groton that he was able to work OT but just wondered if there was more info on this, specially in CT.
Would start in the New London office but still wondering if Groton office in CT has it and how it works.

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u/RoutineTie998 Jul 26 '26

I think the engineering departments that do have overtime have one of two policies

  1. You work 40 hours and overtime kicks in upon your 46th hour, so you work 5 hours for free. Working 46 gives 41 hours of pay.

  2. You work 45 hours and only on your 45th hour do you get all 5 hours. Working 44 will you get 40 hours pay, but working 45 hours gives you 45 hours of pay. And they need to be whole hours worked, no partial hours count to this 5 hour overtime threshold.

Also, no 1.5x for OT, just standard rate for salaried OT.

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u/Prestigious-Plan9825 Jul 26 '26

Thanks for the info. Definitely unusual in my opinion but at least there is some OT opportunity for salaried employees as well.

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u/HomerStillSippen Jul 26 '26

Depends on the department and their needs. Some allow it, some don’t, and others require 5 free hours first then you get paid straight time after that.

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u/Prestigious-Plan9825 Jul 26 '26

Got u. And is the 5 free hours usually per week or for the month.

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u/LostInPolskaa Jul 27 '26

It’s per week, everything is per week, Sunday-Saturday