Americas relentless work ethic.

[Carsman]

The company I worked for had two classes of employees, hourly employees, that had to punch in on a time clock at time in and punch out at time left. 
And then there was the salaried employees, that did not have to punch in & out
on a time clock. 

The hourly employee had a regular work week that consisted of Monday thru 
Friday at 8 hours a day. With a 10 minute break in the morning, noon to 1pm lunch break, and a 10 minute break in the afternoon. 
Any work hours greater than 8 hours in the day that were done Monday thru Friday were paid at 1-1/2 wage time. 
Any Saturday work hours at all were paid at 1-1/2 wage time. 

Salaried employees were paid substantially more for a 40 hour work week than 
the hourly employees. They were considered “professionals”. For the most part, 
they usually didn’t have to work longer than 8 hour days. 
They were on their honor to put in 8 hour work days, as long as they covered the major work day. If there were times that they could not meet their work schedule
then they would work longer then 8 hours a day, until they were back on schedule
Not many, if any at all workers felt taken advantage of.