You agreed to a salary. Nobody agreed how many hours it buys.
Your contract says the hours you agreed to. Nothing anywhere says the hours you work.
Free to start · Your record, private to you
Where the money goes missing
A salary hides everything. An hour early most mornings, late finishes that quietly became the norm, lunches worked through — a fixed number on the pay stub absorbs all of it, and nothing you're paid ever shows the difference. So the extra hours you quietly put in leave no trace at all.
Invisible extra hours
Early starts and late finishes a salary absorbs.
Creeping hours
The agreed 38 that quietly became 45 or 50.
Working lunches
Eating at the desk as the norm, not the exception.
Weekend catch-up
Unpaid evenings and weekends to “stay on top”.
No pay stub trace
Nothing you're paid ever reflects the extra time.
“You're salaried”
The line used whenever the hours come up.
≈ 29½ hours
Example from the demo case
In the demo case, three weeks of logged days show about 29½ hours worked beyond the agreed 38-hour week — a record of the hours, not a claim that they're owed. Not a typical or promised result.
What you get
A dated record you build over time — and a report you can save as a PDF or download as a Word (.docx) document to hand over.
Your worked hours laid against your agreed hours, week by week.
A long, blurry stretch of overwork becomes one dated record.
One organized report to take to the Department of Labor, a union, or a lawyer — saved as a PDF or a Word (.docx) file.
Any figure is an apparent shortfall based on your own records — arithmetic on the hours and pay you logged, not a legal determination. Whether any of it is owed is a question for the U.S. Department of Labor or an attorney.
Sound familiar?
“I'm salaried but I quietly work 45 hours for 38 hours' pay.”
Log your real hours against your agreed week. The app holds that record; whether the extra time is owed depends on your exempt status — a question for the DOL or an attorney.
“They just say “you're salaried” whenever I raise the hours.”
Keep your own dated record of the days that ran long. It doesn't settle the legal question — it just makes the hours you actually worked impossible to wave away.
Questions worth reading
Is it legal for my employer to not pay me overtime?
Whether overtime applies depends on the role and the state — here’s how to tell.
Can my boss change my hours or pay without telling me?
Surprise cuts to your schedule or pay rate, or changes applied after the fact.
My boss makes me work through my breaks — is that allowed?
Break rules vary by state, but time you’re still working is generally work time.
My employer isn’t paying me right for holidays or PTO — what can I do?
Holiday pay, vacation, and paid time off that don’t match what you were promised.
My paycheck is less than it should be — how do I prove it?
Pin down the gap between what you expected and what you got, and keep a clear record.
Start your record today
It takes a minute to start, and it’s free. See a real example on demo data first — no account needed.