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[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

It can be both, can't it?
People should be paid a living wage. If you do more work than is the defined norm you should be paid increasingly more sums of money.
The intent of overtime laws was to encourage companies to hire someone else instead of making someone work 80 hours a week.

A business saying that they'll pay you more if you work more at your discretion doesn't bother me. Even with a perfectly good wage and benefits you're going to have cases where people want a touch more more money. I had a coworker who did contracting jobs to pay for a new deck. He didn't have to, but it kept his budget from getting weird.