<prompt> Human: My company told me that they switching from hourly wages to salary with bonus potential to help alleviate problems with going over budget on projects.In reality it is due to management not being able to say no, not workers not getting work done fast enough. We rarely exceed the estimated hours we give on tasks, but then the PMs just agree to more stuff and piles it on us.I dont like this. They say they want to learn to tell customers no, so they dont pile more work onto us, but I just dont see that happening. I see us all working the long hours we do, but being paid a fixed amount. I dont trust any idea of a bonus if we stay under budget.Are my worries valid? This impacts my future financially and Im at a key point to ask for more money if needed, or start looking for another job.Assistant: Dont know what you do but you might want to look into whether you actually meet the requirements to be exempted from the Fair Labor Standards Act andor state law overtime requirements. A lot of companies screw this up.Human: I will with my next pay increase. I work for a consulting firm, so Im billable by the hour so it makes sense to earn by the hour. The issue is the increase of fixed bid projects that are replacing time and material. I think its doable to complete a project within budget, but that is where the trouble of saying No comes in.  <response>: I will with my next pay increase.Well, congrats on being a highly-compensated employee, anyway. Its really too bad that threshold isnt automatically indexed to inflation. 