I would prefer this 100%.
I CPC'd at my level 7 back in Feb and I'm at $86k for the year so far, working most of my OT shifts. Everyone is on 6 day work weeks and every time we're told "hang on, just another 6 months", someone either has another baby or leaves.
We have a guy who has been in for 15 years shouting we need a pay cut. Dude came in when we were a level 8, is making at least $40k more than a new CPC without OT, living in a house where his mortgage is $1200/mo, bought it for $200k 5+ years ago and could sell it for at least $500k today. I can't even rent a 1 bedroom apartment here for $1200 anymore.
I came from working my ass of as a waitress 3 years ago to now making good money for the little work I do & multiple breaks a day which I am grateful for. But the fact that I'm stuck in a small city that I didn't have much of a choice going to, no hope of ever transferring to a higher level & busier facility, is depressing. A couple thousand miles away from the friends I used to have & the family I used to see daily, just so I had the opportunity to be an air traffic controller now working mandatory 6 day work weeks and no life outside of work...
I think about quitting weekly but that thought of early retirement & pension has me chained
So.... anyways, increasing pay without mando OT would allow me to actually afford a not shitty house here and avoid the ghetto. In 5 years the prices here have increased about 2.5x, and not to mention the price of childcare (6 day work weeks hello) and inflation of everything else.