It's my position as a State-Level "Educator". Since I work as a Technician at a State University, Texas treats me like a Teacher. All of the money that I am to earn is granted to my department at the beginning of the year. Because of this, overtime compensation is impossible for me. I can only either receive more time off, or I have to balance my days back out later in the year. The plus is that management literally finds ways for us to be able to go home early because they want to keep even the hint of us working over down. The downside of course is that you can't make any more than what they tell you at the beginning of each fiscal year.
The pandemic taught me a new appreciation for being paid this way, though. I'm assured pay until September of any given year -- so I at least had that confidence when this all started. It looks like they're gonna leave my department alone this year, too so there's that.
I'm glad that you were able to find a position with a better work/life balance. It's always alarming when I run into folks who disregard that -- your health at a job in relation to what you make is super important.