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May 28, 2021 8:56 PM
Silvodia
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XnastypenguinX
Been doing a year of OT
wrecklaw
I sent this to my supervisor and he just sighed because it’s aggravatingly relatable.
JustAFlamingoInDisguise
Sending this to my coworkers. We've been in this situation for 8 months
afahrlig
I feel like they would rather give a one-time bonus than a steady income increase, even if the bottom line was worse for the company.
iamspartan1262
they'd still fire him and continue to complain about being overstaffed
Ribaldrie
I'm working three doubles back to back this week. Two last week.
palmo
I got thrown out the window
Neotic357
Never really had any strong pride in my country (Denmark ) but the way the US has been going lately really puts things in perspective.
strideo
Tangentbordskrigare
Recently had this. Pretty much every new hire within 6 months have quit, the longest employed one have been there for 2 years now.
NickRivieraMD
The point of understaffing is to operate at max profit.
HohuinKyoma
welp, currently understaffing is an outcome and was not planned. it is happening because the capitalists have pushed the workers to the max
CPatricoo
I mean being understaffed is awful but the "fuck you fire me" mentality really makes it better.
NickRivieraMD
sure, but you know what's better? Working a job where you don't feel like 'fuck you, fire me.'
BooJum1981
Same. 10 to 14 hour days, 6 days a week...
HohuinKyoma
holy cow, that's not even legal, right? I mean I work 9 hrs 6 days a week, and I am pretty much fed up
BooJum1981
They have been paying double time for overtime above 50 hours.
rianstar
Free iphone!
ILikeRespondingWithWillSmithGifs
TheJewishSpaceLaser
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Tall4APanda
How do you figure that sorts out on a p&l analysis? Probably nobody at corporate knows exactly how many hours to recover that...
EnterTheMongoose
Pizza party!
rianstar
For the "qualified employee" of course
idiotcube
And only after 6 months. Sure hope they don't fire you after 5!
UncleAIex
If any of y'all are in Tampa FL or McLean VA, my company is hiring at a surge rate of $25 for intro jobs for the summer. Long term $18-21
LurkerWerewolf
Doing?
UncleAIex
Identity verification for state unemployment's and federal organizations
2fg7wq2gyv9
How’s the work?
UncleAIex
Can get a little tedious but it's easy. Basically you would be connecting with members to confirm they're info and review their documents.
SonderingStrike
Unionise, seize the initiative while it lasts, and give no quarter to the autocrats and the fascists.
HunterZer0
My hospital unionized and still nothing has changed. Things are worse than ever.
Churlish1
Rise up Beratna…Gonna Rise UP
Arracor
That sounds dangerous... don't I need my ions?!
DonteHaversham
I really wonder about the people who down vote stuff like this. Like do they have no concept of history or are they actually brain dead. Cuz
DonteHaversham
This shit cycles every couple hundred years, if not less
iprobhavetheclapnow
Seize the means of production!
Koshka89
You jest, but this is Marxist Theory. Wealthy will polarize and eliminate the Middle Class, the lower/working class with revolt and strike
Koshka89
And will overthrow the wealthy by seizing the means of production - this is the dawn on Communism, the result of late stage Capitalism.
xahul
My hospital departments solution. Promote the least liked person due to his toxic behaviors and one of the most laziest person I’ve ever met
AdrocThurston
My current manager got promoted because my old manager was “sent a dream from God” about how he was going to do great things.
AdrocThurston
He is a manipulative And lazy POS, we are severely understaffed, and he is making changes that will cause more people to quit.
guamarama
And cut staff at the bedside then make a business case for more execs!
xahul
So now that we’re short people on his shift no one in my shift and graveyard want to work over time at all.
ADeshantis
I can't help but wonder if we work in the same hospital.
xahul
Small chance if you’re in the Bay Area.
ADeshantis
Drat, that means there's another department exactly like mine. One of these stains on the Earth is bad enough.
WeirdStealth
Oof, I'm pretty sure they did that because he's the only one they know won't fight for better treatment of his staff.
xahul
Because no one likes him not even our manager. Hiring process was left to HR. Guy who got caught bringing a tv to work to watch movies.
xahul
There were two better qualified people but they chose him, most of the department feels like he knew someone from HR, he likes to brown nose
WeirdStealth
I hate those kinds of people
xahul
It is, we’re hoping that he fails his probationary period so that he won’t be the lead and since they’re trying to hire new people he’ll be
xahul
Let go since there won’t be a spot available for his old position.
joegod
Living this, now on month 6 of mandatory OT. No end in sight.
BallsDeepinaDragonscloaca
And for same pay, right?
JohnnySilverballs
Big reason why I left my last job. Upon hiring me they said "occasional OT, rarely mandatory". A year later 0 weeks without mandatory OT.
PlotBunny
We have mandatory OT at my Amazon, but only every other week. It's grinding us all down and the turnover rate is _amazing_. TUS1, woo... q.q
CaptainFrog
Video game industry?
kaoticgirl
Mandatory OT pisses me off. How fucking dare you make it mandatory? My current unemployment is certainly unrelated.
wikidleaf
Same here. My vacation time has stop because it's reached it limits for the company. ?
IAmACyberneticOrganismLivingTissueOverEndoskeleton
Canadian here, never worked a single second of OT in my life. My secret? We have labor laws.
kittyclawz
Been working mandatory OT and 6 day work weeks for the past year thru covid. Not even so much as a measly extra dollar/hr for hazard pay.
CamilleGrinnaux
Month 2 of mandatory OT for me. Manager swears she's looking but hasn't interviewed any of our applicants.
philthedoh
Yeah, I worked in a lab where this went on for 6 years before they realized they needed to pay better in order to retain employees
NationalistCanadianMooseWarrior
"mandatory OT" is a hell of a phrase
Jammbs
A couple years ago I worked at a place with mandatory OT for the better part of 2.5 years. Clocked 400hrs OT 1 year and almost 300 the next.
UncleRat
I was doing that for five months. When it stopped, so did the job.
superbro2211
Good to see that the gaming industry crunchtime exists in other companies too, goddamn capitalism can suck dick
BioGoji1989
Mandatory? So... wait, how the hell is it still considered OT anymore if it's now mandatory?
Koztah
Man. That's illegal here.
HelloUser68
Same here since the pandemic started....been working 50+ hours for what seems like forever now
Imapseudonym
"Sorry my babysitter moved without telling me. Can't stay or the child will be left alone."
NotJackieDaytona
My buddy who works in car parts mfg has been working 6 or 7 day weeks since Mar 2020.
KnotsAreMySpecialty
Ive been on mandatory since last year in july and finally, finally next week there has been no overtime called. Bezos has given dobby a sock
grandestgrandeur
Technically couldn’t you find another job and quit the current one? Thats an end in sight, I’d say.
Cthulhuonabike
Ask for pay increase. Clearly they are in need of your help and you deserve to be compensated for it
ArcaneAlchemist
quit
QotU
I’m on month 14. So feckin tired.
captainnewbi
is it really mandatory if they can't fire you if you refused?
TheDoctorCrankenstein
The problem is that they can fire you for refusing in most states and there is jack shit you can do about it.
captainnewbi
I mean, if they fire you, it would be out of spite because they are worsening thier employee shortage problem
TheDoctorCrankenstein
They will just blame you and "lazy millennials" for not wanting to work.
CatThatsNoLongerCurious3
Idk how bad it can get, but I’m on salary working 10 hours a day because we’re understaffed. It’s not even that the conditions are bad...
CatThatsNoLongerCurious3
It’s just that we’re having trouble finding people willing to work at a machine 8 hours a day.
TheDoctorCrankenstein
Are they being paid a comfortable living wage to work at said machine? Benefits? Retirement plan?
LookinFineLayinDimes
Hahahaha... I've been on mandatory 60 hours for the last 3 years
LookinFineLayinDimes
I'm an apprentice, I have to turn out before I quit or else I get more time added to my apprenticeship
TheDoctorCrankenstein
That is nothing to be proud of. In fact I'd feel embarrassed for having let myself be exploited for 3 years.
Burglarsonarceny85
...why?
Quarantane
do you enjoy what you do? I really hope you love it to put in that many hours.
LookinFineLayinDimes
I'm building a nuclear power plant. I like the work, but the company is evil
savanik
TheRiattAct
I hope you are hourly and not salary
joegod
I am hourly, but it still sucks.
MiNameIsInigoMontoya
I am salaried going on month 8 of mandatory OT.
SomeDetroitGuy
If that is the case, there is a very real possibility that you are non-exempt and they have to pay overtime
Xyzair
Track all the time and sue them, it's not part of the agreement since it's the new normal
TheDoctorCrankenstein
A lot of salaried people don't know that they are entitled to their OT pay. This is a big part of the wage theft problems.
thevortexmaster
Dang. I'm on salary and anything I work over 8 hours is banked holiday time
MiNameIsInigoMontoya
Yeah, the difference is the company I work for is shady as hell.
thevortexmaster
Ahh ya that would do it. Mine is a non profit charity so not your typical corporation type deal
Crackfoxx8888
MANDATORY OT! WTF?
WannaHaveACatch
It differs depending on where you are. My company does it, but only one day every other week. These are 3 and 4 day weeks essentially.
THEREALSTEVEHOLT
I'm an electrician. We work OT a lot. It's pretty much always mandatory. Have schedules to keep to and GCs and owners are absurd.
UseTheForceLuke
As someone on the architecture and design side of owners and GCs, yes. Yes they are.
SadEyedLadyoftheLowlands
If OT wasn't taxed then I wouldn't give a shit.
Wafflesama
Just left a job where 60 hours a week was the norm. They wanted me for an extra shift too.
AnthropomorphicMilkshake
And people still deny that America is in fact a third world country.
TheAngriestBeardman
I went a year and a half once working 56 hours a week. One day off a month . Its super common in America.
SomeDetroitGuy
It isn't THAT common.
TheAngriestBeardman
It is for most factories.
gizmomelb
fuck that.. you guys need to unionise / rebel / just say no to the capitalists until they realise how much they need their workers.
TheAngriestBeardman
Yeah, we're in desperate need of a union. Most of the workforce still thinks unions are evil. Gonna be hard to do.
gizmomelb
workers think unions are evil because management want them to think that, so they the workers are easier to manage as individuals.
Silvodia
We're experiencing it as well. No real attempt to hire more reps.
JaceTiger
At my job, we're having mandatory OT because we only have a few people trained for this site and we lost 2, then 2 were injured (off job) >
JaceTiger
And now we're having to switch it up to 12 hour shifts instead of 8's. Gonna love that paycheck, though.
Mustang992
I had a job where I was doing 55 hrs a week as the norm. Constantly understaffed and overworked
BloodGoddess
People need to stop working for companies that do this shit otherwise it'll never change. Know. Your. Worth.
Cindex1337
I had a telemarketer job with "temporary" OT at 58 hours a week for a year and a half at least, that's when I left. Pay was shit, but I was/
Cindex1337
pretty stoned every day. You get what you pay for lol
tiderfish
Are you the guys from workaholics?
datester35
You got the 1.5x overtime pay though right?
KristopherGlass
Even more sad than the phrase, is some people try to wear OT like a badge of honor -.-
anonbanannon
OT honor = “I’ve become more valuable by corporate standards,” therefor I’m safe. Really, they don’t give a shit. What life is that anyway?
KristopherGlass
Just left $25 an hour at 26y.o. cause I was tired of seeing my son grow up through snapchat when I worked 6 min away.
anonbanannon
I’d likely make the same choice too :)
TheDoctorCrankenstein
It is super sad they don't realize they aren't more valuable, just showing they are more exploitable than their coworkers.
gaggleOmidgets
Mandatory OT was the norm at my job before pandemic. Now there's just more of it.
LurkerOfDarkness
Sounds expensive for the company.
beanersweiners
Are you my coworker
SadEyedLadyoftheLowlands
No this is Patrick
brownribbon
How do you think things like scheduled vacation gets covered in 24/7 manufacturing?
wombatwobble
hiring more than the bare minimum of workers to cover for absences
IMakeLotsOfReferencesAndRemakes
Hell a temp staffing agency could be used at minimum.
brownribbon
No they couldn’t. You can’t train someone to do a manufacturing job that quickly.
brownribbon
That’s wasteful.
TheDoctorCrankenstein
The air your breathing is wasteful.
SouperScott
Not if those workers are still productive at other tasks.
Multipew
Oh no, are the realities of having human workers inefficient for the poor baby company?