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Gotta go to work in the next fifteen minutes or so.
Got home at seven thirty, was in bed by eight, got up at 3:30, and now I have to go to work again. The problem with twelve-hour work shifts is that you don't actually get "half a day" to do other stuff, the way you might mistakenly be led to believe. There's at least one hour of commuting in there, closer to two usually. Then in theory one wants at least seven hours of sleep, which leaves one with, in theory, two to three hours to get Other Stuff done.
Today I have to be at work an hour earlier (I'm also finishing one hour earlier tomorrow, never fear). So that gave me exactly eleven hours to drive to and from work, get in enough sleep, get showered and dressed, and go back to work.
I have another two weeks of this, thanks to my supervisor. He seems to have forgotten his promise that I would only have an irregular schedule for two weeks. He also seems to have forgotten his promise to keep me at 40 hours per week, and has me down to 36 hours a week. I *told* him I need forty hours, but apparently he doesn't care about that, or the fact that my work contract specified 40 hours a week.
In his defense, he did try to give me the vacation (without pay) that I asked for. Only, he completely misunderstood what I asked for. I asked for one week, with specific dates. So he gave me three days off, starting on the Wednesday.
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The man is either being deliberately mean, or he's just too stupid for words. I told him I wanted the week off to go visit a friend in the US. How the f*ck does he think three days off will help me accomplish that?
So I have to talk to him this week and tell him that I can't do that. Either I get all five days off, or I won't take any time off. There's no sense in giving me a random financial penalty without any payoff. Sorry,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
whiskeygirl8, but I wouldn't hold my breath on this one.
I can't be the only person to have a job that defies all the laws of common sense, can I?
Got home at seven thirty, was in bed by eight, got up at 3:30, and now I have to go to work again. The problem with twelve-hour work shifts is that you don't actually get "half a day" to do other stuff, the way you might mistakenly be led to believe. There's at least one hour of commuting in there, closer to two usually. Then in theory one wants at least seven hours of sleep, which leaves one with, in theory, two to three hours to get Other Stuff done.
Today I have to be at work an hour earlier (I'm also finishing one hour earlier tomorrow, never fear). So that gave me exactly eleven hours to drive to and from work, get in enough sleep, get showered and dressed, and go back to work.
I have another two weeks of this, thanks to my supervisor. He seems to have forgotten his promise that I would only have an irregular schedule for two weeks. He also seems to have forgotten his promise to keep me at 40 hours per week, and has me down to 36 hours a week. I *told* him I need forty hours, but apparently he doesn't care about that, or the fact that my work contract specified 40 hours a week.
In his defense, he did try to give me the vacation (without pay) that I asked for. Only, he completely misunderstood what I asked for. I asked for one week, with specific dates. So he gave me three days off, starting on the Wednesday.
*EXPLETIVE DELETED*
The man is either being deliberately mean, or he's just too stupid for words. I told him I wanted the week off to go visit a friend in the US. How the f*ck does he think three days off will help me accomplish that?
So I have to talk to him this week and tell him that I can't do that. Either I get all five days off, or I won't take any time off. There's no sense in giving me a random financial penalty without any payoff. Sorry,
whiskeygirl8, but I wouldn't hold my breath on this one.I can't be the only person to have a job that defies all the laws of common sense, can I?
