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I'm getting over 40 hours/week, while the managers are directing ANY coworker in my position to me if they need a shift covered, so I've worked for 13 consecutive days straight (with them sometimes being shifts that are longer than 8 hours, all nocturnally). I'm going to assume that this is a yellow or red flag.
I've worked 32 days in a row once, shifts much longer than 8 hours. They did this because they wanted OT to go to someone who wasn't going to milk the clock, who would do the work and deserved the OT. It was rough, but I did it. I could have said no though. I don't know what your job is or anything of that sort, but you can always tell them you cannot keep working that many days consistently. AKA: It cant be a common thing. Some jobs they cannot do that, And some state laws require at least 8 hours between shift (they broke that a lot too). I no longer work there lol Those checks were nice though haha
And working 12 days in a row from time to time was common in my previous job of sales(depending how your days off fell, especially if you wanted weekends off) People always asked me to cover their shifts first, but sometimes I couldn't. I said no. Just say no if you do not want to. It's their problem
If it was for a short duration and I was getting a lot of overtime, I probably would, especially in the winter months if there isn't a lot going on.
I'm salaried exempt. I am on an on-call rotation and am going to have to work part of a Saturday for the first time in the year I've been here in a few weeks. If I was working seven days a week routinely, I'd only do until I could find something else.
I used to be on a schedule that had one normal week than 11 days in a row. It was a three week rotation. Two of the 11 days in a row were half days then we got a three day weekend. Luckily I no longer had any children in day care. The way the time card looked was three weeks with 40 hours each?? I never figured who thought up that crazy schedule. Some of the workers with younger children applied for less desirable jobs to get a more day care friendly schedule.
I also worked in different locations so I carried my schedule around and looked at it every day to make sure I was going to the right place for the correct number of hours at the right time.
My schedule was a piece of cake beside my husband the computer engineer. He would sometimes work days in a row with just a few hours of sleep and eat driving to the next call. I am talking about getting home at 2 A. M. sleeping until 6 A. M. and going to work again arriving at 8 A. M. and working late again. With both of our crazy schedules, there were months when we only saw each other in bed or while getting ready to go to work in the morning.
We are now together most of 24/7 and I think we have earned this retirement.
Why are they being directed to you? Can you tell them that you won't cover the shift? Have ou talked with your manager about it?
The most I have worked (IIRC) is 18 days in a row, and 28 out of 30 days in the month. It depends on the tempo of your job whether it is a warning flag or not. It is a problem if you are consistently expected to sacrifice your days off so someone else can have a day off.
When getting started... for three years. At times working up to 3 different jobs at the same time.
Then for the summer of 2009, I worked 80+ hours a week on a contract. Work, sleep, work, sleep, casino, work, sleep, work, sleep, casino. The manager told me he would keep paying me as long as I could keep coding. I did that for about two months. I was making big bank at the job and was on a hot streak at the casino. It was a great summer - income wise.
I do contract work. Sometimes I work more than 100 hours in a week if a bunch of clients need things done at the same time. Refusing work is bad for business. I don't get OT obviously but I bill hourly. On the plus side sometimes I only work 20 hours a week. I find the variety in working hours much more interesting than the 9-5 grind.
Yup, it's called being in the United States Navy (and Army reserves).
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