Don't get me wrong guys. I am grateful I get overtime. I am grateful that I get to go to work. But not being able to have a rest day to go between midnights and day shift is ridiculous. I am behind on a lot of things in life. I have been pulling the majority of the overtime weight because nobody else has really. One coworker is probably going to bitch because out of the four of us on shift, someone is taking off five days, meaning someone either works two 16s or we work 12s those days. I rather work 12s if I have to cover at all. I'm probably going to have to already.
I don't want to gripe and complain but the work schedule I'm on is brutal. I want more off days. Yes, working 8s is nice on week days but when you're at work almost every day out of the month except for like two weekends when people want to take off, it's putting a sour taste in my mouth.
I don't know what to do? I know working the overtime and long hours is part of being in the manufacturing industry but this is just…. dumb.