So I'm not living in the states as a heads up, I live in Sri Lanka. My company is going through an Audit on next thursday and friday. Normally I don't work the weekends but I was called to work on Saturday which, while I was annoyed, I put up with since my country unemployment plan is you lose your job live on the streets.
I want to point out I finished all my work within an hour today so I spent the last few hours just on the net trying to pass time till I got home… and then about an hour before I got to leave the told me they wanted me to come in on sunday as well. As in the whole plant is coming on sunday, and they expect us to come on monday again and do the full five days. In short, they want us to work 12 days in a row without a break, and the sad thing is this is fully legal in my country. As long as you get one day off every two weeks they can work you for the remaining 13.
I tried to get some sympathy from my family and the only response was “it's just the way things work here, put up with it.” I mean at the very least I was hoping for them to just let me vent so I can deal with it, but no it was simply, suck it up and endure it.
God I hate my country at times.
Edit: forgot to mention, I have finished all my work and whatever is left depends on someone else coming and they aren't answering their phone. Not to mention what I have to do can easily be done on Monday before lunch. I tried to point out that, but I was just told that I had to come because everyone was coming.