Context: I work for a company 9 hours a day (it’s 8 hours + 30 mins lunch break + 30 mins overtime). My hours change daily, sometimes I start at 8, sometimes 9 or 10. I have an hour commute into work, so overall I’m out of the house 11 hours a day. When I get back home, I teach English online for a couple of hours, then do university work, eat a ready-meal, then sleep. On the weekends I catch up with all my university work. I have absolutely no life outside of work but I couldn’t pay rent if it weren’t for my (paid) part-time job.
The problem is that when I do overtime, I obviously am not scheduled for that. And on a few occasions it’s made me late for my part time job and I’ve lost two customers now. I’ve not told work this (they wouldn’t care a bit) but I do rush out of work whenever I’m done with my overtime for the day and they’ve complained to me that I seem in too much of a hurry to leave work and I need to rethink my priorities. I obviously cannot afford to stop teaching English. If that was an option I’d have already stopped. I’ve had no free time for months (this internship is Jan-June) and have become overweight because I have no time to exercise, my mental health is in bits, and I’m absolutely broke. Not to mention the exhaustion from working in a language that’s not my native one. Anyone got any experience with stuff like this? What shall I tell my work?
Edit: I cannot quit unfortunately as I need to do this for university and also experience. It’s a ‘pflichtpraktikum’