I live in a LCOL area of the Midwest. That being said, inflation here is as awful as the rest of the world, and my small-but-acceptable salary is being pushed to the limits.
I moved up here for a top position. Lost the job three months in because an ex of a friend kept calling into my job and insinuating I was doingg drugs, drinking, fucking the employees . . . They got tired of the drama and fired me. I found a new job, less stress and money, and I LOVE it. But with prices being so insane, I picked up another PT job to make ends meet (my SO is acrivrly looking for a better job and more hours, but he's having the same luck as everyone on r/recruitinghell ).
I have been doing okay with the 80 hour weeks. It blows, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. But this week is breaking me.
I worked a clopening from Thursday to Friday, then a mid shift on Friday, then a PM shift because of a callout, then my overnight job, then I was off for 2 hours before going in to train our new cook (mid shift to close) then I had an hour between that and my overnight job, then someone called in this morning so I am back at work again, and I still have a mid-clise shift tonight that, for all my efforts, I cannot get anyone to cover for me.
Out of the last 48 hours, I have been awake for 47 (managed to pass out for a bit in the car last night) and on the clock for 45. And I still have 9 hours to go.
This is just a vent. There is nothing I can do to fix this. I am on call (salaried) so I have to cover if no one else can. I have had no luck in finding another job, despite more than 700 FUCKING APPLICATIONS in less than 90 days. I cannot lose this job, as my shitty salary is our breadwinnings, until I have something else lined up. Requests for a raise have been denied because I am only a year into the role.
I am exhausted and nauseous and so fed the fuck up. I just want this to be over. I love so much about my life, but I hate living like this