So coincidentally I just celebrated 3 years with my company and not once have I wanted to find a different job. Until I went in last night. Boss told me and several others weekend that mandates will be a lot more common now going forward because the company finds it cheaper to pay workers to work OT on the weekends than it is to hire more workers.
Funniest thing about it? My boomer grandparents agree with their decision and told me to stop whining and “be grateful” for the opportunity of more OT and more money. Ok like first of all, working nights alone has been proven to take a massive hit on your mental health, our weekends are already short enough because we spend the weekend trying to catch up on errands and chores, and now its gonna be worse because we have to throw our weekends away. Lets just forget that a lot of my co workers have family and kids outside of work that they barely see as of now due to sleeping most of the day, and now its gonna get worse.
But hey, anything so save a couple pennies for a 18 Billion dollar company right?