The relentless overtime started as soon as we got back from the Covid shutdown, back in 2020. I thought it would be temporary.
It was not temporary. People started leaving.
Eventually, they had enough people either leave or get fired on second shift that nobody on that shift knew how to actually do the job, including management. I thought they would move some people around, get some training done, and get right. I thought it was temporary.
It was not temporary. They laid off what was left of second shift, and put the other two shifts on 10 hour days.
Then, we got bought by another company. I hoped that the new guys would see how poorly everything was being run. I thought things might get better.
They did not get better. The new owners gave the job of fixing all the problems to the people who had caused them in the first place.
So, earlier today, in the middle of a three week stretch without a day off, I got up and left. I went for a walk in the sun. I’m going to watch basketball later. I’m going to start living, instead of merely existing.