New user here. I've been lurking for a while but needed to get this off my chest to people who might understand. This will be a bit long as well…
So I've been looking for a job for months, had thousands of dollars in savings from my last job that are now down to almost nothing. I got this new job at the last second, so to speak, before I completely ran out of money. I got the job through a staffing agency, and the person working my “case” asked me several questions, including my shift preference. I told her first or second shift, thinking I would be good, because I absolutely did not want to work third shift/overnight.
So today she called me, said she had a job for me working 2nd shift, weekends off, I was excited, even got an interesting sounding job position. I know that's vague sounding but I would rather be vague in case someone who works there happens to see this. Anyhow I am told to report to work Monday afternoon, that sounded perfect, I'd have the whole weekend to prepare myself to leave the peaceful life of not working, which I have enjoyed immensely. I get my first email with the address of the facility, what I need for the job, etc. I cannot stress how happy and excited I was.
I then get another email, this time from the company itself stating I am on third shift, which means I work overnight, with Fridays and Saturdays off. My heart sank, I got a bit panicky, because this kind of job on night shift is likely dangerous because people will be tired. So I called the number I was given in the first email, since that was the number for my manager. She told me I was not on her list, and checked with the person who does the scheduling, and told me that their information says I am third shift.
I then called my staffing agency and explained the situation, I was told to go by what the first email said, and report to work in the afternoon on Monday. I felt relieved, believing that an error had occurred. Yet something told me to call the aforementioned manager back to let her know what I had been told, since this is the business I would actually be working for, and I wanted to make sure their data matched mine. She told me that she would check again and relay what had been told to me by my agency.
A few minutes later my agency calls me and says that I am indeed on third shift. Now I am feeling depressed, I won't see anyone I know when at home because they will be asleep, or I will be asleep. I'll be awake all night on my days off, probably on reddit now that I have an account. I am worried about on the job safety now because people will be tired. I am glad to have a job and people are happy for me, but I don't feel happy about this. I have no choice but to take this job, I do not have time to look for another one, my money is nearly all gone. Has anyone else experienced this before? How did you deal?